Fri 24 May 2024: Technology is supposed to make our lives easier. Smart phones provide a palm-size window to the world, enabling us to do almost anything at the touch of a button. Smart homes look after themselves, and virtual meetings mean that for many, time spent commuting is a thing of the past. So […]
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Wed 22 May 2024: Johannesburg, South Africa – After weeks of legal disputes and rulings from the country’s electoral commission and court, South Africa’s highest court on Monday barred controversial former President Jacob Zuma from becoming a member of parliament. The Constitutional Court’s decision brings finality to the matter, however, experts have said it will not hamper Zuma’s […]
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Tue 21 May 2024: The author is a faculty member at Türkiye’s National Intelligence Academy ANKARA Hakki Uygur penned an analysis for Anadolu, addressing the helicopter crash involving Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and possible scenarios as developments unfold. What happened on Sunday? On May 19, at around 4.30 p.m. local […]
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Tue 21 May 2024: Social media apps regularly present teens with algorithmically selected content often described as “for you,” suggesting, by implication, that the curated content is not just “for you” but also “about you” – a mirror reflecting important signals about the person you are. All users of social media are exposed to these […]
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Sun 19 May 2024: Former South African president Jacob Zuma surprised many in December 2023 by declaring he’d canvass for a new rival to the African National Congress (ANC), the party he used to lead. The new uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) is on the ballot papers in the upcoming national election and provincial elections. […]
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Fri 17 May 2024: Taking a cover from incessant bombings and numerous killings of Palestinians, Israel has been discreetly plundering Palestine’s natural resources. Since the beginning of the ongoing Gaza war, Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu has been pursuing an ethnic cleansing strategy by forcing Gazans to move south. Beneath the macabre bloodshed, Palestinians are also […]
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Tue 14 May 2024: Mozambique is a multi-religious southern African nation with excellent relations between faiths. Relations between Muslims and the state have been good too. But the situation became more complicated in 2017 when a bloody jihadist insurgency broke out in the north. Eric Morier-Genoud has published extensively on politics and religion in Mozambique. His latest book, Towards […]
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A tribal leader sits behind a marijuana plant in Quetta, Pakistan. File photo/Reuters Mon 13 May 2024: A new regulator aims to legalise hemp growth, while crushing a black market. But is Pakistan too late to the global cannabis party? Islamabad, Pakistan – When Aamir Dhedhi took his mother to India in 2014 to get treatment […]
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Israeli soldiers, tanks, howitzers and armoured vehicles are seen as Israeli military mobility continues along the Gaza fence, in Nahal Oz, Israel on 13 December 2023. [Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency]. Fri 10 May 2024: When it comes to civil wars around the world, and especially in the Middle East and North Africa, the attention of […]
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Thu 09 May 2024: Zuma’s new MK party is gaining in polls while ANC support slips. But is the former president still as influential outside the ruling party? KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa – Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma is a divisive figure. For some South Africans, the controversial former president is a liberator and saviour for millions of poor […]
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