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ANC tattered, but too early to write off South Africa
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ANC tattered, but too early to write off South Africa
"The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born," wrote Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci in 1929.
World View
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There is no prospect of a buyout
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There is no prospect of a buyout
Last week a despairing reader asked me if the solution to the "Middle East Problem" might be to throw money at it: just buy the Palestinians out.
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Is it the mother of all feedbacks?
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Is it the mother of all feedbacks?
"Just like this year, last year the heat wave extended from parts of India to Bangladesh and Myanmar, and all the way to Thailand."
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Actions of one of three men could lead to ceasefire in Gaza
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Actions of one of three men could lead to ceasefire in Gaza
Hamas did not need a ceasefire.
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Well done all — wider war looks to have been averted, for now
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Well done all — wider war looks to have been averted, for now
Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader, is embarrassed and humiliated by the complete failure of his drone and missile attack on Israel.
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Middle East: A bigger war looming after latest Israeli missile strikes?
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Middle East: A bigger war looming after latest Israeli missile strikes?
What should you do when your government assures you that everything is under control and says there is no need to buy generators, stock up on food and withdraw money from the bank?
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Senegal: Last country standing
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Senegal: Last country standing
The crisis in Senegal, the one country in West Africa that has never had a military coup, has passed.
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Climate: the world is now heading for uncharted territory
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Climate: the world is now heading for uncharted territory
It was bound to happen some time, and the time could well be now.
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Three famines with one common cause
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Three famines with one common cause
There are three incipient famines in the world today, and politics is at the root of all of them.
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Non-white leadership of UK has just sort of happened
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Non-white leadership of UK has just sort of happened
Nobody planned it, hardly anybody realised it was happening, and suddenly there it was: done.
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Aid farce lacks more than footwear
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Aid farce lacks more than footwear
Good news!
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Anthropocene cancelled: we’re back in the Holocene era
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Anthropocene cancelled: we’re back in the Holocene era
There has been a decade-long year war within the geological community over what to call the epoch we live in right now, and an international panel of two dozen senior geologists has finally...
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Only Biden can stop the Gaza war
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Only Biden can stop the Gaza war
More than four months into the sixth Arab-Israeli War, during which about 1500 Israelis and 30,000 Palestinians have died, all the major local actors are stuck. Only the United States can stop the...
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Prospect of mass immigration looms
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Prospect of mass immigration looms
It did not end well for Karolina Shiino, the young woman who won the title of Miss Japan two weeks ago.
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A man’s gotta do ... well, what?
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A man’s gotta do ... well, what?
In the immediate aftermath of the massacre of 1140 Israeli civilians by Hamas terrorists last October, US President Joe Biden went to Israel and gave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu some...
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Meritless or a decisive victory?
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Meritless or a decisive victory?
Israel's defence minister, Yoav Gallant, dismissed the ruling by the International Court of Justice in The Hague on the accusation that Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip with the...
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Sending a message, via missile
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Sending a message, via missile
Not all that long ago, attacking another country’s territory was still seen as a big deal.
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Israel v the ICJ: a waste of time?
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Israel v the ICJ: a waste of time?
The two sides have had their day in court — one day each, actually.
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Foreign support for Sahel ending
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Foreign support for Sahel ending
Last Sunday, the last of 12,000 United Nations peacekeeping troops left Mali, ordered out by the military regime that seized power after two successive coups in 2020 and 2021.
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Spring thaw could be scorching
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Spring thaw could be scorching
Last year was probably the hottest in the past 10,000 years — but everybody agrees that this year will be even hotter.