Trump demands a post-post-truth response
May 30, 2017 06:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
This article is part of an ongoing series from the Post-Truth Initiative, a Strategic Research Excellence Initiative at the University of Sydney. The series examines todays post-truth problem in public discourse: the...
Montana just elected Greg Gianforte, a man charged with assault, to Congress
May 26, 2017 14:48 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Until just about 24 hours before the polls closed, the race for Montanas sole Congressional seat seemed to be focused on health care, Donald Trump and gun rights. Republican businessman Greg Gianforte appeared to be headed...
US under Trump Series: Few highlights of Trump’s budget proposals from briefing
May 23, 2017 08:22 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Mick Mulvaney introduced President Donald Trumps first budget proposal. He briefed the reporters from the White House on the budget, for which the actual document...
US under Trump Series: Appointment of Mueller as special counsel is good news for policies
May 22, 2017 09:10 am UTC| Commentary Politics
Last week, the US deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein appointed the former FBI director Robert Mueller as a special counsel to the investigation to Russias meddling with the US election and alleged collusion between the...
US under Trump Series: Former FBI director selected to lead as special prosecutor in Russia case
May 18, 2017 07:45 am UTC| Commentary
Former FBI director Robert Mueller has been selected to lead the investigations into Russias meddling with the US election and alleged possible collusion of some of the Trump campaign members with Russian officials. The...
May 18, 2017 07:17 am UTC| Commentary
Equities all around the world suffered big selloffs and safe haven demand soared as the Trump administration gets bombarded with an array of fake news coming out of the US media that are relying on anonymous sources...
US under Trump Series: Trump accused by media of urging Comey to end Flynn investigation
May 17, 2017 06:17 am UTC| Commentary
Allegations of collusion with Russia continue to consume the Trump administration and the White House and President Trumps war with the mainstream media is making it worse. Every day, new reports are surfacing in the media...
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
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects