Ivanka Trump criticized for keeping silent on the unfair treatment of Muslim women
Feb 22, 2020 16:20 pm UTC| Politics
Ivanka Trumps critics have been heaping a lot of negative comments upon Donald Trumps daughter and senior political adviser in connection with her latest trip to Dubai. She has been criticized for wearing a hijab, for her...
Kenya: why elite cohesion is more important than ethnicity to political stability
Feb 22, 2020 00:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Kenyan politics is often depicted as a battle between different ethnic Big Men who can mobilise their supporters with a click of their fingers. The ability of successive generations of the Kenyatta family to rally the...
Why South Africa's white leaders shouldn't get into comparative politics of sin
Feb 22, 2020 00:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
FW De Klerk, South Africas last apartheid-era president, and his foundation, have learnt the hard way the dangers of the comparative politics of sin. He recently gave an interview to mark his historic speech to parliament...
Albanese pledges Labor government would have 2050 carbon-neutral target
Feb 22, 2020 00:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Anthony Albanese will commit a Labor government to adopting a target of zero net emissions by 2050, in a speech titled Leadership in a New Climate to be delivered on Friday. The opposition leaders embrace of this...
Nondisclosure and secrecy laws protect Bloomberg – not the women who sued him
Feb 22, 2020 00:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg received a lot of flak at the Feb. 19 Democratic debate for his refusal to release employees who sued his company from nondisclosure agreements. He admitted...
Melania Trump shock: FLOTUS criticized online after being named 2020 Woman of Distinction award
Feb 21, 2020 07:27 am UTC| Politics
First Lady Melania Trump is the recipient of the 2020 Woman of Distinction Award at Palm Beach Atlantic University in Florida. Despite the criticism coming from both students and alumni, university president Bill Fleming...
Donald Trump shock: Melania's husband may give longtime ally Roger Stone a pardon
Feb 21, 2020 07:26 am UTC| Politics
President Donald Trumps longtime ally Roger Stone finally received his sentencing of 40 months in prison. However, Stone may not stay in prison for a very long time as Trump may likely give him a pardon. Stone was...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects