“Evacuation orders can’t keep up as fires get faster and hotter — with deadly results”, Los Angeles Times
By Joseph Serna and Louis Sahagun, Aug 2, 2018
It was Thursday evening when the Carr fire barreled out of… Continue reading
“Mnangagwa declared winner of country’s first post-Mugabe poll as opponent Nelson Chamisa rejects vote”, The Independent
Kim Sengupta, Harare, London, 3 August 2018
Zimbabwe has its first elected leader of the post-Mugabe era – but faces… Continue reading
“11 and Married: Malaysia Spars Over an Age-Old Practice”, The New York Times
By Hannah Beech, July 29.2018
GUA MUSANG, Malaysia — Norazila and Ayu were best friends and they shared everything… Continue reading
“The Observer view on digital campaigning being an existential threat to democracy”, The Observer
Observer Editorial, London, 29 Jul 2018,
The dangers of using social media in election campaigns are all too real… Continue reading
“Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson resigns amid child sex abuse cover-up”, Australian Broadcasting Corporaton (ABC) News
Sydney, July 30, 2018
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson — the most senior… Continue reading
“Americans actually like ‘socialist’ policies”, The Boston Globe
Michael A. Cohen, Opinion, July 27, 2018
Last month, when Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year old political upstart and avowed socialist,… Continue reading
“Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, facing sexual abuse reports, resigns from the College of Cardinals”, The Washington Post
Acts of Faith,
Julie Zauzmer, July 28, 2018Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington and longtime… Continue reading
“The Constitutional Amendment That Reinvented Freedom”, The New York Times
By T.J. Stiles, Opinion July 26, 2018
The 14th Amendment, the one that empowered the Bill of Rights, turns 150… Continue reading
“The Impermanence of Importance”, London Review of Books
David Runciman, 2 August 2018 Issue
- The World as It Is: Inside the Obama White House by Ben Rhodes, … Continue reading
“2018 Man Booker Prize longlist announced—no African authors for the second year running”, Johannesburg Review of Books
Jennifer Malec, Johannesburg, July 24, 2018
The 2018 Man Booker Prize longlist has been announced, including a graphic novel… Continue reading