Últimas Notícias - Internacional 15/01/2021 21:00:00 Political theorists have been worrying about mob rule for 2,000 years Plato’s “Republic” was, in part, a meditation on the evils of mob rule Continue lendo... 15/01/2021 21:00:00 Digital media fuel global protests but can be used against them The pandemic and online repression have given many governments the upper hand Continue lendo... 09/01/2021 21:00:00 The expulsion of Donald Trump marks a watershed for Facebook and Twitter Assailed from both right and left, the social-media giants will face ever closer scrutiny Continue lendo... 08/01/2021 21:00:00 Wikipedia is 20, and its reputation has never been higher The crowdsourced encyclopedia is a welcome oddity on the modern internet Continue lendo... 08/01/2021 21:00:00 The Capitol riot is a godsend for America's critics From glee to embarrassment, the international reaction to the events of January 6th Continue lendo... 01/01/2021 21:00:00 Laws to catch human-rights abusers are growing teeth Despite the best efforts of China, Russia and other illiberal powers to de-fang them Continue lendo... 21/12/2020 21:00:00 Lessons from the pandemic What a particle a ten-thousandth of a millimetre in diameter has taught the inhabitants of a globe 120 billion billion times its size Continue lendo... 18/12/2020 21:00:00 Covid-19 has posed new challenges to the world’s waste-pickers Those who are better organised have prospered more Continue lendo... 13/12/2020 21:00:00 Talks at the WTO to save the world’s fish fail to reach agreement A missed deadline is terrible news for the oceans Continue lendo... 12/12/2020 21:00:00 Paris-anniversary climate pledges bring progress but fall short Promises at the Climate Ambition summit do not mark a real turning-point Continue lendo... 11/12/2020 21:00:00 An English ruling on transgender teens could have global repercussions Worries grow over treatments that can leave children sterile Continue lendo... 06/12/2020 21:00:00 Covid-19 spurs national plans to give citizens digital identities MOSIP, an open-source platform developed in India, will be central to many of those efforts Continue lendo... 04/12/2020 21:00:00 The pandemic may be encouraging people to live in larger groups In lockdown people see the appeal of housemates Continue lendo... 30/11/2020 21:00:00 The UN calls for a surge in aid to help 160m desperate people Covid-19 means record numbers are in need of humanitarian assistance. But will a cash-strapped world respond? Continue lendo... 24/11/2020 21:00:00 The pandemic has prompted questions about high-stakes exams But other ways of assessing students create new problems Continue lendo... 20/11/2020 21:00:00 Covid-19 has shone a light on racial disparities in health Unpicking the causes of gaps in health outcomes requires better data than most countries currently collect Continue lendo... 16/11/2020 21:00:00 Naval drills in the Indian Ocean give bite to the anti-China “Quad” America, Australia, India and Japan are building a formidable diplomatic bloc Continue lendo... 13/11/2020 21:00:00 What the world wants from Joe Biden The president-elect will face a torrent of demands Continue lendo... 10/11/2020 21:00:00 Educational technology is coming of age during the pandemic Nowhere more so than in India Continue lendo... 07/11/2020 21:00:00 Calls to boycott the Beijing winter Olympics are growing stronger The International Olympic Committee will be just as worried as China Continue lendo... 05/11/2020 13:12:58 Even as traditional globalisation has slowed, a new kind has sped up Global hipster culture is spreading to even the world’s poorest countries Continue lendo... 27/10/2020 21:00:00 The pandemic may be leading to fewer babies in rich countries And perhaps more in poor ones Continue lendo... 24/10/2020 21:00:00 Can the stain of forced and child labour be removed from cotton? Ensuring that cotton clothing comes from ethical producers is more difficult than it seems Continue lendo... 23/10/2020 21:00:00 Illegal fishing fleets plunder the oceans They devastate seafood stocks and treat their crews abominably Continue lendo... 18/10/2020 21:00:00 The scandal-hit market for passports and long-term visas is booming The urge to escape covid-19 has given it a boost Continue lendo... 16/10/2020 21:00:00 The pandemic has eroded democracy and respect for human rights Strongmen have taken advantage of covid-19 in numerous ways Continue lendo... 11/10/2020 21:00:00 Across the world central governments face local covid-19 revolts Devolved decision-making helps; but tensions between tiers of government are inevitable Continue lendo... 