How do pandemics end? History suggests diseases fade but are almost never truly gone
Oct 15, 2020 14:33 pm UTC| Insights & Views
When will the pandemic end? All these months in, with over 37 million COVID-19 cases and more than 1 million deaths globally, you may be wondering, with increasing exasperation, how long this will continue. Since the...

WeChat: why Donald Trump's push to ban the app would be so hard on the Chinese diaspora
Oct 15, 2020 14:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Chinese Americans are waiting nervously to hear whether the Trump administrations efforts to ban the app WeChat in the US will be successful. Donald Trump issued an executive order on August 6 placing the Chinese-owned...
Facebook ban of QAnon is only a first step in the battle against dangerous conspiracy theories
Oct 15, 2020 14:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The decision by Facebook to remove any pages and groups associated with the far-right conspiracy theory movement known as QAnon will disrupt the ability of dangerous online communities to spread their radical messages, but...

Oct 13, 2020 10:44 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views
Of late, the cryptocurrency derivatives trading volumes have been considerably plunged especially in September. The renowned CME (Chicago Mercantile Exchange) showed sturdy Bitcoin futures performance, simultaneously the...

FxWirePro: A Glimpse At FX Options Pricing of US Elections
Oct 12, 2020 08:39 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Four years ago, following the election victory of Donald Trump the dollar achieved a remarkable rally. While the risk sentiment has been optimistic with the US equities extending their recovery, now up 10% from their lows...
Indonesia publishes the most open-access journals in the world: what it means for local research
Oct 09, 2020 08:07 am UTC| Insights & Views
Indonesia is a world leader in the number of free-to-read published research journals. Journals published with open access (OA) licenses are available to read for free and can be legally redistributed. With the...
Nagorno-Karabach: why Iran is trying to remain neutral over the conflict on its doorstep
Oct 09, 2020 08:05 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan intensified in early October over Nagorno-Karabakh, the disputed region in the South Caucasus at the centre of a conflict that has lasted for more than three decades. The South...