By Farah N. Jan, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Pennsylvania
A lack of trust, failure to agree to the grounds on which discussion is taking place and Israel’s de facto veto provide insurmountable barriers.
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By Débora González Celdrán, Profesora lectora en Finanzas, Universitat de Barcelona
Money is changing at a pace that would have seemed unthinkable even a few years ago. In just the last ten years, credit cards, debit cards and mobile phones have displaced cash, with notes and coins being used less and less as physical money gives way to digital.
Given this growing trend, the European Central Bank (ECB) is now working towards the launch of the digital euro…
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By Timothy Naimi, Director, Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research; Professor, Division of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria
There are several possible contributors to the recent trend of declining alcohol sales in Canada, from increased health concerns to inflation.
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By David J Finch, Professor, Innovation and Marketing, Mount Royal University; University of Calgary
Canada has a paradox at the heart of its labour market. The country leads the G7 for the most educated workforce and is producing more graduates than ever before. Yet for millions of young Canadians, the path from school to stable work has never been harder.
Between 2022 and 2025, vacancies for jobs requiring a bachelor’s degree and fewer than three years of experience fell…
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By Greg Treadwell, Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Auckland University of Technology
Merja Myllylahti, Associate Professor, Co-Director of the Research Centre for Journalism, Media and Democracy, Auckland University of Technology
With AI slop and misinformation on the rise, research suggests New Zealanders may be turning back to mainstream news for reliability and accountability.
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By Amnesty International
Reacting to the conviction and sentences of 19 activists in Kazakhstan for participating in a peaceful protest against human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said: “The Kazakhstani authorities must immediately release the 19 activists as they are imprisoned solely for peacefully exercising their […] The post Kazakhstan: Sentencing of 19 activists over peaceful Xinjiang protest a travesty of justice appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Shayann Ramedani, Research Collaborator at the Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Penn State
Daniel R. George, Professor of Humanities and Public Health Sciences, Penn State
Rural hospitals have high fixed costs, low patient volume and a large portion of patients insured through Medicaid, which typically pays less than private insurers.
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By Sepita Hatami, Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, Western University
Online sexism is no longer primarily a series of isolated or individual opinions but has evolved into a system-level phenomenon that spreads through digital platforms and produces real-world consequences.
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By Kawser Ahmed, Adjunct Professor, Natural Resource Institute (NRI), University of Manitoba
For a country that built the post-1945 rules-based order, the United States now needs to be rescued from its own war by the very nations it once lectured on governance and peace.
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By Laurence Roope, Senior Researcher, Health Economics, University of Oxford
Fiorella Parra-Mujica, PhD Candidate, Health Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Philip Clarke, Professor of Health Economics, University of Oxford
When people are asked to choose who gets a life-saving vaccine, their answers don’t match the logic that drives most healthcare funding decisions.
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