So, if there is no loneliness epidemic, why do we keep talking as if there is? Media framing of the issue and the human tendency to panic reinforce each other. We click into news stories based on ...

Cryptocurrency is increasingly moving into the real world with even the US Federal Housing Finance Agency considering crypto in deciding whether someone has enough assets to qualify for a home loan.

When I slid my spoon into this soup and savoured it, I could taste the leeks, onions, cheese and beer, and that touch of sweetness from the sherry. This soup, like many dishes worth making and eating, ...

With anti-migrant groups blocking foreign nationals from access, health facilities are becoming battlegrounds for exclusionary healthcare.

Higher Education Minister Nkabane has been under scrutiny after controversial Setas appointments involving ANC comrades, raising questions of whether she is fit for the job. Other issues within the ...

As armed groups shift away from direct confrontations with the military, commercial drones are increasingly used to carry out attacks.

Gaps in Gaza ceasefire talks under way in Qatar between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas can be bridged but it may take more than a few days to reach a deal, Israeli officials said on ...

The only alternative to State Capture is a competing model in which auditors, lawyers and media search not for whether the party got a kickback (because it will), but whether there was enough value ...

The chilling spin-off of the award-winning hit Death in Paradise, Beyond Paradise follows DI Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall) and Martha as they swap the fast-paced life of London for the quiet coast ...

The ANC wants to remove highly regarded Tshwane city manager Johann Mettler, three years after his appointment.

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Digital public infrastructure has the potential to fall into the same traps of extractive corporate neocolonialism, digital exclusion and the exacerbation of inequality, and the failure to ...