By Mireille Rebeiz, Director of Dickinson Program in New Zealand, Dickinson College; University of Otago
In August, the UN Security Council voted to end the decades-long peacekeeping mission in Lebanon. Blue helmets will leave by the end of the year.
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By Emily Smith-Greenaway, Dean's Professor of Sociology and Professor of Spatial Sciences, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Ashton Verdery, Professor of Sociology, Demography and Social Data Analytics, Penn State
Halloween kicks off a series of religious and cultural festivals to honor the dead, including All Saints’ Day, All Souls’ Day and the Day of the Dead. But deceased loved ones don’t disappear from people’s social worlds once the ghost and skeleton decorations come down.
Present in memory and tradition, the dead can shape people’s identities and behaviors long after they die. Recent survey data shows that almost…
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Friday, October 23, 2026
The UN said on Friday it was “extremely alarmed” by intensifying violence in the occupied West Bank, as Israel moved to seal off the territory following a deadly attack on its soldiers in Hebron.
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By Hannah Ridge, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Chapman University; Institute for Humane Studies
Ultra-Orthodox Jews, often called Haredim, make up a small but growing percentage of Israel’s population. Still, their political parties wield significant influence.
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By Matt Jacobsen, Senior Lecturer in Film History in the School of Society and Environment, Queen Mary University of London
Several characters have worn the mantle of the villain Clayface in DC comics across eight decades – but the two most prominent must surely be Basil Karlo and Matt Hagen.
Karlo, the first Clayface, who debuted in June 1940, was a B-movie actor who had no superpowers but did have a thirst for blood and a penchant for crime. In the 1950s Batman adventures, Clayface reappeared in the shape of Matt Hagen, a treasure hunter whose accidental encounter with radioactive material gave him the power to transform into a lumbering mass of muddy goo with superhuman strength and the ability to shapeshift…
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By Waya Quiviger, Professor of Practice of Gobal Governance and Development, IE University
A Democrat win in Congress won’t suddenly make Trump a reliable ally – especially when it comes to Russia and Ukraine.
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By Alice Craggs, Lecturer in Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, London South Bank University
The NHS has a substantial carbon footprint. Yet one part of its environmental impact receives relatively little attention: maternity care.
The health service is responsible for an estimated 4% to 5% of England’s greenhouse gas emissions. A 2025 report from the Royal College of Obstetricians…
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By Doug Jacobson, University Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University
A cybersecurity researcher explains how a flaw in widespread software makes millions of websites vulnerable to hackers – and underscores the role of AI in attacking and defending the internet.
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By Amnesty International
On 23 October 2024, Amnesty International named Félix Navarro, Sayli Navarro and Roberto Pérez Fonseca prisoners of conscience, concluding that they had been deprived of their liberty solely for peacefully exercising their human rights. Two years later, they remain unjustly imprisoned amid the continued politically motivated detention and repression of critical voices in Cuba. In […] The post Cuba: Two years after being named prisoners of conscience, Félix Navarro, Sayli Navarro and Roberto Pérez Fonseca must be released appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Ahead of parliamentary elections in Israel on 27 October, Erika Guevara Rosas, Amnesty International’s Senior Director for Research, Policy, Advocacy and Campaigns said: “While much of the world’s attention is focused on Israel’s upcoming parliamentary elections, Palestinians who have endured decades of crimes and systematic violations at the hands of successive Israeli governments have little […] The post Israel/OPT: Elections must not deflect attention from Israel’s international crimes appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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