MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 28 OCTOBER 2024 Israel hit Iran hard, says Netanyahu; deadly strike on journalists sparks global condemnation 9 min 12 By Reuters
US PRESIDENTIAL RACE ANALYSIS American election is down to its final days, but Harris-Trump race remains ‘neck and neck’ 10 min 33 By J Brooks Spector
GUEST ESSAY Some of my best friends are Trump supporters (and who on earth is Curtis Yarvin?) 5 min 48 By Steven Boykey Sidley
THE VERDICT OP-ED What a cinematic masterpiece tells us about the upcoming US election 3 min 1 By Terence McNamee
ISS TODAY OP-ED Cementing US-Angola ties — Biden’s visit signifies an attempt to counter Chinese and Russian influence in southern Africa 5 min 1 By Zenge Simakoloyi, Piers Pigou and Borges Nhamirre
TRIBUTE OP-ED Remembering Ali Mazrui, a towering African intellectual who predicted many historical events 7 min 0 By Seifudein Adem
BOOK EXTRACT ‘These were my mother’s people’ — Kamala Harris recalls how she was taken to civil rights marches in a baby stroller 3 min 20 By Kamala Harris
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 7 OCTOBER 2024 Israel bombards Beirut suburbs; pro-Palestinian protests erupt worldwide ahead of grim October 7 anniversary 10 min 1 By Reuters
2024 DECISIONUSA With four weeks to go, Kamala Harris leads US polls while Elon Musk goes Dark MAGA for Trump 5 min 45 By J Brooks Spector
ANALYSIS Mr Slick versus Mr Earnest Nice Guy? Civilised US VP debate stuck to policy ideas, but won’t move dial for voters 6 min 8 By J Brooks Spector
UKRAINE UPDATE: 2 OCTOBER 2024 Russian troops reach the centre of Vuhledar; Nato’s new chief Mark Rutte voices support for Kyiv 5 min 1 By Reuters
US ELECTIONS ANALYSIS Vice-presidential candidates set to spar in debate as Harris-Trump race is on a knife-edge 6 min 5 By J Brooks Spector
UKRAINE UPDATE: 23 SEPTEMBER 2024 Russia strikes apartment block in Kharkiv; Kyiv air defence units destroy 71 Russian drones 5 min 0 By Reuters
ISS TODAY OP-ED Agoa, agoing, agoner? Uncertainty dogs US trade policy for Africa — here are the risks 4 min 0 By Ronak Gopaldas for ISS Today
THE CONVERSATION Could Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris make a difference? 19% of young people admit a celebrity’s OK might influence them 5 min 2 By Richard T. Longoria
ANALYSIS Kamala Harris cleans Donald Trump’s clock in American presidential candidates debate — no debate about it 5 min 74 By J Brooks Spector
GUEST ESSAY Elon Musk and the entanglement of money, politics and power 5 min 14 By Steven Boykey Sidley
US PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE D-Day for Harris and Trump as they go head to head, live on national TV 8 min 35 By J Brooks Spector
UKRAINE UPDATE: 6 SEPTEMBER 2024 Zelensky to meet Scholz in Germany; Putin ready to continue sending gas to Europe via Kyiv post-2024 6 min 1 By Bloomberg