08/10/2020 21:00:00 The World Food Programme’s peace prize may actually do some good In a hungry world, the WFP is more needed than ever; and it is short of cash Continue lendo... 08/10/2020 11:58:19 Covid-19 is helping wealthy countries talk about death Amid mass mortality, a taboo is fading Continue lendo... 04/10/2020 21:00:00 Will the economic and psychological costs of covid-19 increase suicides? It is too early to say, but the signs are ominous Continue lendo... 02/10/2020 21:00:00 Working-class parents are becoming more like middle-class ones They have adopted their child-rearing habits Continue lendo... 25/09/2020 21:00:00 The pandemic is plunging millions back into extreme poverty It could take years for them to escape again Continue lendo... 20/09/2020 21:00:00 Social-media platforms are destroying evidence of war crimes Content-moderation policies have led to evidence being erased, sometimes before it is ever seen Continue lendo... 19/09/2020 21:00:00 The UN renews its vows in a 75th-birthday general non-assembly There is little celebration as leaders stay away Continue lendo... 17/09/2020 12:09:43 Citizens’ assemblies are increasingly popular Do they work? Continue lendo... 11/09/2020 21:00:00 The world needs a better World Health Organisation The WHO has done well against covid-19. But it needs more muscle and more money Continue lendo... 06/09/2020 21:00:00 The pandemic is boosting efforts to get the old out of prison And highlighting just how severe a problem elderly inmates pose Continue lendo... 05/09/2020 21:00:00 Anti-lockdown protests have been hijacked by conspiracy theorists Their views are often laughable; but the consequences are serious Continue lendo... 31/08/2020 21:00:00 Covid-19 is spurring the digitisation of government It has accelerated the adoption of online services for everything from welfare to weddings Continue lendo... 28/08/2020 21:00:00 Worldwide covid-19 is causing a new form of collective trauma Neighbours will have to confront it together Continue lendo... 20/08/2020 11:51:22 A row between Turkey and Greece over gas is raising tension in the eastern Mediterranean A plethora of countries is entangled in a string of disputes in the area Continue lendo... 17/08/2020 21:00:00 The covid-19 pandemic will be over by the end of 2021, says Bill Gates But millions of deaths are yet to come in poor countries Continue lendo... 16/08/2020 21:00:00 During the pandemic a digital crimewave has flooded the internet The rush to remote working has outpaced cyber-security Continue lendo... 15/08/2020 21:00:00 America musters the world’s biggest naval exercise The drills come as America and China are locking horns across Asia Continue lendo... 12/08/2020 21:00:00 The dereliction of American diplomacy Donald Trump dismisses it as the “Deep State Department”. Yet America needs it more than ever Continue lendo... 07/08/2020 21:00:00 How the internet is changing the experience of coming out Around the world, gay people are quicker to open up than before Continue lendo... 02/08/2020 21:00:00 For those affected by dementia, the pandemic has been especially grim But new research offers some faint glimmers of hope Continue lendo... 01/08/2020 21:00:00 The pandemic puts a strain on elite private schools Some will probably be forced to close. Those that remain must adapt Continue lendo... 31/07/2020 21:00:00 When covid-19 recedes, will global migration start again? Many curbs on immigrants could outlast the pandemic Continue lendo... 26/07/2020 21:00:00 Why governments are paying people to go on holiday Is this the best way for taxpayers to prop up tourist hotspots? Continue lendo... 24/07/2020 21:00:00 The pandemic shows the urgency of reforming care for the elderly Most people should be helped at home as they age Continue lendo... 18/07/2020 21:00:00 Lockdowns could have long-term effects on children’s health Sitting at home playing video games and eating crisps is not good for them Continue lendo... 17/07/2020 21:00:00 As schools reopen, how can pupils make up for lost time? The hard-up find it hardest Continue lendo... 17/07/2020 21:00:00 School closures in poor countries could be devastating And governments are bungling their response Continue lendo... 08/07/2020 21:00:00 Enlightenment liberalism is losing ground in the debate about race A new ideology is emerging Continue lendo... 03/07/2020 21:00:00 Covid-19 is here to stay. The world is working out how to live with it People will have to change their behaviour to prevent second waves of the virus Continue lendo... 26/06/2020 21:00:00 The pandemic has accelerated the growth of e-sports Video-gamers can hold big tournaments without infecting anyone Continue lendo... 21/06/2020 21:00:00 Covid-19 has led to a pandemic of plastic pollution As the world produces more protective equipment—and gorges on takeaways—pity the oceans Continue lendo... 17/06/2020 21:00:00 Covid-19 raises the risks of violent conflict War and disease feed upon each other Continue lendo... 15/06/2020 21:00:00 Covid-19 has stalled the wedding industry But some couples are finding ways to say “I do” Continue lendo... 13/06/2020 21:00:00 Covid-19 forces courts to hold proceedings online The jury is still out on the benefits of justice by Zoom Continue lendo... 11/06/2020 11:49:44 Autocrats gleefully decry America’s racial turmoil Similar protests in China, Russia or Iran would be ruthlessly crushed Continue lendo... 10/06/2020 21:00:00 The killing of George Floyd has sparked global soul-searching Protests have broken out in dozens of countries Continue lendo... 08/06/2020 20:00:00 NATO sets its sights on China Jens Stoltenberg, NATO’s secretary-general, envisages a more global alliance Continue lendo... 07/06/2020 21:00:00 How George Floyd’s death reverberates around the world The unrest in America has cheered its foes and globalised the struggle against racism Continue lendo... 04/06/2020 11:47:07 Donald Trump has reignited a debate about regulating speech online The pandemic has already prompted social-media firms to monitor more online content Continue lendo... 02/06/2020 21:00:00 Fake news is fooling more conservatives than liberals. Why? As with the coronavirus itself, some people seem to be more vulnerable than others to the infodemic Continue lendo... 31/05/2020 21:00:00 Old religious quarrels return as covid-19 lockdowns ease The pandemic has exacerbated tension between church and state, and between religious figures, in many places Continue lendo... 30/05/2020 21:00:00 How lockdown converted the world to cycling, and the speedbumps that lie ahead Cycling ticks lots of good policy boxes, but cars aren’t over yet Continue lendo... 29/05/2020 21:00:00 What awaits tourists when they re-emerge from lockdown? Covid-19 will change the way people travel Continue lendo... 28/05/2020 11:48:00 How China emerges from lockdown will affect global tourism Will footloose Chinese shoppers still feel welcome abroad? Continue lendo... 25/05/2020 21:00:00 Will wet markets be hung out to dry after the pandemic? They can breed new diseases, but banning them entirely might not be the best response Continue lendo... 24/05/2020 01:00:00 Drive-in shows, films, meals and even worship help ease lockdowns But people will be eager to get out of their cars when restrictions lift Continue lendo... 22/05/2020 21:00:00 Covid-19 is undoing years of progress in curbing global poverty The number of very poor people was steadily falling; now it is rising fast Continue lendo... 16/05/2020 21:00:00 America and China take their rivalry to the World Health Organisation The annual global health assembly is scarred by rows over Taiwan’s absence and access to drugs to fight covid-19 Continue lendo... 15/05/2020 21:00:00 The pandemic is creating fresh opportunities for organised crime And governments are not paying attention Continue lendo... 11/05/2020 21:00:00 Can sport survive the covid-19 pandemic without spectators? Making professional games safe may be feasible. Making them pay will be harder Continue lendo... 10/05/2020 21:00:00 Health workers become unexpected targets during covid-19 The toll on them may last long after the pandemic has abated Continue lendo... 09/05/2020 21:00:00 Pornography is booming during the covid-19 lockdowns Social-distancing rules prompt performers to offer private webcam-shows Continue lendo... 08/05/2020 21:00:00 Casual sex is out, companionship is in Lockdowns are forcing singletons to embrace emotional intimacy Continue lendo... 08/05/2020 21:00:00 The pandemic may be making domestic abuse worse It is also forcing people to find new ways to curb it Continue lendo... 04/05/2020 21:00:00 How covid-19 gave peace a chance, and nobody took it Ceasefires are breaking down as America and China bicker at the UN Continue lendo... 01/05/2020 21:00:00 The young seem to be less likely to catch or pass on covid-19 That boosts arguments for reopening schools Continue lendo... 30/04/2020 11:53:55 School closures: lessons from the Ebola pandemic Children in west Africa were badly hurt when classes were cancelled in 2014 Continue lendo... 29/04/2020 21:00:00 Closing schools for covid-19 does lifelong harm and widens inequality Primary schools in particular are vital to social mobility Continue lendo... 27/04/2020 20:00:00 Why voting online is not the way to hold an election in a pandemic It is still too vulnerable to cyber-attacks and security breaches Continue lendo... 25/04/2020 21:00:00 Global arms spending is rising, but covid-19 will trim budgets In the post-pandemic world, governments will have other priorities Continue lendo... 25/04/2020 21:00:00 For people with dementia, the coronavirus pandemic is a nightmare And it may do long-term damage to efforts to improve their lot Continue lendo... 23/04/2020 21:00:00 The WHO launches a global initiative on treatments for covid-19 How to develop vaccines and drugs, and get them to 7bn people? Continue lendo... 22/04/2020 21:00:00 Would-be autocrats are using covid-19 as an excuse to grab more power Strong measures are needed to keep the public safe, they insist Continue lendo... 19/04/2020 21:00:00 Prisons worldwide risk becoming incubators of covid-19 Governments have few ideas about how to stop it; even freeing inmates carries big risks Continue lendo... 18/04/2020 21:00:00 Why countries can’t meet the demand for gear against covid-19 A host of efforts are under way to unblock bottlenecks Continue lendo... 17/04/2020 21:00:00 We’re hiring Continue lendo... 17/04/2020 21:00:00 How the Spanish flu of 1918-20 was largely forgotten The Economist under-reported the pandemic. Many victims were counted among the dead of the first world war Continue lendo... 17/04/2020 21:00:00 The Economics of Health (1918) In this leader published after the first world war The Economist called for more state involvement to improve public health in Britain Continue lendo... 16/04/2020 11:47:12 Governments are starting to ease restrictions Gradually, cautiously and with only a hazy idea of what works Continue lendo... 12/04/2020 21:00:00 The perils of politics in a pandemic Leaders are enjoying a short-term boost during the coronavirus crisis. That may not last Continue lendo... 12/04/2020 01:00:00 Might the pandemic be a lifeline for the rich world’s homeless? Many governments are trying to help them; but few are doing enough for this vulnerable group Continue lendo... 10/04/2020 21:00:00 The coronavirus pandemic has exposed fissures within religions Worshippers are suspending rites hitherto regarded as vital Continue lendo... 10/04/2020 21:00:00 Churches turn to the internet to reach their flocks Digital worship goes beyond just broadcasting sermons Continue lendo...
15/01/2021 21:00:00 Political theorists have been worrying about mob rule for 2,000 years Plato’s “Republic” was, in part, a meditation on the evils of mob rule Continue lendo...
15/01/2021 21:00:00 Digital media fuel global protests but can be used against them The pandemic and online repression have given many governments the upper hand Continue lendo...
09/01/2021 21:00:00 The expulsion of Donald Trump marks a watershed for Facebook and Twitter Assailed from both right and left, the social-media giants will face ever closer scrutiny Continue lendo...
08/01/2021 21:00:00 Wikipedia is 20, and its reputation has never been higher The crowdsourced encyclopedia is a welcome oddity on the modern internet Continue lendo...
08/01/2021 21:00:00 The Capitol riot is a godsend for America's critics From glee to embarrassment, the international reaction to the events of January 6th Continue lendo...
01/01/2021 21:00:00 Laws to catch human-rights abusers are growing teeth Despite the best efforts of China, Russia and other illiberal powers to de-fang them Continue lendo...
21/12/2020 21:00:00 Lessons from the pandemic What a particle a ten-thousandth of a millimetre in diameter has taught the inhabitants of a globe 120 billion billion times its size Continue lendo...
18/12/2020 21:00:00 Covid-19 has posed new challenges to the world’s waste-pickers Those who are better organised have prospered more Continue lendo...
13/12/2020 21:00:00 Talks at the WTO to save the world’s fish fail to reach agreement A missed deadline is terrible news for the oceans Continue lendo...
12/12/2020 21:00:00 Paris-anniversary climate pledges bring progress but fall short Promises at the Climate Ambition summit do not mark a real turning-point Continue lendo...
11/12/2020 21:00:00 An English ruling on transgender teens could have global repercussions Worries grow over treatments that can leave children sterile Continue lendo...
06/12/2020 21:00:00 Covid-19 spurs national plans to give citizens digital identities MOSIP, an open-source platform developed in India, will be central to many of those efforts Continue lendo...
04/12/2020 21:00:00 The pandemic may be encouraging people to live in larger groups In lockdown people see the appeal of housemates Continue lendo...
30/11/2020 21:00:00 The UN calls for a surge in aid to help 160m desperate people Covid-19 means record numbers are in need of humanitarian assistance. But will a cash-strapped world respond? Continue lendo...
24/11/2020 21:00:00 The pandemic has prompted questions about high-stakes exams But other ways of assessing students create new problems Continue lendo...
20/11/2020 21:00:00 Covid-19 has shone a light on racial disparities in health Unpicking the causes of gaps in health outcomes requires better data than most countries currently collect Continue lendo...
16/11/2020 21:00:00 Naval drills in the Indian Ocean give bite to the anti-China “Quad” America, Australia, India and Japan are building a formidable diplomatic bloc Continue lendo...
13/11/2020 21:00:00 What the world wants from Joe Biden The president-elect will face a torrent of demands Continue lendo...
10/11/2020 21:00:00 Educational technology is coming of age during the pandemic Nowhere more so than in India Continue lendo...
07/11/2020 21:00:00 Calls to boycott the Beijing winter Olympics are growing stronger The International Olympic Committee will be just as worried as China Continue lendo...
05/11/2020 13:12:58 Even as traditional globalisation has slowed, a new kind has sped up Global hipster culture is spreading to even the world’s poorest countries Continue lendo...
27/10/2020 21:00:00 The pandemic may be leading to fewer babies in rich countries And perhaps more in poor ones Continue lendo...
24/10/2020 21:00:00 Can the stain of forced and child labour be removed from cotton? Ensuring that cotton clothing comes from ethical producers is more difficult than it seems Continue lendo...
23/10/2020 21:00:00 Illegal fishing fleets plunder the oceans They devastate seafood stocks and treat their crews abominably Continue lendo...
18/10/2020 21:00:00 The scandal-hit market for passports and long-term visas is booming The urge to escape covid-19 has given it a boost Continue lendo...
16/10/2020 21:00:00 The pandemic has eroded democracy and respect for human rights Strongmen have taken advantage of covid-19 in numerous ways Continue lendo...
11/10/2020 21:00:00 Across the world central governments face local covid-19 revolts Devolved decision-making helps; but tensions between tiers of government are inevitable Continue lendo...
08/10/2020 21:00:00 The World Food Programme’s peace prize may actually do some good In a hungry world, the WFP is more needed than ever; and it is short of cash Continue lendo...
08/10/2020 11:58:19 Covid-19 is helping wealthy countries talk about death Amid mass mortality, a taboo is fading Continue lendo...
04/10/2020 21:00:00 Will the economic and psychological costs of covid-19 increase suicides? It is too early to say, but the signs are ominous Continue lendo...
02/10/2020 21:00:00 Working-class parents are becoming more like middle-class ones They have adopted their child-rearing habits Continue lendo...
25/09/2020 21:00:00 The pandemic is plunging millions back into extreme poverty It could take years for them to escape again Continue lendo...
20/09/2020 21:00:00 Social-media platforms are destroying evidence of war crimes Content-moderation policies have led to evidence being erased, sometimes before it is ever seen Continue lendo...
19/09/2020 21:00:00 The UN renews its vows in a 75th-birthday general non-assembly There is little celebration as leaders stay away Continue lendo...
11/09/2020 21:00:00 The world needs a better World Health Organisation The WHO has done well against covid-19. But it needs more muscle and more money Continue lendo...
06/09/2020 21:00:00 The pandemic is boosting efforts to get the old out of prison And highlighting just how severe a problem elderly inmates pose Continue lendo...
05/09/2020 21:00:00 Anti-lockdown protests have been hijacked by conspiracy theorists Their views are often laughable; but the consequences are serious Continue lendo...
31/08/2020 21:00:00 Covid-19 is spurring the digitisation of government It has accelerated the adoption of online services for everything from welfare to weddings Continue lendo...
28/08/2020 21:00:00 Worldwide covid-19 is causing a new form of collective trauma Neighbours will have to confront it together Continue lendo...
20/08/2020 11:51:22 A row between Turkey and Greece over gas is raising tension in the eastern Mediterranean A plethora of countries is entangled in a string of disputes in the area Continue lendo...
17/08/2020 21:00:00 The covid-19 pandemic will be over by the end of 2021, says Bill Gates But millions of deaths are yet to come in poor countries Continue lendo...
16/08/2020 21:00:00 During the pandemic a digital crimewave has flooded the internet The rush to remote working has outpaced cyber-security Continue lendo...
15/08/2020 21:00:00 America musters the world’s biggest naval exercise The drills come as America and China are locking horns across Asia Continue lendo...
12/08/2020 21:00:00 The dereliction of American diplomacy Donald Trump dismisses it as the “Deep State Department”. Yet America needs it more than ever Continue lendo...
07/08/2020 21:00:00 How the internet is changing the experience of coming out Around the world, gay people are quicker to open up than before Continue lendo...
02/08/2020 21:00:00 For those affected by dementia, the pandemic has been especially grim But new research offers some faint glimmers of hope Continue lendo...
01/08/2020 21:00:00 The pandemic puts a strain on elite private schools Some will probably be forced to close. Those that remain must adapt Continue lendo...
31/07/2020 21:00:00 When covid-19 recedes, will global migration start again? Many curbs on immigrants could outlast the pandemic Continue lendo...
26/07/2020 21:00:00 Why governments are paying people to go on holiday Is this the best way for taxpayers to prop up tourist hotspots? Continue lendo...
24/07/2020 21:00:00 The pandemic shows the urgency of reforming care for the elderly Most people should be helped at home as they age Continue lendo...
18/07/2020 21:00:00 Lockdowns could have long-term effects on children’s health Sitting at home playing video games and eating crisps is not good for them Continue lendo...
17/07/2020 21:00:00 As schools reopen, how can pupils make up for lost time? The hard-up find it hardest Continue lendo...
17/07/2020 21:00:00 School closures in poor countries could be devastating And governments are bungling their response Continue lendo...
08/07/2020 21:00:00 Enlightenment liberalism is losing ground in the debate about race A new ideology is emerging Continue lendo...
03/07/2020 21:00:00 Covid-19 is here to stay. The world is working out how to live with it People will have to change their behaviour to prevent second waves of the virus Continue lendo...
26/06/2020 21:00:00 The pandemic has accelerated the growth of e-sports Video-gamers can hold big tournaments without infecting anyone Continue lendo...
21/06/2020 21:00:00 Covid-19 has led to a pandemic of plastic pollution As the world produces more protective equipment—and gorges on takeaways—pity the oceans Continue lendo...
17/06/2020 21:00:00 Covid-19 raises the risks of violent conflict War and disease feed upon each other Continue lendo...
15/06/2020 21:00:00 Covid-19 has stalled the wedding industry But some couples are finding ways to say “I do” Continue lendo...
13/06/2020 21:00:00 Covid-19 forces courts to hold proceedings online The jury is still out on the benefits of justice by Zoom Continue lendo...
11/06/2020 11:49:44 Autocrats gleefully decry America’s racial turmoil Similar protests in China, Russia or Iran would be ruthlessly crushed Continue lendo...
10/06/2020 21:00:00 The killing of George Floyd has sparked global soul-searching Protests have broken out in dozens of countries Continue lendo...
08/06/2020 20:00:00 NATO sets its sights on China Jens Stoltenberg, NATO’s secretary-general, envisages a more global alliance Continue lendo...
07/06/2020 21:00:00 How George Floyd’s death reverberates around the world The unrest in America has cheered its foes and globalised the struggle against racism Continue lendo...
04/06/2020 11:47:07 Donald Trump has reignited a debate about regulating speech online The pandemic has already prompted social-media firms to monitor more online content Continue lendo...
02/06/2020 21:00:00 Fake news is fooling more conservatives than liberals. Why? As with the coronavirus itself, some people seem to be more vulnerable than others to the infodemic Continue lendo...
31/05/2020 21:00:00 Old religious quarrels return as covid-19 lockdowns ease The pandemic has exacerbated tension between church and state, and between religious figures, in many places Continue lendo...
30/05/2020 21:00:00 How lockdown converted the world to cycling, and the speedbumps that lie ahead Cycling ticks lots of good policy boxes, but cars aren’t over yet Continue lendo...
29/05/2020 21:00:00 What awaits tourists when they re-emerge from lockdown? Covid-19 will change the way people travel Continue lendo...
28/05/2020 11:48:00 How China emerges from lockdown will affect global tourism Will footloose Chinese shoppers still feel welcome abroad? Continue lendo...
