By Misheck Mutize, Post Doctoral Researcher, Graduate School of Business (GSB), University of Cape Town
African countries can move from being price takers to price negotiators. They should be able to reduce debt costs, freeing up resources for development.
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By Claudio Milano, Researcher, Lecturer and Consultant, Universitat de Barcelona
Antonio Paolo Russo, Professor, Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Marina Novelli, Professor of Marketing and Tourism & Director of the Sustainable Travel and Tourism Advanced Research Centre, University of Nottingham
On April 27 2024, near the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, a touring bus was blocked, sprayed with water pistols, and a banner bearing the slogan “let’s put out the tourism fire” was stuck to its front. It was a headline-grabbing protest against the stranglehold tourism holds over the city, and underscored growing tensions between touristification processes and an increasingly vocal local backlash.
Large-scale protests have made…
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By Mend Mariwany, Producer, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
Listen to the second part of The 15% solution – two episodes from The Conversation Weekly podcast exploring plans to reform the global tax system.
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By Christopher Rudge, Law lecturer, University of Sydney
Guidelines say consultations must thoroughly assess whether a patient is suitable for a treatment. But someone under 18 can still get Botox without parental consent.
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By Rezwan
The Chinese embassy in Bangladesh warned nationals against illegal matchmaking and online dating scams, but China’s gender imbalance — 34.9 million more men than women — continues to drive demand for foreign brides.
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By Guest Contributor
With sheep vanishing from Morocco’s fields, forests depleted and dams dry, Eid al-Adha arrives without sacrifice, revealing the growing toll of climate change on people's lives and traditions.
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By Graeme Cooper, Professor of Taxation Law, University of Sydney
Australian super funds, businesses and even the federal government could face higher costs, with the US on the brink of declaring a new tax war on much of the world.
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By Niall Johnston, Conjoint Associate Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney
Phoebe Williams, Paediatrician & Infectious Diseases Physician; Senior Lecturer & NHMRC Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney
A spitting pot I consider as an essential part of the bed-room apparatus.
That’s what French physician René Laennec wrote in 1821. Laennec, who invented the stethoscope, spent his days gazing at his patients’ phlegm. In the days before x-rays and blood tests, phlegm was considered a valuable diagnostic tool.
Today, most of us don’t carry around a spitting pot. But a persistent question remains, especially during winter, when noses…
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By Mia Mclean, Senior lecturer, Auckland University of Technology
Preterm babies receive up to 16 painful procedures every day. Pain in early life has been linked to altered brain development and poorer cognitive outcomes.
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By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
Dorinda Cox has left the Greens to join Labor. She is the latest in a long line of politicians elected under one party banner but serving under another.
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