Remote work isn’t just a trend, it’s a trend that has spawned other new trends. One of the most interesting can be found on TikTok, where homeworkers have taken to “body doubling”, in whi...
Recession risks have been re-ignited by the recent banking collapses and rescue deals, and there are now concerns that global growth will weaken as the crisis heralds the end of the "easy...
This article was first published on 19 February 2020 and was updated on 29 March 2023.
Los videojuegos de competencia, también conocidos como deportes electrónicos, se están abriendo camino en los sistemas educativos. Japón acaba de abrir su primer instituto de deportes ele...
There are many measures of the health of a country’s economy. Gross domestic product (GDP) is probably the most well-known, but another measure is a country’s current account balance.
The US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point but indicated it is on the verge of pausing further increases. The small rise is an attempt to balance ...
Competitive video gaming – also known as esports, or electronic sports – is finding its way into educational systems. Japan has just opened its first esports high school, and education pu...
Fears of a global banking crisis increased following a slump in the share price of Swiss bank Credit Suisse and the collapse of US lender Silicon Valley Bank.
Hydrogen – is there anything it might not be able to do? It could power cars, it could help produce steel, it could even heat our homes, people say. But is all this talk just a lot of hot...
The End of History arrived around 1990, according to the famous book by political theorist Francis Fukuyama. Over 30 years later, it seems that everyone is declaring the end of globalizat...
The US Federal Reserve will likely need to raise interest rates more than expected in response to recent strong economic data, Chair Jerome Powell says. He also told the Senate Banking Co...
“It is time for a new Bretton Woods moment,” according to United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres in his briefing to the UN's General Assembly on Priorities for 2023 last m...
Every country has hundreds of rules and regulations surrounding the construction of buildings. In countries such as Chile and Japan, which face regular earthquakes, many extra rules have ...
India's economic growth slowed further in October-December, but the government is retaining its growth forecast of 7% for 2022-2023 – a level that would make it the world's fastest-growin...
El volumen de deuda de la economía mundial experimentó el año pasado su primera caída anual en dólares desde 2015, gracias en parte al repunte del crecimiento tras la pandemia, pero tambi...
