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Can democracy vote itself out of existence?

Jul 17, 2018 14:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Look at the state of the worlds democratic nations, and it is easy to see why so many are concerned for the future of democracy. Leaders such as Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Vladimir Putin and Hungarys Viktor Orbán have...

Blame politicians, not Mandela, for South Africa's unfinished business

Jul 17, 2018 14:52 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

July 2018 marks Nelson Mandelas centenary year. Why is he still so revered across the world? The answer simply is that he is widely regarded as the personification of values which he spent much of his life fighting for....

Russia's World Cup widely hailed as success, but will the good vibes last for Putin?

Jul 17, 2018 14:26 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports Politics

Even before the final whistle had been blown at the 2018 World Cup, the world media were already proclaiming it a huge success. The New York Times asked whether Russia 2018 was the greatest of all World Cups, while The...

Australian jobs aren't becoming less secure

Jul 17, 2018 14:25 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

A common narrative nowadays is that standard, secure full-time work is a thing of the past thanks to increasing casual jobs, labour hire, temping and non-standard work contracts that side-step collective bargaining. The...

Think the dual citizenship saga does not affect state parliamentarians? It might be time to think again

Jul 17, 2018 14:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Politics

Over the past year, we have seen 15 federal parliamentarians leave the Australian parliament because of dual citizenship. Under Section 44(i) of the Australian Constitution which has been given a strict interpretation...

Taxpayers will back a carbon tax if they get a cheque in the mail

Jul 14, 2018 10:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law

Ontarios new premier, Doug Ford, is scrapping the provinces cap-and-trade program, designed to reward businesses that reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, as part of his promise to make gasoline more affordable. Where...

Officers 'sanctioned' for 'human error' in filing cabinet affair

Jul 14, 2018 10:50 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

A culmination of human errors caused the prime ministers department to throw out filing cabinets containing classified documents that eventually reached the ABC, according to the Australian Federal Police investigation...

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Economy

Renminbi Series: China’s impossible trilemma returns to haunt

Impossible Trinity/Trilemma is an economic concept which suggests that a country cant all the three following at the same time; a fixed foreign exchange rate, free capital movement, and an independent monetary policy. And...

U.S. 2-year Treasury yield overtakes Tuesday’s high following hawkish comments from Fed Chair Powell

The U.S. 2-year Treasury yield on Wednesday, broke yesterdays high of 2.619 percent, albeit remaining flat at the time of writing, reaching a days high of 2.624 percent. In the overnight session, bond yields experienced a...

UK 10-year gilt yield slumps to 1-1/2 month low after June consumer inflation fails to meet market expectations

The United Kingdoms 10-year gilt yield slumped to 1-1/2 month low during European session Wednesday after the countrys consumer price inflation (CPI) for the month of June failed to meet market expectations. Investors will...

U.S.’ net foreign demand for long-term securities weakens in May; impact of trade rhetoric to watch out for

The United States net foreign purchases of long-term securities slowed in May, although foreign private institutions are still willing buyers of U.S. Treasury and corporate debt. Foreign official institutions remained net...

U.S. under Trump Series: U.S. services could fall victim of trade war

Despite market optimism being reflected through the stock market rise, the trade war initiated by the U.S. President Donald Trump continues under the rug. Since President Trump announced 25 percent tariffs on all steel...

Politics

Poland's judicial purge another step toward authoritarian democracy

Since the elections of 2015, Poland has been ruled by the Law and Justice Party (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, or PiS), a far-right nationalist group that has transformed the country beyond recognition. Poland had once been...

Arrest and release of Somaliland poet puts spotlight on regional troubles

Poets, writers and bloggers have recently been on the receiving end of political crackdowns in the self-declared independent state of Somaliland. Surges often occur around elections, and most recently due to assertive...

The Murri Book Club and the politics of reading for Indigenous Australians

Although the 2018 Closing the Gap report on Indigenous disadvantage highlighted the importance of literacy for Indigenous Australians, progress remains slow. But, while reading is widely considered an unmitigated good and...

