Nov 08, 2023 12:03 pm UTC| Politics
The bitter conflict between Israel and Hamas could not have come at a worse time for Egypt. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the former military strongman who seized power in 2013 amid the turbulent fallout of the Arab Spring, faces...
How unionization is empowering Jamaican domestic workers to demand decent work
Nov 08, 2023 12:03 pm UTC| Politics
In thousands of households across Jamaica, domestic workers do the work of cooking, cleaning, gardening and caring for children, the elderly and people with disabilities. While this work is essential to the functioning...
Albanese and Labor slump to worst position in Newspoll since 2022 election
Nov 07, 2023 09:08 am UTC| Politics
A national Newspoll, conducted October 30 to November 3 from a sample of 1,220 people, gave Labor a 5248% lead over the Coalition, a two-point gain for the Coalition since the final Newspoll before the October 14 Voice...
Nov 07, 2023 09:05 am UTC| Politics
More than 20 months into the war in Ukraine and over five months into Ukraines latest counteroffensive, the situation on the front is bleak and no breakthrough imminent, the countrys commander-in-chief admitted in a recent...
Nov 07, 2023 09:01 am UTC| Politics
Madagascar is set to elect its president on 16 November 2023, for the next five years. Theres a lot at stake. Ive studied Madagascars politics focusing on democratisation and political transitions and believe that...
Trump vs. Biden, the sequel, is a battle of two older men with big liabilities
Nov 07, 2023 08:59 am UTC| Politics
In exactly one year this week on Nov. 5, 2024 Americans will vote for their next president. Joe Biden and Donald Trump are likely to face each other again. Both candidates have flaws but so far have batted away all...
Why are US politicians so old? And why do they want to stay in office?
Nov 07, 2023 08:57 am UTC| Politics
When former President Bill Clinton showed up at the White House in early 2023, he was there to join President Joe Biden to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act. It was hard to avoid the fact...
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