What's holding Russia back from ratifying the Paris climate agreement?
Sep 27, 2016 17:23 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that his country will ratify the Paris climate agreement in October, a significant boost in the campaign to have the agreement become legally binding by the end of the...
The wrong questions are being asked in the free higher education debate
Sep 27, 2016 17:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The main brief of the Commission of Inquiry into Higher Education and Training (The Fees Commission) demands that it enquires and makes findings on the feasibility of fee-free higher education in South Africa. The problem...
Can quotas make gender equality happen in politics? Lessons from business
Sep 27, 2016 17:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business
The number of women MPs in the British parliament is the highest its ever been. There are 191 women among the 650 MPs, up a third from the 2010 election. This has to be good news, especially for the many critics of...
Social workers give voice to people at the margins – Scotland plans to take it away
Sep 27, 2016 17:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Who is best placed to help with a childs welfare? Thats the question at the heart of one of the Scottish governments most controversial plans, to give every child a named person to support them from birth to the age of...
When world leaders thought you shouldn’t need passports or visas
Sep 27, 2016 15:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
In the age of heavily restricted migration, passport control seems a natural prerogative of the state. The idea of abolishing passports is almost unthinkable. But in the 20th century, governments considered their total...
FxWirePro: Double bonanza for RUB from crude consolidation and CBR’s hawkish tone
Sep 27, 2016 14:35 pm UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views
The Russian currency remains our preferred carry currency in EMEA EM. The Rouble restrained dollars bullish rout ever in highs of 84.9493 was unable to sustain from the beginning of 2016. USDRUB has been consistently...
Sexual and domestic violence: the hidden reasons why Mexican women flee their homes
Sep 27, 2016 14:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
In the past few years, thousands of Mexicans have been forced to flee to the United States seeking international legal protection. Reports by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) from 2007 to mid-2015...
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