Melania Trump blasted: John Oliver slams FLOTUS for being "totally complicit"
Oct 21, 2020 06:38 am UTC| Politics
First lady Melania Trump remains largely silent on the attacks her husband Donald Trump has made on his critics as well as his controversial policies. Recently, talk show host John Oliver slammed the first lady for being...
Donald Trump attacks Dr. Anthony Fauci for speaking the truth about the COVID-19 pandemic
Oct 21, 2020 06:36 am UTC| Politics
Donald Trump is currently in the last stretch of his campaign in the last two weeks until the November election, with millions of Americans having opted to vote early. However, Trump made his closing arguments for his...
How Japanese research became the centre of a conservative culture war
Oct 20, 2020 14:08 pm UTC| Politics
The Japanese research community is in turmoil. On October 1, after less than three weeks as prime minister, Yoshihide Suga rejected the appointment of six scholars to the governing body of the Science Council of Japan...
New Zealand's new parliament turns red: the 2020 election results at a glance
Oct 20, 2020 14:04 pm UTC| Politics
Labour is celebrating a landslide victory tonight after winning 49% of the vote. The result means Labour could govern alone the first time this has happened since New Zealand introduced a mixed member proportional (MMP)...
England's metro mayors and the new politics of coronavirus
Oct 20, 2020 14:02 pm UTC| Politics
The anger was evident in Andy Burnhams voice as he declared that Greater Manchester would stand firm in the face of any UK government attempt to impose a tier three restriction on the northern English city-region without...
20/20 vision needed in 2020: How this U.S. election compares to other tumultuous votes
Oct 20, 2020 13:54 pm UTC| Politics
Sharp-eyed 20/20 vision has been hard to maintain in the maelstrom of 2020, with daily fears and passions often clouding analysis. Heres one helpful tool on one high-profile event: As the American presidential campaign...
Teachers in France, on the front line of defending the values of the Republic
Oct 20, 2020 13:52 pm UTC| Politics
On October 16, 2020, Samuel Paty, a history and geography teacher at Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, was murdered outside his school a few days after showing his students caricatures of Mohammed as part of a class on freedom of...
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