Undercover investigation shows that controversial US-linked centres are defying government policy and providing inaccurate medical information
African governments are issuing and listing their Eurobonds on established international debt markets – usually London and Irish Stock Exchanges
The president disclosed a development U-turn but the Special Economic Zones and China’s carbon intensive interests are likely to prevail
The new figure is in line with World Health Organisation estimates of 4.2 million deaths each year linked to ground-level air pollution, mostly from heart disease, stroke, lung cancer and acute respiratory infections in children
The United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs has demanded briefings with Pretoria embassy employees ‘pushed out’ by Lana Marks
The democractic government has not helped with the investigation into the UN leader’s death
The panic generated by the new coronavirus, 2019-nCov, which originated in Wuhan, one of China’s largest cities and a major domestic transport hub, reminds many of the fear and uncertainty at the peak of the 2003 SARS crisis. China’s stock market, after rising for months, has reversed itself in recent days, and global markets have […]
An outbreak of a new coronavirus that began in the Chinese city of Wuhan has already infected over 4000 people – mostly in China, but also in several other countries, from Thailand to France to the United States – and killed more than 100. Given China’s history of disease outbreaks – including of severe acute respiratory syndrome […]
After stumbling on mention of tracks in a dissertation from the 1960s, scientists are shedding new light on the dinosaurs that hotfooted it through SA’s prehistoric past
Both countries have a strong orientation towards multilateralism and democratic values
A virus similar to the SARS pathogen has claimed 81 lives since emerging in a market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, and spread around the world. Here are the places that have confirmed cases of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus: China As of Monday, more than 2700 people have been infected across China, the […]
‘The Laundromat’ is a film about corporates and the superrich using tax havens, something the streaming service itself allegedly excels at
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 […]
A new Netflix docuseries follows underestimated athletes willing to put their bodies on the line for their sport
Still fighting for their right to return home, exiled Chagossians are using football to unite a diaspora
I recently edited a special issue for a journal on sexuality, capitalism and Africa. It was based on the topic that served as the Centre for Phenomenology in South Africa’s 5th Annual International Conference, which took place in Johannesburg in June 2018. There are several reasons we chose this as our theme for a special […]
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 […]
Ties have deteriorated after an American precision drone strike killed Iran’s Major General Qasem Soleimani
Emerging market equities are generally inexpensive — and, by some measures, quite attractive — relative to equity and bond markets globally.
Here is a look at the opioid crisis and the tensions it has caused between China and the United States
New York continues to count the number of people who developed cancer or other illnesses related to the toxic cloud that hovered over Manhattan
The May date will put the jury trial amid the team’s build up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
The negotiations in the financial hub will be the first face-to-face discussions since President Trump agreed to a truce with President Xi Jinping
Expect bare-knuckle political sparring when 2020 frontrunner Joe Biden battles his Democratic rivals this week
In his debut in Parliament, the former London mayor urged EU leaders to rethink their opposition to renegotiating the deal
Government regulators are scrambling to collar the online giants
The layoffs will come at the Chinese company’s US-based research and development arm, Futurewei Technologies, which is incorporated in Texas
A week after an initial launch was halted just before blast-off, Chandrayaan-2 took off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre
Two days before Mueller testifies the president repeated his longstanding claim it was a biased ‘witch hunt’
FaceApp, which was launched by Russian publisher Wireless Lab in 2017, uses artificial intelligence to modify users’ photos
President Trump has relaunched the race to re-conquer the Moon — this time with the first woman — and to journey onwards to Mars
The Chandrayaan-2 — or Moon Chariot 2 — mission is part of India’s ambitious space programme