By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Transgender and LGBTQ rights flags sit on the desks of legislators in the Kansas House chamber in Topeka, February 19, 2026. © 2026 John Hanna/AP Photo Across the state of Kansas, transgender people are receiving letters informing them that their driver’s licenses are invalid following the passage of a law that invalidates birth certificates and driver’s licenses that do not reflect the bearer’s sex assigned at birth.The law also prohibits transgender people from using bathrooms and facilities inconsistent with their sex assigned at birth in all public buildings,…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Boy on a boat in the mangroves near the village of Walande, Malaita Province, Solomon Islands. © 2025 Cyril Eberle for Human Rights Watch Pacific Island governments on March 4, 2026, launched the world’s first regional guide to address climate-related relocation grounded in human rights principles. As Pacific leaders gather for a three-day convening in Nadi, Fiji, they have an opportunity to pair this landmark guidance with the financial and technical support needed to implement it. The Pacific Regional Guidance on Planned Relocation adapts global standards on…
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By Hugues Plisson, archéologue spécialisé en tracéologie (reconstitution de la fonction des outils préhistoriques par l'analyse de leurs usures), Université de Bordeaux
Andrey I. Krivoshapkin, Permanent researcher at Institute of Archaeology & Ethnography, Russian Academy of Sciences
Tiny triangular-shaped flints from arrowheads found in Uzbekistan shed light on how the first settlement of ‘Homo sapiens’ – our modern human ancestors – came to Europe.
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By Craig Anthony Johnson, Professor of Politics, University of Guelph
China accounts for more than 80 per cent of global battery production. It’s highly unlikely the U.S. can reduce China’s role in the production and processing of critical minerals.
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By Paul Latimer, Adjunct Professor, School of Law, Swinburne University of Technology
Yes, these exclusions are in the fine print of most policies. But with thousands now facing bills for cancelled plans – is this fair? And what can you do about it?
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By Matthew Sharpe, Associate Professor in Philosophy, Australian Catholic University
Philosopher and writer Albert Camus defined gangster morality as ‘an inexhaustible round of triumph and revenge, defeat and resentment’. Sound familiar?
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By Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia
Just like in the modern world, people in ancient times wanted to know how to live a long and healthy life.
Greeks and Romans heard fantastic tales of far-away peoples living to well beyond 100.
Greek essayist Lucian (about 120–180 CE) writes:
Indeed, there are even whole nations that are very long-lived, like the Seres [Chinese],…
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By Elizabeth Vaughan, Rock Art Australia Kimberley Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia
Francis Woolagoodja, Dambimangari Traditional Owner, Indigenous Knowledge
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and images of people who have died.
Much of the conversation about artificial intelligence (AI) and Indigenous peoples focuses on harms, such as cultural appropriation, cultural flattening and
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By Rebecca Van Amber, Senior Lecturer in Fashion & Textiles, RMIT University
Pia Interlandi, Associate Professor of Creative Practice, School of Design and the Built Environment, Curtin University
Brands can imply a product inherits the cultural value of silk – even when the fibre itself is fossil-fuel derived or heavily chemically processed.
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By Warren Mabee, Director, Queen's Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy, Queen's University, Ontario
The Strait of Hormuz is one of the world’s most important economic chokepoints, and it has just been closed off by the conflict in Iran.
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