How oil and water create a complex conflict in the Niger Delta

Apr 22, 2020 13:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views

In the Niger Deltas coastal communities, oil pollution of the marine environment has depleted the fishing and water resources that people have traditionally depended on for their livelihoods. This has led to a complex...

Does anyone know what your wishes are if you're sick and dying from coronavirus?

Apr 22, 2020 13:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views

With more than 170,000 coronavirus deaths worldwide so far, including 71 in Australia, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of talking to your loved ones about dying and your wishes at the end of your...

Vietnam has reported no coronavirus deaths – how?

Apr 22, 2020 12:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Vietnam a developing country that has a large land border with China and a population of 97 million people has not reported a single death from coronavirus. As of April 21, the country had reported 268 cases of COVID-19,...

It's time to admit our COVID-19 'exit strategy' might just look like a more flexible version of lockdown

Apr 22, 2020 12:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views

As the COVID-19 curve starts to flatten in Australia and New Zealand, people are rightly wondering how we will roll back current lockdown policies. Australias federal health minister Greg Hunt says Australia is looking to...

There is no evidence that the coronavirus was created in a laboratory

Apr 22, 2020 12:51 pm UTC| Insights & Views

The Covid-19 pandemic, which is disrupting our lives and shaking our health systems and economies, is at the root of what Dr. Sylvie Briand, director of the Department of Pandemic and Epidemic Diseases of the World Health...

FxWirePro: Is Crude Oil Prices Really Pressuring Canadian Currency? Hedging Perspectives Of CAD

Apr 22, 2020 11:45 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

The fact that despite the renewed collapse of the oil price, the commodity-driven currency Canadian dollars losses are limited is unlikely to be seen as an entirely positive development domestically. A weaker currency...

FxWirePro: Tour With CFTC Chair On WTI Crude Futures In Negative Territory And Hedging Review

Apr 22, 2020 10:26 am UTC| Research & Analysis Commentary Insights & Views

WTI crude futures have slid in negative zone, while spot crude prices are trading at $11.28 levels a barrel. The recent distortions on the oil market are less likely to be the cause but instead, the trigger for the market...