The United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs has demanded briefings with Pretoria embassy employees ‘pushed out’ by Lana Marks
The best chance for Democrats to beat Trump is by taking an opposite approach to his insular and isolated one
The Michigan assembly line faced closure as part of General Motors restructuring scheme, which would have cost jobs
Both countries have a strong orientation towards multilateralism and democratic values
The two sides squared off in fiery exchanges that circled around the procedures for the trial and gave the Democrats an opportunity to spell out their arguments for Trump’s guilt on national television
The 50th meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) got under way in the ski resort with an avowed focus on climate change but with starkly different visions over global warming laid bare
President Donald Trump’s historic impeachment trial begins in earnest on Tuesday in the Senate, with Democrats calling for his removal from office and Republicans determined to acquit him — and quickly, if possible. Four months after the Ukraine scandal exploded and went on to overshadow the end of Trump’s term, and 10 months before Americans […]
Fortunately for us, survival is in our DNA. Let’s use that to greet worldwide crises
The Senate impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump is likely to begin in seven days with key players sworn in later this week, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday. McConnell said he expected the House of Representatives to deliver the articles of impeachment against Trump to the upper chamber on Wednesday. “We believe that […]
Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta recently signed into law the Data Protection Bill. Passed after several years of debate and delay, the new law places restrictions on the collection and use of digital data by governments and private corporations. The restrictions are similar to those included in a new data protection regulation passed by Nigeria this […]
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has warned that military confrontation with Iran will impact global peace and stability, as he visits the Middle East hoping to ease tensions spiked by the US killing of a top Iranian general. His comments came at the start of a five-day Gulf tour that had been thrown into doubt after […]
The markets fluctuated after Trump last week ordered the killing of Iran’s top military commander Qassem Soleiman
Given the general’s standing, Iran is unlikely to back down
Iran’s response to the killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani have raised tensions between the US and Iran. But war seems unlikely at this point
Tehran wanted to appear decisive to calm a clamour for revenge, without provoking President Donald Trump to unleash all-out armed conflict
Ties have deteriorated after an American precision drone strike killed Iran’s Major General Qasem Soleimani
Trump bluntly warned Iran against taking vengeance, repeating his insistence that US bombing targets could include Iran’s cultural heritage sites
The political harms caused by large scale are critical issues as well, and ought to be considered in antitrust enforcement
Emerging market equities are generally inexpensive — and, by some measures, quite attractive — relative to equity and bond markets globally.
As Washington overpromises and underdelivers, regional powers are seeking solutions on their own — both through violence and diplomacy
The demagogic president has unwittingly created the opportunity for constitutional growth
Investors are keeping a close eye on what’s happening in the US, UK and China
Each of us probably overlooks tens of thousands of important news stories every year. But the biggest one people missed in 2019 happened in October
Human psychology and institutional incentives are powerful barriers to truth and reason, but both can be addressed
Covington’s antics have earned him a title shot and may even redefine perceptions of the UFC
Linguists say using the same expression repeatedly is a way of lodging a specific idea in voters’ brains.
Gordon Sondland says he followed the president’s orders in seeking a "quid pro quo" deal for Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden
The strategy seems to be a middle ground between Facebook’s controversial tolerance of proven lies in ads and Twitter’s decision to ban them
We need to move beyond tolerance to acceptance: an appreciation and celebration of different ideas, opinions and practices
Trump says the inquiry is "corrupt" and "illegal," and maintains he did nothing wrong
Boeing’s entire global fleet of almost 400 MAX planes has stayed out of service ever since, plunging the company into the biggest crisis it has seen
The United States administration’s inhumane treatment of migrants will not fix the system — it needs to be constructively overhauled, not destroyed