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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...

Saturday 17/March/2018 15:21 PM

The next phase of finance

The decade since the global financial crisis has been tumultuous, to say the least. True, no great war has erupted, and we have more or less avoided the...