Why we are so scared of space – and how this fear can drive conspiracy theories: klyaksun/Shutterstock There are many home-grown problems on Earth, but there’s still time to worry about bad things arriving from above. The most recent is the asteroid 2024 YR4, which could be a “city killer” if it hits a heavily …
Somaliland’s new government is ready to drive change: these are its 3 big goals: The fierce electoral competition in Somaliland – coupled with clan politics and governance challenges – makes it important to understand the implications of the de facto independent state’s recent presidential election outcome. The opposition coalition Waddani won the November election over …
South Africa will be president of the G20 in 2025: two much-needed reforms it should drive: South Africa will play an important international role in 2025 as president of the G20. The G20 is a group of 19 countries as well as the African Union and the European Union. Between them they represent 85% of …
Palestinian conflict: how despair can drive people to violence, even if it puts their lives in danger: During the 20 years I have been involved in research with Palestinians in the occupied territories, accounts of despair and frustration, and at times resignation and hopelessness, have been a constant theme. As other recent articles in The …
Online abuse could drive women out of political life – the time to act is now: Shutterstock/vchal It is becoming increasingly evident that life in modern politics is presenting women with a stark choice – endure almost constant online threats and abuse or get out of public life. Jacinda Ardern, the former prime minister of …
Wagner, conflict and poverty drive Central African Republic death rate above crisis levels: but where’s the aid?: The Central African Republic (CAR) is one of the poorest countries in the world. Its GDP per capita in 2022 was estimated at US$ 491 per year. The nation of roughly 5 million people has been in political …
Wagner group mercenaries in Africa: why there hasn’t been any effective opposition to drive them out: Wagner has assisted rebel leader Khalifa Hiftar’s Libyan Arab Armed Forces GettyImages It is easy to understand what African rulers see in the mercenary group Wagner. Its fighters can be deployed quickly. It brings sophisticated arms with it and …
LG’S Inverter Direct Drive Motor Reaches Milestone With 100 Million Units Produced: LG Electronics (LG) announces that production of its Inverter Direct Drive (DD) motor has exceeded 100 million units. The company’s differentiated motor technology is a major factor in the strong, reliable performance and continuing global popularity of LG’s industry-leading laundry solutions. From 1998 …
How men’s golf has been shaken by Saudi Arabia’s billion-dollar drive for legitimacy: Augusta, home of The Masters — golf's first major championship of the year. Slusing/Shutterstock The first major tournament of 2023 in men’s professional golf could be a particularly tense affair. The Masters, held every April in the US city of Augusta (Georgia), …
Africa’s agribusiness sector should drive the continent’s economic development: Five reasons why: Agriculture is still largely manual in a several parts of the continent. Patrick Sheperd/CIFOR Africa’s agriculture sector accounts for about 35% of the continent’s gross domestic product, and provides the livelihood of more than 50% of the continent’s population. These shares are more …
Freedom of speech: Scotland could derail Europe’s drive to stop rich people silencing journalists: Investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered by a car bomb on October 16 2017, near her home in northern Malta. For years she had been reporting on a web of corruption and money laundering on the Mediterranean islands, involving places …
Loopholes wide enough to ‘drive a diesel truck through’ — how to tell if a business is really net zero: The science is clear: greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions must peak before 2025 to prevent planetary warming exceeding 1.5?. The solution is simple: stop doing and investing in things that emit GHGs and instead protect the …
Spotify Wrapped: how sharing your music tastes can drive feelings of Fomo: Use of Spotify Wrapped has quadrupled since its inception in 2017. Shutterstock With its eye-catching animations, it would be easy to dismiss Spotify Wrapped – which gives users a roundup of their most listened-to music of the last year – as just another …
Look at leadership to drive digital transformation: Look at leadership to drive digital transformation Successful digital transformation depends on engaged leadership which has the power to influence the people who must adapt to changes and how they perform their jobs. With at least 70% of digital transformation projects failing due to employee resistance, the key …
The UK’s privatisation drive cost lives, research suggests: The UK’s most active period of privatisation saw health and safety disasters and fatalities increase dramatically. In recently published research, we identified 27 multifatality disasters between 1979 and 1997 leading to 763 deaths. These figures were the highest compared with three other European countries. During that period, …
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A nice Cape Town image: Cape Town, Chapmans Peak Drive Image by wattallan594 Chapmans Peak is the name of a mountain on the western side of the Cape Peninsula about 15 kilometres south of Cape Town, South Africa. A spectacular road, know as Chapmans Peak drive hugs the near vertical face of the mountain from …
A cool Port Elizabeth image: All-New Ford Ranger Media Drive Image by Ford Asia Pacific The All-New Ranger has been one of the most anticipated new models of the year, and it was finally time to show what the Pretoria-built vehicle, and its Port Elizabeth-produced 2.2 i4 and 3.2 i5 Duratorq TDCi engines, were made …