Mar 28, 2017 10:38 am UTC| Technicals Insights & Views
Every attempt of upswings restrained below 7DMA, current prices consistently sliding below 7DMA (on dailies). As a result, bears have managed to plunge the current prices at 4-months lows. Last two weeks of WTI crude...
What is fiction good for in a post-truth world?
Mar 28, 2017 10:37 am UTC| Insights & Views
Ever since Plato equated poetry with falsehood in the fourth century BC, the value of fiction has been in doubt. No convincing case for its value has since been made, beyond the obvious pleasures experienced by readers and...
Are converts to Islam more likely to become extremists?
Mar 28, 2017 10:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
The process of conversion to any religion is best thought of as a journey, and this is how it is often described to others by those who undergo it. While conversion happens in many faiths, conversion to Islam has been...
How a clever bargaining strategy can secure Britain a good Brexit deal
Mar 28, 2017 10:32 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Once Britains prime minister, Theresa May, has triggered Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, Brexit negotiations can commence. These negotiations will be the most complex and the most important of negotiations conducted by a...
Poland inflation likely to rise further in March, unlikely to have any impact on MPS stance
Mar 28, 2017 10:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Poland Marchs flash CPI inflation data is due Friday, and analysts expect Polands inflation to rise further as base effects are still in place and are likely to push the number higher. Driven by a global acceleration in...
How rupture with mainland Europe caused Britain to falter in its first 1,500 years
Mar 28, 2017 10:30 am UTC| Insights & Views
By triggering Article 50 to start Britains process of exiting the European Union, Theresa May will launch the country into the unknown. History provides examples of Britain leaving Europe and sometimes Europe leaving...
UN Meets To Discuss Banning Nukes, US Leads Protest Against Nuclear Disarmament
Mar 28, 2017 08:43 am UTC| Insights & Views
Nuclear weapons are by far the most destructive weapons that humanity has ever devised, which is why a lot of people are troubled by the fact that both the US and Russia still have thousands of them. The UN is about to...
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’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects