
Putin back in power with landslide victory
Sep 20, 2016 06:16 am UTC| Commentary Politics
In the election for thelower house of the parliament, on Sunday, the ruling United Russia party has won a decisive victory and the final results showed that it was better than predicted in the polls. The party secured...

"Not fit to be President": Hillary Clinton and our problem with older women
Sep 20, 2016 05:04 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Since Hillary Clinton launched her first US Presidential campaign in 2007, the vitriol directed towards her has been heavily grounded in sexism. Former President Barack Obama recently commented on the key challenge to...
Sep 20, 2016 04:51 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The last time Utah gave its Electoral College votes to a Democratic presidential candidate was 1964. This was also the last time the Republican Party nominated a nationalist candidate who was unpalatable to a majority of...
The rise of a conspiracy candidate
Sep 20, 2016 02:05 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The political and social climate in the United States has become increasingly fertile ground for conspiracy theories. Leading the charge is Donald Trump, a candidate who has promoted a laundry list of factually...

Merkel's party slumps in Berlin election, but don't count her out for 2017
Sep 19, 2016 09:03 am UTC| Politics
Angela Merkels CDU is having a tough time of late. The latest blow came via the Berlin state parliament election, where the party managed to cling on to second place but was dumped out of the citys government. This was...
US Election Series: New York bombing brings home security at the center of Presidential campaign
Sep 19, 2016 08:17 am UTC| Commentary Politics
The weekends bombing in New York has once again brought the homeland security issue at the center of the campaign. On Saturday, an explosion took place in the Chelsea neighborhood of the New York City that wounded 29...

Merkel loses Berlin to Alternative for Germany
Sep 19, 2016 07:34 am UTC| Commentary Politics
Another big blow for German chancellor Angela Merkel took place in the capital city Berlin, before the federal election next year. In the regional election In Berlin, Merkels Christian Democratic Union (CDU) suffered such...