Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that his nuclear forces were on alert sparked outcry in the West as the invading troops faced stiff resistance on Monday. The UN General Assembly will hold a rare emergency session Monday to discuss the conflict, which has claimed dozens of lives and raised fears that it will displace millions of people. […]
As Russian troops entered Kiev, the president said if ever there were a time for the security council to intervene it was now, adding that he planned to speak to both Moscow and Washington
As Russia unleashes its war in Ukraine, the US and the EU have prepared new sanctions aimed at punishing Putin’s regime.
Francis Fukuyama’s 1992 classic The End of History and the Last Man suggested an the end point to ideological evolution. Putin’s actions and the world’s inaction put paid to that idea
Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose country had massed some 150 000 troops on the border in recent months, on Thursday ordered military operations against Ukraine.
The weather remains topical across the Southern Hemisphere but has resulted in mixed fortunes
The threat of a major war in Europe has kept global financial markets on tenterhooks
President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops into two Moscow-backed rebel regions of Ukraine Monday, prompting a furious response from the West with the United States denouncing the move at the UN Security Council as a “pretext for war”.
There is significant division among the Nato members over the situation in Ukraine, and over relations with Russia.
If diplomatic efforts cannot avert further conflict between Ukraine and Russia, a dramatic shift in international relations could occur
Ukrainian leaders have been increasingly angry at Washington for releasing almost daily intelligence briefings pointing to the imminent threat of war.
Africa is again becoming the stage for the proxy wars of foreign powers
Mainstream American politicians — establishment figures in both major parties — apply the denial and displacement mantra to many problems, especially inflation
Authoritarian regimes use spying to deter protest. But this can encourage people to stand up for what they believe in
“Politically, it’s not painful, it’s destructive,” Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, after US President Joe Biden threatened personal measures against the Russian leader over the crisis.
Facebook’s micro-targeting algorithms have been used to spread disinformation and sow distrust in democratic institutions around the world. It has a responsibility to act
Russia has lifted nearly all the restrictions designed to limit new cases, despite an increasing caseload and growing Omicron infections
The US’s claims of ‘rules-based order’ is the camouflage behind which American exceptionalism flourishes.
Flanked by divided NATO allies, the US walks a tightrope over a potential third world war
The speaker of parliament intervened when the DA demanded the deputy president comment on rumours he had been poisoned, saying health information was confidential
The Russian-produced vaccine might increase the risk of vaccinated males getting HIV, says South Africa’s health products regulatory authority
For more than five years the deputy president has remained steadfast in his right to travel abroad to receive medical treatment
While the summit leaders solemnly swear that they are singing off the same struggle song sheet towards progressive development, the bloc’s leaders’ solidarity is mostly skin-deep
Paddy Harper isn’t the only one who’s broke: everyone from Zuma to Luthuli House, never mind the chronically unemployed, is feeling the pinch these days
The scientific process is like a hamburger. By examining the quality of each ingredient, you can see how good the end product is. You wouldn’t want mouldy bread or wilted lettuce ruining a perfectly good meal — and similarly you don’t want bad science ruining what could otherwise be a perfectly good vaccine. We look at whether Sputnik V could make it onto the menu.
Russia’s COVID vaccine, Sputnik V, is plagued by a series of red flags and question marks surrounding its clinical trials and results. Here’s how the jab took a shortcut and created sceptics about its underlying science.
What energy mix will make up for the loss of South Africa’s coal power over the next decade or two? Will renewables alone fill the gap, or is nuclear power needed?
The breakdown of the oil-producer alliance could cause already high prices to spike
The ambitious targets are not set in stone until they are deposited at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change later this year, while legislative processes vary between countries that have stated their mitigation
Former rugby sevens player Vuyo Zangqa talks about taking the reins of the Narvskaya Zastava Rugby Club and growing the sport on snow-baked fields
Most anti-vaxxers fear the potential side-effects of the vaccine
When it comes to engagement with Africa, the United States has lost ground to China, Russia, Turkey, and the Gulf States. That’s why the new Biden administration needs new policies for the continent, writes Gregory Meeks, chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee in the US Congress