Why is chemical castration being used on offenders in some countries?
Jun 16, 2016 11:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Following a horrific act of sexual violence against a 14-year-old girl, the president of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, recently signed a decree into law, which, among other things, authorised the death penalty for convicted...
Undecided on the referendum? These are the three questions to ask yourself in the voting booth
Jun 16, 2016 11:49 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
If there is one thing people can agree on as they prepare to vote on the UKs EU membership: comprehensive, comprehensible and trustworthy information is in short supply. Every day, the quality of the debate sinks to a new...
Hard Evidence: analysis shows extent of press bias towards Brexit
Jun 16, 2016 11:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The Suns declaration of support for the Leave campaign in the EU referendum might seem entirely predictable. After all, the paper has been at the forefront of EU-bashing for decades, most memorably in its Up Yours Delors...
Bothered by a brothel? How sex work can improve your neighbourhood
Jun 16, 2016 11:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
The sex industry, specifically sex work and prostitution, has long been perceived and regulated as a dirty and disorderly feature of residential communities. The stereotypical, and unfair, view of sex workers is that they...
BoJ holds fire amid sluggish global growth and anaemic inflation, sends yen soaring
Jun 16, 2016 10:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks Commentary
The Bank of Japan kept policy unchanged at its meeting earlier on Thursday. The central bank held its key interest rate at minus 0.1 percent and kept the annual target for expanding the monetary base at 80 trillion yen...
FxWirePro: Is it liquidity or funding cost, what is driving CNH lower rates?
Jun 16, 2016 08:14 am UTC| Insights & Views
The front end CNH rates remain low amid ample liquidity. The switch to the averaging method in required reserve calculation for onshore RMB deposits placed by offshore banks may still be having an impact, in discouraging...
Jun 16, 2016 08:07 am UTC| Insights & Views
As the outcome of the UK 23rd June referendum remains uncertain but the fears of Brexit sword lingering around GBP crosses so there is value in conditional trades expressing Bremain or Brexit scenarios. If the UK...
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