Melania Trump revelation: She did not cry when Donald Trump became President, book claims
Jun 23, 2020 07:14 am UTC| Politics
Several books claiming to have insider scoops about the Trump family have been published since they moved to the White House. However, Pulitzer Prize-winning Mary Jordans new book on Melania Trump is a refreshing take on...
Jun 22, 2020 08:09 am UTC| Politics
Former National Security Adviser John Bolton finally released his memoir, The Room Where It Happened, revealing information about his time under the Trump administration. According to White House trade adviser Peter...
Jun 22, 2020 08:09 am UTC| Politics
President Donald Trump held his first campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma after several months of being away from the campaign trail due to the pandemic. Following the rally, husband and wife White House advisers Ivanka...
Jun 22, 2020 08:09 am UTC| Politics
President Donald Trumps impeachment was triggered by the scandal involving military aid to Ukraine and former vice president Joe Bidens son, Hunter Biden. Recently, the former president of Ukraine denied the claims made...
Tensions rise on the Korean peninsula – and they are unlikely to recede any time soon
Jun 21, 2020 11:29 am UTC| Politics
After a period of relative quiet, North Korea again commandeered news headlines with the dramatic, if symbolic, demolition of the Inter-Korean Liaison Office in the city of Kaesong, just north of the demilitarised...
Supreme Court to decide the future of the Electoral College
Jun 21, 2020 11:26 am UTC| Politics
Many Americans are surprised to learn that in U.S. presidential elections, the members of the Electoral College do not necessarily have to pick the candidate the voters in their state favored. Or do they? This month...
A field guide to Trump's dangerous rhetoric
Jun 21, 2020 03:31 am UTC| Politics
All leaders are demagogues. You may not realize this, because weve come to associate the word demagogue with only dangerous populist leaders. But in Greek, the word just means leader of the people (dēmos the people +...
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