Pound to euro exchange rate: Sterling strengthens thanks to ‘robust’ UK manufacturing data

The pound has risen in value this morning, Thursday January 3, against the euro.  Sterling now converts to €1.1291, according to Bloomberg figures at 7:14am this morning.  This represents an increase compared to yesterday, when it stood at just €1.1250. It follows the release of positive UK manufacturing data for December 2017, which inspired economic […]

Iran nuclear deal is ‘robust & coherent’ – French FM

Published time: 16 Oct, 2017 08:43 France has urged the US Congress not to rip up the Iran nuclear deal, after President Donald Trump said he is deferring the matter to the legislature, so that it could amend the agreement and “strengthen its enforcement.”“We strongly hope that Congress, which is now responsible for a possible […]

One question about the Russia investigation is prompting a ‘robust discussion’ in the Republican Party

REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Republican Party officials are trying to decide who will pay for the outside attorneys hired to represent President Donald Trump and members of his administration in the Russia investigation, The Washington Post reported Thursday night. Trump and several top administration officials, including his son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, have hired personal counsel […]

People have no idea which sciences are robust

Enlarge / Imprecise (credit: Dean Calma / IAEA) If there’s one thing everyone needs to understand about science, it’s that science is uncertain. It’s a process of gradually getting closer to the truth, with self-correcting mechanisms built in. Unfortunately, communicating this uncertainty without undermining trust in science is tricky. People who hear that climate science has […]