Brexiteers outmanoeuvred at Chequers as Theresa May corrals her cabinet to agree Brexit plan

On his first visit to the prime ministers country retreat at Chequers, the Liberal Democrat minister David Laws was reminded of the setting for an Agatha Christie film, where most of the guests would be murdered. Six years...

Is Indonesia retreating from democracy?

This is an edited extract from Tim Lindseys essay Retreat from Democracy, which appears in Australian Foreign Affairs #3, published 9 July. For much of the past 20 years, Indonesia has been held up as a model of...

Science

Long live the Europe of scientists!

This article is published as part of the EuroScience Open Festival (ESOF), of which The Conversation France is a partner. Since its inception, the European project has benefitted citizens from all walks of life in every...

Discovering dopamine's role in the brain: Arvid Carlsson's important legacy

Arvid Carlsson, the Swedish neuroscientist and Nobel laureate, died on June 29, 2018 at the age of 95. He had devoted his life to understanding how the brain works and was awarded the Nobel for his research into dopamine ...

How Novichok is different from radioactive poisons – and what this means for decontamination

A man and a woman were found unconscious in Wiltshire, England, on July, after having been exposed to the nerve agent Novichok. This is the same substance that was used to poison the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and...

We need a bank of DNA from dirt and water to protect Australia's environment

Measuring biodiversity used to mean laboriously collecting samples and manually identifying the plants, animals and fungi. This might involve careful inspection under a microscope to spot identifying features. This takes a...

Curious Kids: Where do black holes lead to?

This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions theyd like an expert to answer. All questions are welcome serious, weird or wacky! You might also like...

Technology

IBM Partners with Stronghold to Deliver Stable Coin Backed by FDIC Dollars

IBM recently dived into the cryptocurrency movement as well, backing stable coin Stronghold USD, which currently holds Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation-insured U.S. Dollars. IBMs partner, Stronghold, was able to...

Bitcoin’s Value Up by $600 in Just 30 Minutes; Cryptocurrency Now Trading Above $7,000

Bitcoin has now broken free of the bearish trend that kept it below $7,000 in recent weeks. The leading cryptocurrency in the world exploded today as its value shot up by $600 in just 30 minutes, Coindesk reported. This...

'PUBG' Latest News and Updates: Much-Requested Custom Matches Finally Getting an Open Beta

In an update on Steam, Player Unknowns Battlegrounds (PUBG) has released information about an upcoming feature which allows players to now create their own custom matches. As of this articles posting, the new custom...

Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 Release Date, Specs: LTE-Enabled Tablet Appears in Chinese Regulatory Filing; Other Features Leaked

More clues hint that the South Korean electronics giant is working on releasing the Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 this year. Recently, a regulatory filing supposedly for the said tablet was spotted while another report revealed...

Binance Successfully Compensates Users After Syscoin Incident

Binance, the largest crypto exchange firm in the world by trading volume, announced that it has now successfully transferred the rebates that it promised its users, Etherum World News reported. The compensation was due to...

Digital Currency

Hedge Fund firm ‘Tetras Capital’ thumbs down for Ethereum but constructive on Bitcoin

FxWirePro: LTC/USD breaks major trend line resistance, jump till $117 likely

Blockchain startup Nervos Network raises $28M from Sequoia China, Wanxiang Blockchain and others

Law

South Korean lawmakers to propose bills on cryptocurrency, ICO and blockchain regulation: Report

Restructuring alone won't clean up the banks' act

Rethinking the penalties for rape

Life

'Ideological masculinity' that drives violence against women is a form of violent extremism

The 100-year-old rallying cry of ‘white genocide’

Why couples sleep better in more gender-equal societies

Nature

Not all marine fish eat plastics

Coldplay conundrum: how to reduce the risk of failure for environmental projects

Why the 2018 heatwave will not be as bad as 1976 for your fruit and vegetables

Sports

Michael Schumacher News and Updates: F1 Star's Family Requests for Privacy; Can Schumi's Record Be Beaten?

