What is the rule of proportionality, and is it being observed in the Israeli siege of Gaza?
Nov 10, 2023 14:40 pm UTC| Politics
More than a month after Hamas fighters killed 1,400 Israelis in a shock assault, bombs continue to fall on the Gaza Strip in reprisal Israeli attacks. The aerial campaign has left a heavy death toll the health...
Nov 10, 2023 14:38 pm UTC| Business Politics
In September 2023, Joe Biden became the first sitting US president to join strikers on a picket line. He told car workers that they deserve a significant raise and other benefits. Even more surprisingly perhaps, those...
Nov 10, 2023 14:37 pm UTC| Politics
A new film series produced in China, When Marx met Confucius, was viewed more than 8 million times in the first two weeks after it was released online in October. But this is not another blockbuster drama of the sort China...
Generative AI like ChatGPT could help boost democracy – if it overcomes key hurdles
Nov 08, 2023 12:07 pm UTC| Technology Politics
The dawn of artificial intelligence systems that can be used by almost anyone, like ChatGPT, has revolutionized business and alarmed policymakers and the public. Advanced technologies can feel like unstoppable forces...
Nov 08, 2023 12:06 pm UTC| Economy Politics Life
The World Bank issued a statement on 8 August 2023, announcing that it had effectively suspended all new public financing to Uganda over concerns with the countrys anti-homosexuality law, which fundamentally contradicts...
King's speech: what is it and why does it matter?
Nov 08, 2023 12:06 pm UTC| Politics
Today, King Charles will give his first speech from the throne as monarch. He delivered the queens speech once as Prince of Wales, deputising in May 2022 for his mother, who could not attend. This is the first speech by a...
Israel-Hamas war: there is an important difference between a humanitarian pause and a ceasefire
Nov 08, 2023 12:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The Labour Party leader, Keir Starmer, has come under fire from members of his own party for refusing to call for a ceasefire in the Hamas-Israel war, instead pushing for a humanitarian pause in the conflict. As a result,...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects