South African xenophobia becomes endemic as vigilante groups embrace the ‘negative nationalism’
A week after members of Operation Dudula allegedly threatened to burn it down, the iconic Yeoville market in Johannesburg was set on fire in the early hours of June 20. Most traders who rent stalls there are migrants from other African countries. The South African Human Rights Commission confirmed that...
Wine may no longer get sweeter with age as climate change takes its toll on fruit chemistry and taste
Warming, wildfires and unpredictable weather threaten to disrupt the delicate processes that underlie treasured wines. Researchers and producers are innovating to keep ahead. Soon after the devastating Glass Fire sparked in California’s Napa Valley in September 2020, wine chemist Anita Oberholster’s inbox was brimming with hundreds of emails from panicked...
Man United superstar transfer Ronaldo to Chelsea: Wishful thinking or work-in-progress?
Chelsea owner Todd Boehly has held talks with Cristiano Ronaldo’s agent about a potential deal to take the Manchester United striker to Stamford Bridge, reports say. The 37-year-old returned to Old Trafford last summer with Ronaldo leading the club’s scoring charts in his first season back with 24 goals in...
Mutual respect and conversation, not name-calling and conflict, are key to America’s gun violence prevention
When an 18-year-old took a semiautomatic rifle to an elementary school in Texas last month and killed 19 students and two teachers, I was looking after my 10-year-old grandson. He knows I have spent most of my life trying to prevent gun violence. I had to tell him we had...
Kenya’s unresolved murders: Why police leave stones unturned during investigations of high profile crimes
At least one person gets killed every two days in Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi. Most of these cases are never resolved. Only 94 murder cases were registered in Nairobi courts in 2021. Nairobi is Kenya’s most populous city with more than four million people. Like other major cities across Africa,...
