By Amnesty International
Ahead of the trial of human rights defenders Tommy Olsen and Panayote Dimitras on 6 October in Rhodes on charges relating to their work in support of refugees and migrants Dinushika Dissanayake, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Europe said: “The criminal charges against Panayote Dimitras and Tommy Olsen are a gross misuse of anti-smuggling legislation […] The post Greece: Human rights defenders Tommy Olsen and Panayote Dimitras on trial for their work supporting refugees and migrants appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Sara Harmouch, Research Fellow in Counterterrorism, George Washington University
Khadra Essa, a Somali-born Dutch citizen operating in Syria under the name Umm Qaqa al-Somali, is a wanted woman.
On Sept. 14, 2026, the U.S. State Department again publicized its offer of up to US$5 million for information about her whereabouts, having first offered a reward in April 2025.
The notice describes Essa as the chief sharia…
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By Paul Little, Professor of Primary Care Research, University of Southampton
Puzzles, brain-training games and hobbies have long been said to stave off cognitive decline. But while some research has shown that intensive brain-training programmes done over several weeks can reduce cognitive impairment, such interventions aren’t very practical in daily life.
So my team and I decided to explore whether doing brief brain-stimulating activities could improve cognitive health. Our large-scale…
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By Jean-Baptiste Gouyon, Head of Department, Science and Technology Studies, UCL
A new film exploring the vibrant marine life of the North Sea marks veteran underwater cinematographer Peter van Rodijnen’s first foray into producing and narrating. Above all, it is a cameraman’s film. Packed with beautiful, hard-to-capture footage, it showcases two decades of refined craft.
North Sea, Nature Untamed opens with elegiac credits…
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By Iordanis Kalaitzoglou, Ascociate Professor in Finance, Audencia
History could repeat itself if China turns AI into an abundant, commodity-driven industry. Should we be worried about AI’s new land of plenty?
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By Paddy Ross, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Durham University
Twenty-two people enter a castle with the intention of lying, trusting, murdering and banishing each other. The format of the Traitors is now well established, but the celebrity version of the show highlights some interesting psychological biases.
In the standard version of the show (secret relationships aside) the contestants are all strangers. With no…
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By Fridah Gatwiri Kiambati, Associate Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
Kenya introduced a competency-based approach to education in 2017. It was meant to give learners a range of skills, from basic reading, writing and arithmetic to critical thinking, creativity, digital literacy and social-emotional skills.
Competency-based education…
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By Maame Efua Addadzi-Koom, Senior Lecturer, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
Ecowas Court is already advancing women’s rights in the region, but its work could have more impact if it developed a uniform monetary compensation framework.
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By Kimberley Simpson, Research Fellow, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield
New research in the Kruger National Park has found that rising CO₂ in the atmosphere helps savanna grasses grow when less water is available.
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By Alex Hardy, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Communication and Media, University of Liverpool
EU defence ministers assembled in Brussels on September 28 to try to formulate a response to increasing Russian aggression in Europe. The talks focused on Russia’s strategy of hybrid warfare – that is, hostile acts that fall below the threshold of actual war.
These tend to include sabotage, disinformation, airspace violations, political interference and cyberwarfare. One part of Europe that has become familiar with these kinds of actions in recent years are the Baltic states…
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