London terror attack: Canadians have become desensitized to violence against Muslims
Jun 10, 2021 03:51 am UTC| Life
A Muslim family was targeted in a violent hate crime in London, Ont., that left four people dead and a nine-year-old child in critical condition. Police have confirmed the attack was motivated by hate and that the...
TB Joshua: the Pentecostalist, televangelist and philanthropist
Jun 08, 2021 12:27 pm UTC| Life
In the wake of the death of Nigerian televangelist Temitope Balogun Joshua, who founded the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos, there have been a host of tributes and obituaries. Religious scholar George Nche, a...
Why too many recorded lecture videos may be bad for maths students' learning
Jun 08, 2021 12:13 pm UTC| Life
Screen-based devices have increasingly become part of our human experience even more so since the pandemic began. This trend includes watching more and more videos. For example, before COVID-19, the average American...
Toyota settles with family of bullied engineer who committed work-related suicide
Jun 08, 2021 00:13 am UTC| Economy Business Law Life
Toyota Motor Corp has settled with the family of an engineer whose suicide in 2017 was ruled to have been a regional labor bureau as job-related as it was caused by harassment from his boss. The amount of compensation...
How to keep your house cool – cover it with new whiter-than-white paint, says research
Jun 08, 2021 00:13 am UTC| Life
From icy tundras to billowing clouds, the colour white crops up repeatedly in our planets palette. This colour provides a natural way for light from the sun to reflect back from the Earths surface and into space. This...
'Bride kidnapping' haunts rural Kyrgyzstan, causing young women to flee their homeland
Jun 08, 2021 00:01 am UTC| Life
There are many types of forced marriage in this world, but perhaps the most dramatic is marriage by abduction, or bride kidnapping. Bride kidnapping is common in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, the Caucasus and Central...
Obituary: TB Joshua, Nigeria's controversial Pentecostal titan
Jun 07, 2021 09:46 am UTC| Life
The controversial Nigerian televangelist, faith healer, and neo-Pentecostal pastor Temitope Balogun (TB) Joshua has died at the age of 57. He was the leader of Nigeria-based The Synagogue Church of All Nations. Many...
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
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight