Nobel Peace Prize for journalists serves as reminder that freedom of the press is under threat from strongmen and social media

Oct 09, 2021 08:00 am UTC| Insights & Views

Thirty-two years ago next month, I was in Germany reporting on the fall of the Berlin Wall, an event then heralded as a triumph of Western democratic liberalism and even the end of history. But democracy isnt doing so...

What the objections to COVID-19 control measures tells us about personal freedom

Sep 24, 2021 02:35 am UTC| Insights & Views

As the protracted global battle with SARS-CoV-2 continues to rage, objections to the measures being taken to combat the virus are increasing. Protests have been reported in countries such as the US, the UK, Australia,...

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Instagram can make teens feel bad about their body, but parents can help. Here's how

Sep 24, 2021 01:17 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology

Last week Facebooks internal research revealed Instagrams toxic effects on some young peoples body image particularly girls. One study by Facebook of teen Instagram users in the US and UK found more than 40% of those...

Afghanistan: progress on women's rights has been hard fought – now everything is at risk under the Taliban

Aug 23, 2021 11:56 am UTC| Insights & Views

When the Taliban was in power between 1996 and 2001, womens rights to education and employment were brutally violated. They could only go out in public if accompanied by a male relative and, even then, had to be fully...

Could sending humans to sleep for a year help solve the climate crisis? A new play, Hibernation, asks this question

Aug 22, 2021 01:45 am UTC| Insights & Views

Review: Hibernation by Finegan Kruckemeyer, State Theatre Company South Australia What lengths would you go to in order to save the planet from climate crisis? Stop eating meat and start composting? Recycle and make do,...

An Afghan American scholar describes his fear-filled journey from the chaos at Kabul airport to a plane bound for home in the US

Aug 22, 2021 01:44 am UTC| Insights & Views

Editors note: Afghan scholar Hanif Sufizada, who works at the Center for Afghanistan Studies at the University of Nebraska Omaha, got caught in Kabul during the chaos of the U.S. military pullout, when thousands of Afghans...

Afghanistan: assessing the terror threat in the west as the Taliban returns

Aug 22, 2021 01:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

There is no other way to put it. The wests failure in Afghanistan will be remembered as one of epic proportions. Not only has the coalition of nations that entered the country 20 years ago failed to export their values ...