Why smart policies are key to solving the world’s clean water problems
Jul 19, 2018 16:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Around 2.5 to 3 billion people worldwide dont have access to clean water. There are at least another 1.5 billion in developed countries who may have access to clean water but dont trust its quality. A number of widely...
Biya must stop the killings in Cameroon and lead the search for peace
Jul 19, 2018 16:14 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
I spent part of last month in Cameroon travelling to various communities and listening to ordinary voices about the ongoing Anglophone crisis. I witnessed the devastating impact of the conflict on people and their...
Brexit: Theresa May's plan will strengthen rather than weaken European legal control
Jul 19, 2018 16:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views
One of the key objectives of Brexit is to get rid of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) and restore the authority of British courts. But under prime minister Theresa Mays current plan, the ECJs influence after Brexit will...
Sacha Baron Cohen: is he wrong to make fools of the unwitting?
Jul 19, 2018 15:12 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
There is no such thing as bad publicity, as the 19th-century showman and godfather of fake publicity P T Barnum may (or may not) have once said. But some high-ranking politicos caught up in Sacha Baron Cohens new...
Some people in 'modern slavery' are underworked – and they pay a heavy price for it
Jul 19, 2018 15:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
People trapped in modern slavery situations endure terrible conditions, threats to their safety, and limits on their freedom. Yet sometimes, they actually do less work than they really want to. It may sound unlikely, but...
Jul 19, 2018 15:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Editors note: U.S. authorities have arrested Mariia Butina, a Russian advocate for firearms ownership also known as Maria. In a criminal complaint that led to her indictment, the Justice Department accused her of secretly...
FxWirePro: A glimpse at commodity-bloc FX pairs amid trade turmoil
Jul 19, 2018 14:59 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Noticeably, the lingering trade-combat threats, feeble global growth and lower Chinese commodity demand all mark headwinds for the three commodity currencies. Meanwhile, Commodity Futures Trading Commission IMM...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects