Australia’s foreign-student bubble has burst
AUSTRALIA’S OLDEST university campus should be heaving on a sunny autumn afternoon. Before the pandemic, the University of Sydney…
Why African governments still hire mercenaries
May 28th 2020WHEN PRESIDENT FILIPE NYUSI wanted help last year to tackle a jihadist insurgency in northern Mozambique, various…
“I’m Marrying My Biological Dad,” Says 18-year-old Woman
A woman, 18, distressingly disclosed that she’s walking down the aisle with her biological father, saying the wedding will “represent…
A new robot may help keep ships’ bottoms clean
May 28th 2020ALL SHIPS suffer from fouling: the build-up below the waterline of shellfish, seaweeds and other organisms. This…
Masks probably slow the spread of covid-19
May 28th 2020Editor’s note: Some of our covid-19 coverage is free for readers of The Economist Today, our daily newsletter….
The pandemic could lead statisticians to change how they estimate GDP
May 30th 2020AN AIR-CONDITIONER that overheats in hot weather, or an insurance policy that fails to pay out after a natural disaster:…
Can private-equity firms turn a crisis into an opportunity?
MOST APPARENTLY sound stewards of capital were revealed to be anything but during the 2007-09 financial crisis. Bank bosses were…
Gay people in Myanmar have adopted a secret language
WEDNESDAY HAS just turned into Thursday in Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city, and pleasure-seekers are on the prowl in a glitzy…
Asian countries try to build travel “bubbles”
May 28th 2020IN CONTRAST TO most of Europe and America, still buffeted by covid-19, swathes of East Asia and the Pacific have…