South Korean election: the big challenges ahead for new president Yoon Suk-yeol
Mar 12, 2022 11:24 am UTC| Politics
South Korea has elected a new president, Yoon Suk-yeol, who now has the task of tackling a housing crisis, a cost of living crisis and a decision about whether to restart dialogue with neighbouring North Korea. The 2022...
Mar 11, 2022 17:03 pm UTC| Politics
The prospect of a nuclear exchange between Russia and the United States seemed, until recently, to have ended with the Cold War. Threats by Russian President Vladimir Putin to use the weapons to keep NATO out of the...
Ukraine Recap: how can Putin be stopped?
Mar 11, 2022 16:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Two weeks into Russias war on Ukraine and the small sense of optimism some of us felt this time last week at the strength of the resistance to Putins war machine has given way to dismay at the atrocities we are now seeing...
Mar 11, 2022 09:16 am UTC| Politics
More and more reports have emerged revealing the desperate attempts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to stay in power and overturn the 2020 election results. Trump lawyer John Eastman, who wrote the infamous...
Kamala Harris says US, Poland united despite mishap on fighter jets
Mar 11, 2022 08:41 am UTC| Politics
US Vice President Kamala Harris is visiting Romania and Poland this week in the midst of the ongoing crisis in Ukraine due to Russian aggression. Despite the recent mishap surrounding sending fighter jets to Ukraine,...
US AG Merrick Garland says DOJ may prosecute Donald Trump
Mar 11, 2022 06:33 am UTC| Politics
Many have expressed frustration regarding whether or not the Biden Justice Department is actively pursuing investigations related to former President Donald Trump and the January 6 Capitol insurrection. In a recent...
House passes bill banning Russian oil, energy products from entering US
Mar 11, 2022 06:31 am UTC| Politics
The US House of Representatives passed legislation this week, approving a ban on all Russian oil and energy products from entering the US. The approval of the ban also comes as President Joe Biden announced the same...
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