Rishi Sunak’s decision to bring back David Cameron has distracted us all for now, but the long-term strategy is flawed: Number 10/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND Former prime minister David Cameron’s return as foreign secretary in Rishi Sunak’s government was surprising, to say the least. Only four former prime ministers have gone on to serve again in …
Israel-Gaza conflict: an opportunity for Putin while the world is distracted: Time is an ally of Russia in the Ukrainian conflict. Russia needs to reduce its rate of battlefield deaths and remain militarily active in Ukraine for as long as possible. A great aid to Vladimir Putin would be a disruption in the supply of …
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Nagorno-Karabakh: longest war in post-Soviet space flares yet again as Russia distracted in Ukraine: A 24-hour ““anti-terrorist” operation launched by Azerbaijan to “restore the country’s constitutional order” threatened briefly to escalate into a full-scale war with Armenia over the contested territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. But hostilities have been brought – temporarily at least – to a …
Attention deficits: why there could be benefits to being distracted by technology: GoodStudio/Shutterstock We are in the midst of a battle for our attention. Our devices have hijacked our brains and destroyed our collective ability to concentrate – to the extent that we’re even seeing the emergence of a “goldfish generation”. That, at least, is …
Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro is devastating indigenous lands, with the world distracted: The Amazon fires of 2019 drove the greatest single year loss of Brazilian forest in a decade. But with the world in the grip of a pandemic, forest loss in 2020 is already on track to dwarf the devastation of a year earlier. In …
South Africa’s competition body is being distracted by market inquiries: Shutterstock It’s become common for South African politicians to blame slow economic growth in the country on private sector corruption, anti-competitive market structures and abuse of market power by dominant firms. Although this is sometimes simply a cover for the government’s own poor performance, the …
Don’t “Go” distracted: Netcare urges fans of popular Pokemon geocaching game to play it safe: With growing numbers of road accidents and pedestrian injuries internationally being attributed to distraction by the popular “Pokemon Go” game, Netcare is urging South African fans of the game to play it safe. “Even though the game has not launched …