Biya must stop the killings in Cameroon and lead the search for peace

Jul 19, 2018 16:14 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

I spent part of last month in Cameroon travelling to various communities and listening to ordinary voices about the ongoing Anglophone crisis. I witnessed the devastating impact of the conflict on people and their...

Brexit: Theresa May's plan will strengthen rather than weaken European legal control

Jul 19, 2018 16:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views

One of the key objectives of Brexit is to get rid of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) and restore the authority of British courts. But under prime minister Theresa Mays current plan, the ECJs influence after Brexit will...

Sacha Baron Cohen: is he wrong to make fools of the unwitting?

Jul 19, 2018 15:12 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment

There is no such thing as bad publicity, as the 19th-century showman and godfather of fake publicity P T Barnum may (or may not) have once said. But some high-ranking politicos caught up in Sacha Baron Cohens new...

Some people in 'modern slavery' are underworked – and they pay a heavy price for it

Jul 19, 2018 15:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

People trapped in modern slavery situations endure terrible conditions, threats to their safety, and limits on their freedom. Yet sometimes, they actually do less work than they really want to. It may sound unlikely, but...

What criminal conspiracy charges against an alleged Russian spy might mean for the NRA: 3 questions answered

Jul 19, 2018 15:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Editors note: U.S. authorities have arrested Mariia Butina, a Russian advocate for firearms ownership also known as Maria. In a criminal complaint that led to her indictment, the Justice Department accused her of secretly...

FxWirePro: A glimpse at commodity-bloc FX pairs amid trade turmoil

Jul 19, 2018 14:59 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

Noticeably, the lingering trade-combat threats, feeble global growth and lower Chinese commodity demand all mark headwinds for the three commodity currencies. Meanwhile, Commodity Futures Trading Commission IMM...

Where the UK's Brexit plan (and Customs Bill) leave Northern Ireland

Jul 19, 2018 14:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views

The status of the Irish border after Brexit is the most complicated and contested part of the UKs withdrawal from the EU. The UK government insists the issue can only be addressed in the formulation of a new UK-EU...