By Ramna Saeed
Women in Pakistan's major cities, such as Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, and Multan, rallied on International Women’s Day, demanding gender equality, justice, and safety, challenging patriarchal norms for the seventh consecutive year.
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By Deborah Lupton, SHARP Professor, Vitalities Lab, Centre for Social Research in Health and Social Policy Centre, and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, UNSW Sydney
The assertion from Queensland’s chief health officer John Gerrard that it’s time to stop using the term “long COVID” has made waves in Australian and international…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The prime minister has flagged he has draft legislation on religious freedom waiting in the wings, but unless Peter Dutton agrees to it, it may never see the light of day.
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By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Put to the test in 1970, Australia’s radio industry abandoned the record labels that wanted them to pay more. The labels backed down.
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By Afni Regita Cahyani Muis, Dosen Prodi Hubungan Internasional, Universitas Darussalam Gontor
The January attack by Iranian-backed Yemeni Houthi on commercial ships crossing the Red Sea shows how economic and geopolitical forces intersect in Israeli and Palestinian conflict. The group is part of Iran’s alliance of anti-Israel and anti-Western alliance regional militias. Supposedly aimed at harming Israel’s allies’ economy, the attack…
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By Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
In states with competition between retailers, the energy regulator is promising savings for most customers on the default plan. But it’s small change compared to price hikes. Here’s what to expect.
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By Jean-Christophe Brunet
With less than two months to go before the presidential elections in Chad on May 6, 2024, death threats continue to loom over local journalists.
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By Andrew Hughes, Lecturer, Research School of Management, Australian National University
The AFL’s newest team, the Tasmania Devils, launched on Monday night, drawing on its rich football history in a blaze of myrtle green, primrose yellow and rose red.
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By Tim Curran, Associate Professor of Ecology, Lincoln University, New Zealand Jo Monks, Lecturer in Ecology, University of Otago
New Zealand’s plants and animals are globally unique and underpin primary production and tourism. The government’s fast-tracking proposal threatens to erode the natural capital the economy relies on.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Children play at the LEA Primary and Secondary School Kuriga two days after 287 students were kidnapped, Kuriga, Kaduna State, Nigeria, March 9, 2024. © 2024 Sunday Alamba/AP Photo Various armed groups have kidnapped hundreds of people, including 287 schoolchildren, across northern Nigeria in a series of alarming attacks since late February. The kidnappings are the latest indication of Nigeria’s spiraling security crisis, as communities continue to face severe threats from Islamist insurgents like Boko Haram in the country’s northeast and other criminal groups in the…
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