China's new Silk Road is all part of its grand strategy for global influence
Jan 05, 2017 16:38 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The first freight train from China to the UK has started its 12,000 mile journey from the industrial city of Yiwu in the east of China to London. Part of Chinas One Belt, One Road project to link east and west, it is all...
We made a lightweight trauma pack to save and change lives on rural African roads
Jan 05, 2017 13:28 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Its a common misconception that design is about aesthetics; its a great deal more involved than that. Sometimes good design can mean the difference between poverty and prosperity, or even life and death. For the past...
Seven ways education needs to change in 2017
Jan 05, 2017 13:26 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
When James Callaghan, then prime minister, launched his great debate on education at Ruskin College Oxford in 1976, the content and role of education became a hotly contested subject. Schools today, however, are now less...
How to burn more oil and gas but slash emissions? Offshore power stations
Jan 05, 2017 13:23 pm UTC| Insights & Views
While the energy in fossil fuels is valuable for society, burning them has well documented environmental consequences global warming, smog and the effects of nitrous and sulphur oxides. Many think the time has come to...
Housing the dead: what happens when a city runs out of space?
Jan 05, 2017 13:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Do you know where and how you want to be buried? Will you choose an elaborate Victorian-style headstone, or do you prefer a green burial, with only a GPS tracking signal indicating your location? Or you may elect to...
FxWirePro: Predominant aspects to be mindful in 2017 to deal with EMFX tantrum
Jan 05, 2017 12:51 pm UTC| Insights & Views Commentary
EM currencies are entering a higher volatility regime, with heightened depreciation pressures through to Q1 2017. A Trump presidency raises protectionist risk premium and higher US yields are disruptive for the fragile...
Five top tips for an outstanding UCAS form
Jan 05, 2017 12:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
As the final UCAS deadline looms in mid-January, its understandable to worry that you dont have time to complete a quality application that will bag you that place on the course of your dreams. But fear not, because here...
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