25/05/2020 21:00:00 Will wet markets be hung out to dry after the pandemic? They can breed new diseases, but banning them entirely might not be the best response Continue lendo...
24/05/2020 01:00:00 Drive-in shows, films, meals and even worship help ease lockdowns But people will be eager to get out of their cars when restrictions lift Continue lendo...
22/05/2020 21:00:00 Covid-19 is undoing years of progress in curbing global poverty The number of very poor people was steadily falling; now it is rising fast Continue lendo...
16/05/2020 21:00:00 America and China take their rivalry to the World Health Organisation The annual global health assembly is scarred by rows over Taiwan’s absence and access to drugs to fight covid-19 Continue lendo...
15/05/2020 21:00:00 The pandemic is creating fresh opportunities for organised crime And governments are not paying attention Continue lendo...
11/05/2020 21:00:00 Can sport survive the covid-19 pandemic without spectators? Making professional games safe may be feasible. Making them pay will be harder Continue lendo...
10/05/2020 21:00:00 Health workers become unexpected targets during covid-19 The toll on them may last long after the pandemic has abated Continue lendo...
09/05/2020 21:00:00 Pornography is booming during the covid-19 lockdowns Social-distancing rules prompt performers to offer private webcam-shows Continue lendo...
08/05/2020 21:00:00 Casual sex is out, companionship is in Lockdowns are forcing singletons to embrace emotional intimacy Continue lendo...
08/05/2020 21:00:00 The pandemic may be making domestic abuse worse It is also forcing people to find new ways to curb it Continue lendo...
04/05/2020 21:00:00 How covid-19 gave peace a chance, and nobody took it Ceasefires are breaking down as America and China bicker at the UN Continue lendo...
01/05/2020 21:00:00 The young seem to be less likely to catch or pass on covid-19 That boosts arguments for reopening schools Continue lendo...
30/04/2020 11:53:55 School closures: lessons from the Ebola pandemic Children in west Africa were badly hurt when classes were cancelled in 2014 Continue lendo...
29/04/2020 21:00:00 Closing schools for covid-19 does lifelong harm and widens inequality Primary schools in particular are vital to social mobility Continue lendo...
27/04/2020 20:00:00 Why voting online is not the way to hold an election in a pandemic It is still too vulnerable to cyber-attacks and security breaches Continue lendo...
25/04/2020 21:00:00 Global arms spending is rising, but covid-19 will trim budgets In the post-pandemic world, governments will have other priorities Continue lendo...
25/04/2020 21:00:00 For people with dementia, the coronavirus pandemic is a nightmare And it may do long-term damage to efforts to improve their lot Continue lendo...
23/04/2020 21:00:00 The WHO launches a global initiative on treatments for covid-19 How to develop vaccines and drugs, and get them to 7bn people? Continue lendo...
22/04/2020 21:00:00 Would-be autocrats are using covid-19 as an excuse to grab more power Strong measures are needed to keep the public safe, they insist Continue lendo...
19/04/2020 21:00:00 Prisons worldwide risk becoming incubators of covid-19 Governments have few ideas about how to stop it; even freeing inmates carries big risks Continue lendo...
18/04/2020 21:00:00 Why countries can’t meet the demand for gear against covid-19 A host of efforts are under way to unblock bottlenecks Continue lendo...
17/04/2020 21:00:00 How the Spanish flu of 1918-20 was largely forgotten The Economist under-reported the pandemic. Many victims were counted among the dead of the first world war Continue lendo...
17/04/2020 21:00:00 The Economics of Health (1918) In this leader published after the first world war The Economist called for more state involvement to improve public health in Britain Continue lendo...
16/04/2020 11:47:12 Governments are starting to ease restrictions Gradually, cautiously and with only a hazy idea of what works Continue lendo...
12/04/2020 21:00:00 The perils of politics in a pandemic Leaders are enjoying a short-term boost during the coronavirus crisis. That may not last Continue lendo...
12/04/2020 01:00:00 Might the pandemic be a lifeline for the rich world’s homeless? Many governments are trying to help them; but few are doing enough for this vulnerable group Continue lendo...
10/04/2020 21:00:00 The coronavirus pandemic has exposed fissures within religions Worshippers are suspending rites hitherto regarded as vital Continue lendo...
10/04/2020 21:00:00 Churches turn to the internet to reach their flocks Digital worship goes beyond just broadcasting sermons Continue lendo...