By Santiago Fouz Hernández, Professor in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, Durham University
This sweeping, time-shifting epic based on an unfinished work of Federico García Lorca looks like Spain’s big contender for the Oscars in 2027.
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By Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
With special votes still to come, three possible scenarios could determine who governs NZ – and whether Christopher Luxon or Chris Hipkins becomes prime minister.
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By Digital Storytelling Team, The Conversation
As predicted, the 2026 election was all about the maths. With National winning more electorate seats than its party vote would have delivered, and Te Pāti Māori taking five Māori seats, there is a provisional parliamentary overhang of nine or ten seats.
That means a parliamentary majority requires 65 or 66 seats, which the right bloc has on the provisional results. Even with the Opportunity Party’s provisional seven seats, the left would still not have the numbers.
However, the results are finely poised, and special…
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By Matthew Robert Anderson, Adjunct Professor, Theological Studies, Concordia University
Right now, Leonard Cohen is on many of his fans’ minds.
The Canadian poet, novelist and singer-songwriter died Nov. 7, 2016, just one day before United States President Donald Trump was first elected.
Ten years later, as the Democrat “blue wave” hopes to close the bracket on a president who once memed himself as Jesus personified, Cohen’s legacy…
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Friday, November 6, 2026
Afghanistan stands at a “difficult crossroad” more than five years after the Taliban returned to power, a senior UN official said on Friday. Relative stability and security are being undercut by a fragile economy, sweeping curbs on rights and acute humanitarian need.
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By Amnesty International
In response to the financial and political crisis triggered by the initiation of resolution proceedings against a financial institution by the Central Bank of Paraguay (BCP), which has sparked public protests and led to impeachment proceedings against President Santiago Peña, Amnesty International calls on the Paraguayan authorities to ensure the protection of those affected, guarantee […] The post Paraguay: Institutional crisis demands a human rights-centred response appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Tanzanian opposition leader and CHADEMA chairman Tundu Lissu waves to supporters at the High Court in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, November 6, 2026. © 2026 AP Photo/Florence Majani Tanzania’s High Court on November 6 convicted Tundu Lissu, the leader of Tanzania’s main opposition party, Chama Cha Demokrasia Na Maendeleo (the ‘Party of Democracy and Development’, or CHADEMA), of incitement, sentencing him to four years in prison. The judges acquitted him of treason, a charge that carries the death penalty.Authorities accused him of having planned to instigate the public…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A voter picks up an "I Voted" sticker after casting their ballot in the US midterm elections on November 3, 2026. © 2026 AP Photo/George Walker IV Alongside the high-profile congressional and gubernatorial races decided during the United States midterm elections on November 3, human rights were at issue in several state and local ballot measures across the country. In Virginia, voters adopted a measure to automatically restore voting rights to people with felony convictions upon release from prison, ending a lifetime ban that had been in place since…
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By Freddie Daley, Research Associate, Centre for Global Political Economy, University of Sussex
Peter Newell, Professor of International Relations, University of Sussex
The latest UN climate summit, Cop31, will get underway in Antalya, Turkey, on November 9. One of its key objectives is to boost electrification across the global economy – replacing petrol and diesel vehicles, gas boilers and some industrial processes that burn fossil fuels with electric alternatives.
The summit’s host, Turkey, has set a target of 35% of energy demand being met by electricity by 2035, up from around 20% today. Announcing the “35-by-35” pledge, Cop31 president Murat Kurum described it as
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By Allissa V. Richardson, Associate Professor of Journalism, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
For generations, Black women have been asked to save a democracy that would not save them, carrying entire movements on their backs. Now a Black woman has been elected to govern Georgia.
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