Social Media Revolution Series
How can we learn to reject fake news in the digital world?
Dec 06, 2016 03:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
The circulation of fake news through social media in the 2016 presidential election has raised several concerns about online information. Of course, there is nothing new about fake news as such the satirical site The...
The 'no' vote in Italy's referendum triggers economic and political uncertainty
Dec 05, 2016 23:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Politics
Italian voters have rejected plans for constitutional reform supported by the government of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. This result means more political and economic uncertainty for the time being. The aim of the...
FxWirePro: ECB rate decision preview
Dec 05, 2016 12:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
The European Central Bank (ECB) is meeting this Thursday, 8th December to decide monetary policy. The ECB will also publish updated projections on Thursday that will include a first outlook for 2019. Draghi is expected to...
Brexit in the Supreme Court – here's what it all means
Dec 05, 2016 10:37 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law
The UK supreme court is hearing argument in one of the most important cases to be decided by British judges. Miller v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union concerns the question of whether the British...
What changes when Pope Francis grants all priests the authority to forgive abortions
Dec 05, 2016 05:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
The Roman Catholic Church will allow priests all over the world to grant forgiveness for abortion. This announcement came from Pope Francis at the end of the Jubilee of Mercy a holy year dedicated to forgiveness. When...
Balancing cybersecurity and academic freedom is a challenge on campus
Dec 05, 2016 05:14 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Cybersecurity concerns crop up everywhere you turn lately around the election, email services, retailers. And academic institutions havent been immune to security breaches either. According to a recent report by VMware,...
Introducing competition to the health sector should be treated with caution
Dec 05, 2016 05:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The Productivity Commissions study report on introducing competition into human services was quickly labelled as proposing privatisation of hospital, end-of-life and dental services. This isnt really the case. The...
Canadians are feeling increasingly powerless amid economic struggles and rising inequality
Another election, another round of Nigel Farage hype, with no lessons learned