Joe Biden warns of another pandemic, says US must be prepared
Jun 24, 2022 07:34 am UTC| Politics
The world is still experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic, and US President Joe Biden said this week that this would not be the last. Biden warned that the country must be prepared for a future pandemic. During a White...
Jun 23, 2022 16:36 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
After nearly a year of investigating the attack on the US Capitol on January 6 2021, the Democrat-led House Select committee is holding a series of public hearings to present its findings to the US public. These findings...
Why Russia demonizes Ukrainian diasporas
Jun 23, 2022 16:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Were now almost into the fifth month of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and one of the consistent features of Russias associated information war is its continuing efforts to defame and demonize Ukrainian diasporas around...
Jun 23, 2022 16:16 pm UTC| Politics
As Russias war in Ukraine becomes a quagmire of attrition, Western leaders are slowly coming to two realisations about Vladimir Putins intentions. First, Russias war against Ukraine wont be over soon, and is likely to...
Jun 23, 2022 10:06 am UTC| Politics
Russian forces went on a major offensive in another territory of Ukraine as it looks to seize the eastern and southern regions. Moscow has engaged in what is seen as the most brutal offensive in the area of Kharkiv,...
South Korea to establish diplomatic mission to NATO in upcoming summit
Jun 23, 2022 09:39 am UTC| Politics
South Korea was recently confirmed to be taking part in the upcoming summit of the NATO alliance in Madrid this month. The countrys national security adviser said Seoul intends to establish a diplomatic mission to the...
US Senate reaches bipartisan agreement on gun control legislation
Jun 23, 2022 09:32 am UTC| Politics
Calls have grown over the past weeks for lawmakers in Congress to take action in addressing the major issue of gun violence in the United States. A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the evenly divided Senate has come to an...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects