By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
How big is the threat posed by One Nation to the Nationals? And can the party’s past predict its future?
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By Bogdan Księżopolski, Head of the Institute of Computer Science, Head of Cybersecurity Department, Kozminski University
Hackers have stolen around US$6.3 billion (£4.7 billion) from the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, most of which was taken in under an hour. According to Binance, the attack exploited systems and individuals with the authority to carry out transactions involving such large sums.
Such vulnerabilities exist everywhere; statistics show that people and the systems they directly use, including their personal computers, remain…
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By Aaron Thierry, PhD Candidate, Social Science, Cardiff University
Mario Veen, Senior Lecturer, Psychology, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht
A Dutch family doctor called Tibor Poelmann posted a petition on an online forum for GPs in 2021. He wanted their pension fund to stop investing in oil and gas. It quickly gathered 1,200 signatures.
Three years later the fund, which looks after €10 billion (£8.4 billion) for 25,000 doctors, decided to sell all its fossil fuel investments. The push came from the doctors themselves, through…
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By Jaid Debrah-Donkor, PhD Candidate, Blood Safety & Virology (PrEP/GBMSM), University of Oxford
Prep can make HIV harder to detect if an infection occurs. Clear donation guidance can help protect donors and people receiving blood.
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By Harsh Trivedi, Teaching Associate French, School of Languages, Arts and Societies., University of Sheffield
Although separated by centuries, these two epics pose dilemmas that separate the morality of the husband from the duty of the leader.
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By Joseph Bohbot, Géographe, Sorbonne Université
Masks that were a thing of the not so distant pandemic past are making a comeback on the streets. They now serve a dual purpose: protecting protesters from tear gas and covering up their faces.
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By Amnesty International
Responding to the 10-year sentence handed to Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong for “colluding with foreign forces”, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director Sarah Brooks said: “The Hong Kong authorities’ persecution of Joshua Wong continues with this latest national security conviction, which cruelly – and perhaps deliberately – comes mere months before he would have been […] The post Hong Kong: Cruel Joshua Wong sentence a grim reminder of city’s disdain for human rights appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Lina Ma
Some unmarried Chinese women are actively challenging the social stigma associated with being “leftover women” by questioning family pressure, sharing ways to escape it, or reframing the discussion altogether.
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By Markus Wagner, Professor of Law and Director of the UOW Transnational Law and Policy Centre, University of Wollongong
Democrats now are in a much stronger position to force Trump to end the Iran war. But playing their strongest card could backfire.
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By Robert Crawford, Professor of Advertising, RMIT University
Department stories used to be the place to be seen shopping. Without bold changes in how they’re run, there will no longer be stores like David Jones.
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