Ndodana Tshuma, who is in custody on suspicion of killing his wife and two young daughters, did not apply for bail when he appeared at […]
Month: July 2026
WHO says Ebola death toll in DRC and Uganda has surpassed 1,000
All but two of the deaths took place in the Congo, which as of Monday had recorded 2,473 cases in the latest outbreak of the […]
Iraq emerging as an accidental Iran war winner
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi is on something of a diplomatic roll at the moment. Having concluded a weeklong visit to the United States on […]
The real reasons behind Zelensky’s unpopular military purge
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky recently made the controversial decision to dismiss Mykhailo Fedorov, his minister of defense. Fedorov, admired both by Ukrainian troops and Western […]
All the Keir Starmer critics landing big jobs under Andy Burnham
LONDON — Andy Burnham has spent the first 48 hours of his premiership picking a new top team. Some of the biggest winners? Sharp critics […]
Moscow-linked nuclear project in northwest Germany gets green light
BERLIN — A nuclear project linked to Russian state-owned company Rosatom has been given the go-ahead by state authorities in northwest Germany, under strict conditions […]
Tyla makes history as first African artist to get a Bratz doll
Tyla makes history as the first African to have a Bratz doll while celebrating new music with Liquideep and Shakira…See More
How Much Infrastructure is Enough for Growth?
This blog is based on the foreword to our new paper The Future has 5G Foundations. Britain is searching for growth. We do not need to […]
Indonesia palm oil export curbs: An open door for Malaysia?
In the face of Indonesia’s new export controls over commodities such as palm oil, does Malaysia have what it takes to take over as the […]
Jakarta’s Belarus Opening
By: Kurniawan Arif Maspul For a head of state who has spent years as the West’s favorite pariah, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, in early July, […]
Nonproliferationists demand Congress reject Trump-Saudi nuke deal
Nonproliferation experts are raising alarms after Reuters reported that President Donald Trump’s administration plans to ask Congress to approve a deal that could allow Saudi Arabia to develop nuclear weapons. […]
House approves GOP-supported US-Israel military integration
The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives voted Wednesday in favor of a record $1.15 trillion military spending authorization bill containing a highly controversial provision to increase cooperation between the […]
Malaysia has the AI tools. The harder question is whether its workforce can use them
Malaysia is intensifying a five-year drive to build a national AI ecosystem, placing talent development alongside digital infrastructure, governance and industry readiness as the plan’s […]
In South Korea’s most credentialed job market, SK hynix drops the degree
South Korean semiconductor giant SK hynix has removed academic qualification requirements from its recruitment process, signalling a significant shift towards skills-based hiring as competition for […]
Why it’s about to get so much harder to find an aged care bed in WA
It’s going to get much harder to find an available aged care bed in WA, a new report finds, with a “substantial and time-critical shortfall” […]
Dementia is Australia’s top killer, yet most still miss the early signs
Dementia is the leading cause of death in Australia and stigmas around the disease can delay diagnosis. But some in the community are at work […]
Hands off Mali! U.S. out of Africa!
The Trump administration is reportedly considering military action in Mali to target Jama’at Nusrat Al-Islam Wal-Muslimin (JNIM) — an al-Qaeda linked terrorist group.
From Gilead to Ladyland: how the rebellious women of literature offer hope in dark times
After visiting an island brothel in Bangladesh, the novelist was inspired to write an imagined uprising. She explores the radical fictional worlds where women have […]
Copies of The Reconstruction Papers Are Going Fast! Get Yours Today!
Print Copies Still Available in the US Order Now This week, people’s copies of The Reconstruction Papers began arriving. On social media and in the […]
Bolivia’s Political Landscape Upended After Historic Protests
COCHABAMBA, Bolivia — A photograph of President Rodrigo Paz shaking hands with the executive secretary of the country’s principal trade union federation, the Bolivian Workers’ […]