Sep 01, 2023 01:39 am UTC| Economy Politics
As questions loom over the Federal Emergency Management Agencys ability to fund disaster recovery efforts, people who lost homes to recent wildfires and storms are trying to make their way through the difficult process of...
Ukraine war: the implications of Moscow moving tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus
Sep 01, 2023 01:38 am UTC| Politics
Russia is reported to have deployed nuclear weapons in Belarus, a step that was much telegraphed earlier this year and recently confirmed by Poland. This move has caused concern in neighbouring countries and has affected...
Who’s Vivek Ramaswamy? He's the Trump 2.0 candidate who’s making waves in the Republican primaries
Sep 01, 2023 01:37 am UTC| Politics
The New York Times described him as promising to exert breathtaking power in ways that Donald Trump never did. An article for Time magazine called him a rockstar for those who think cancel culture is threatening every...
Who won the first US Republican presidential debate? An expert reviews the highlights
Aug 28, 2023 06:24 am UTC| Politics
The reigning champion, and undisputed winner, from the first Republican debate of presidential hopefuls? Donald Trump. Even in his absence, he was the main spectacle. That much was predictable. Although many tried to...
Brics expansion: six more nations are set to join - what they’re buying into
Aug 25, 2023 08:00 am UTC| Politics
One key outcome of the 15th Brics summit, hosted by South Africa, is the decision to invite six more countries to join the group with effect from January 2024. They are Argentina, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and...
Vladimir Putin's suspected elimination of Yevgeny Prigozhin: The hunter to become the hunted?
Aug 25, 2023 07:58 am UTC| Politics
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner Group, is presumed dead. Russias Air Transport Agency has said he was on the passenger manifest of 10 people on board a private jet that came down in a fiery crash close to...
Young Zimbabweans are using YouTube to ridicule politicians and educate voters
Aug 24, 2023 07:46 am UTC| Politics
As Zimbabwe holds its 2023 elections, young creatives are taking to social media like YouTube to discuss politics and to create comic spoofs and critiques that speak back to the countrys autocratic government. One...
Canadians are feeling increasingly powerless amid economic struggles and rising inequality
Another election, another round of Nigel Farage hype, with no lessons learned