Kawhi Leonard, Kevin Durant News and Updates: Leonard’s Lakers Ambition and Durant’s Free Agency Rumors

LA Lakers, Mitchell Robinson News: 7-Foot-1 Center Might've Been a Laker Had He Not Missed NBA Draft 2018's Combine

Technical Analysis

FxWirePro: CHF/JPY Daily Outlook

FxWirePro: GBP/USD trade idea

FxWirePro: USD/JPY tests 113 handle, greenback buoyed after Powell's optimistic testimony

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IRISH PM SAYS PREPARING TO HIRE 1,000 CUSTOMS AND VETERINARY INSPECTORS TO DEAL WITH CHANGES IN RULES BETWEEN BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN 2021

FITCH SAYS MEXICAN BOND REFINANCINGS SURGED AHEAD OF ELECTION

UK CABINET MINISTER, SPEAKING ON CONDITION OF ANONYMITY, SAYS CONSERVATIVE PARTY HAS COME TO SENSES, WILL ALL HANG TOGETHER ON CHEQUERS DEAL

TRUMP, ASKED IF RUSSIA IS STILL TARGETING THE U.S., SHOOK HIS HEAD AND SAID NO

OPEC, NON-OPEC COMPLIANCE WITH OIL OUTPUT CURBS HAS DECLINED TO AROUND 120 PCT IN JUNE FROM 147 PCT IN MAY - 2 SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH MATTER

CANADA 1.750 PCT 2020 BOND AUCTION YIELD LOW 1.944 PCT,HIGH 1.947 PCT

CANADA AUCTION OF C$3 BLN 2020 BOND BOCBOND YIELDS AVG 1.945 PCT

TRUMP SAYS THERE WILL BE JULY 25 MEETING WITH EU FOR TRADE TALKS

TRUMP SAYS U.S. MAY DO SEPARATE TRADE DEAL WITH MEXICO, MAY DO DEAL WITH CANADA LATER

RUSSIA'S MOEX CLOSED AT 2,287.03, DOWN -1.03%

PORTUGAL’S PSI20 DOWN 0.27 PERCENT AT 5,623.32 POINTS

SWITZERLAND SMI CLOSED AT 8,935.50, UP +1.26%

ITALY’S FTSE MIB DOWN 0.03 PERCENT AT 21,972.22 POINTS AT THE PROVISIONAL CLOSE

BRITAIN'S FTSE 100 UP 0.7 PCT

GERMANY'S DAX UP 0.8 PCT, FRANCE'S CAC 40 UP 0.5 PCT, SPAIN'S IBEX UP 0.7 PCT

EUROPE'S STOXX 600 UP 0.6 PCT

EURO STOXX INDEX UP 0.6 PCT

EURO ZONE BLUE CHIPS UP 0.8 PCT

FxWirePro: GBP/USD trades lower on weaker than expected UK CPI data, good to sell on rallies

Organisations have to adapt to move forward: Goldman Sachs’ new pro-bitcoin CEO David Solomon

FxWirePro: GBP/USD trade idea

Hedge Fund firm ‘Tetras Capital’ thumbs down for Ethereum but constructive on Bitcoin

After English Premier League club Arsenal and Lionel Messi, another footballer Drogba to promote crypto-space and blockchain

FxWirePro: USD/JPY tests 113 handle, greenback buoyed after Powell's optimistic testimony

FxWirePro: USD/CHF recovers sharply more than 100 pips from yesterday’s low on hawkish Powell testimony, good to buy on dips

Australian 2-year bond yield hits 1-month high tracking U.S. Treasuries; June employment report in focus

FxWirePro: British Pound under selling pressure post UK CPI data, stay short GBP/CHF

Economics Monitor

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3.823 Bln USD

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-0.407 M

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