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Sunday 18/March/2018 14:41 PM

A new deal for South Africa

A month has passed since Cyril Ramaphosa, the head of the African National Congress (ANC), replaced Jacob Zuma as South Africa’s president. Ramaphosa, a...

Sunday 18/March/2018 14:39 PM

Engineering a more responsible digital future

The world is being battered by technological disruption, as innovations such as big data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, the Internet of...

Sunday 18/March/2018 14:32 PM

A networked solution to education reform

Around the world, some 250 million children are unable to attend school, and many who do have access to a classroom are not learning the skills they need to...

Sunday 18/March/2018 14:30 PM

Investing in poverty reduction

The tax legislation that US President Donald Trump signed into law last December will dramatically increase inequality and the federal budget deficit. Yet,...

Saturday 17/March/2018 15:53 PM

A trade war on the world’s poorest

US President Donald Trump’s steel tariffs have brought the prospect of a trade war closer to reality. The European Union warns that it has “a whole...

Saturday 17/March/2018 15:36 PM

Tabloid India

When the Bollywood superstar Sridevi Kapoor drowned last month, at age 54, in a bathtub in a Dubai hotel, coverage of her tragic death once again showcased...