Why Europe will let member states opt out of GM crops

Nov 30, 2015 16:26 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

In the US, farmers have been cultivating crops with genetically engineered traits since the 1990s and their use and consumption is widespread. Thats not the case in Europe. In fact, a directive passed by the European...

Europe Fallout Series

Germany needs to rethink what it means to be German to resolve refugees and ISIS

Nov 30, 2015 16:23 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

The attacks earlier this month in Paris that led to the deaths of 130 people have prompted a range of responses across Europe and the world. One of the darker reactions, however, has involved targeting the hundreds of...

China's plan to put two-faced citizens on credit blacklist isn't all that foreign

Nov 30, 2015 16:12 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

China has a problem. No, not Donald Trump trying to savage it any time he comes within three feet of a microphone. Its that enormous social shifts in recent years like the forcible relocation of 250 million people from...

Cricket has the opportunity to be a truly transparent world sport – it should seize it

Nov 30, 2015 16:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports Politics

Revelations of corruption in the administration of global sport have provided one of the ongoing dramas of 2015. The reasons for the plethora of scandals notably at footballs governing body FIFA and the International...

Is Bangladesh descending into lawlessness?

Nov 30, 2015 16:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views

An Italian priest has been wounded by gunmen in Bangladesh, the latest in a wave of attacks on foreigners there. Only weeks before, an Italian citizen working with a development organisation was shot in Dhakas diplomatic...

Flurry of reasons to ponder over global markets sensing recessionary phase

Nov 30, 2015 12:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Since World War II, the average length of time between recessions is 5 to 6 years. With the current cycle clocking in at 81, its natural to wonder if the next downturn is imminent. Global inflation has begun to reflect...

Explainer: how scientists know climate change is happening

Nov 30, 2015 06:01 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature

The Paris climate conference will set nations against each other, and kick off huge arguments over economic policies, green regulations and even personal lifestyle choices. But one thing isnt up for debate: the evidence...