New anti-protest laws are incompatible with American democracy
Apr 08, 2017 05:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Civil protest is a crucial tenet of any free democracy and in the US its protected by the Constitutions first amendment. But a wave of new anti-protest laws may infringe on this hard-won constitutional right one that...
The Case for Christ: What's the evidence for the resurrection?
Apr 08, 2017 05:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
In 1998, Lee Strobel, a reporter for the Chicago Tribune and a graduate of Yale Law School, published The Case for Christ: A Journalists Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus. Strobel had formerly been an...
US strike on Syria ends prospect of warmer relations with Russia
Apr 08, 2017 05:41 am UTC| Insights & Views
Ever since Donald Trump arrived in the White House, there has been much talk of a great thaw in relations between the US and Russia. But his decision to carry out airstrikes in Syria in retaliation against Bashar al-Assads...
Trump’s attack on Syria: Four takeaways
Apr 08, 2017 05:37 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
On April 6, two U.S. Navy destroyers in the Mediterranean Sea fired 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at Shayrat airfield in western Homs province in Syria. The strike purportedly came in retaliation for the Syrian governments...
US airstrike on Syria: What next?
Apr 08, 2017 05:36 am UTC| Insights & Views
Make no mistake. The April 6 U.S. airstrike on Syria following Bashar al-Assads chemical weapon attack is a remarkable shift in President Donald Trumps and Washingtons past policy. As president-elect, Trumps Middle...
Strikes against Syria: Did Trump need permission from Congress?
Apr 08, 2017 05:34 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Launching 59 cruise missiles at a Syrian military airfield in response to a Syrian chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of civilians raises important questions. Does the president have, or should he have, the...
FxWirePro: Intricacies of European derivatives and valuation arguments of Bund Swap spread
Apr 07, 2017 13:12 pm UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views
The ECB rhetoric has reduced expectation of an early ECB lift off but the EONIA market is still pricing 10bp of tightening by Jun18. Over the past week, swap spreads narrowed at the front while Bund and Buxl widened...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects