Oct 09, 2020 08:44 am UTC| Politics
Donald Trump was diagnosed as positive with COVID-19 last week. Melania Trump was also infected, and so is the POTUS senior adviser Hope Hicks. As cited in The Sun, over a dozen other top officials at the White House...
Oct 09, 2020 08:18 am UTC| Politics
Less than a month left until the November elections, and former vice president Joe Biden maintains a lead in the public opinion polls especially in several swing states. With the Democratic presidential nominee having...
US election: horse-race reporting is media gold but democratic poison
Oct 09, 2020 08:15 am UTC| Politics
The 2020 US presidential election campaign is moving quickly and the news media are valiantly struggling to keep abreast of whats happening. Day in, day out theres a relentless source of material to report. Its hard enough...
Donald Trump dismisses virtual debate with Joe Biden
Oct 09, 2020 08:13 am UTC| Politics
Following the news of Donald Trump testing positive for COVID-19 last week, he has since been recovering from the disease at the White House. However, his condition comes over a week until the second presidential debate...
Nagorno-Karabach: why Iran is trying to remain neutral over the conflict on its doorstep
Oct 09, 2020 08:05 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan intensified in early October over Nagorno-Karabakh, the disputed region in the South Caucasus at the centre of a conflict that has lasted for more than three decades. The South...
How a government-linked foundation could speed the spread of new clean-energy technologies
Oct 09, 2020 08:02 am UTC| Politics
To address climate change over the coming decades, all nations will need to transition to energy resources that emit less carbon. This transformation, already underway, will require many new technologies. The United...
Oct 09, 2020 08:00 am UTC| Politics
President Donald Trump may have eschewed masks and distancing in this pandemic year of campaigning, resulting in both his diagnosis of COVID-19 and the spread of the disease in the White House. But others have figured...
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