By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image People stand near a framed photo of Guatemalan lawyer and anti-corruption figure Juan Francisco Solorzano Foppa, who died after being shot by unknown assailants on Saturday while visiting a sports center, during his wake at a funeral home in Guatemala City, Guatemala, October 19, 2026. © 2026 Cristina Chiquin/Reuters (Washington, DC) – Guatemalan authorities should carry out a thorough, prompt, and credible investigation into the killing of Juan Francisco Solórzano Foppa, a prominent anti-corruption lawyer, former prosecutor, and former head of Guatemala’s tax…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The former industry minister said Australia is ‘going too fast’ and ‘been swamped by US tech’ building data centres here to dodge growing US community opposition.
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By Neelesh Rampal, Data Scientist, Earth Sciences New Zealand
Steven Sherwood, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW
By running hundreds of climate simulations much faster than conventional models, AI can deliver better regional projections of what communities need to prepare for.
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By Kristina Murphy, Professor and former ARC Future Fellow, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University
Governments need the capacity to disrupt people moving towards violence. But they also need to reduce the conditions that can make such violence attractive.
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By Dominic O'Sullivan, Adjunct Professor, Stout Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington and Auckland University of Technology, Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
How much should Māori voices count in public life? And when does decisionmaking belong outside government and within Māori institutions?
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The independent MP remains in a critical condition after the incident on Monday afternoon. The alleged attacker has been identified as 43-year-old Brendan Nugent.
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By Kenya Fernandes, Research Fellow, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney
Healthy honey bee colonies are remarkably good at keeping harmful microbes under control. A new study shows how they do it.
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Monday, October 19, 2026
More than a quarter of humanity struggles to get enough food, even though the world produces enough for everyone, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Monday, blaming injustice and the denial of human rights for hunger in a world of plenty.
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By Maha Khawaja, PhD Student, Health and Society, McMaster University
Sex toys can help people whose sex lives have been changed by illness, disease or disability, move past traditional sex scripts.
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By Kayla Morton, Assistant Professor of Blue Economy and Policy, University of Delaware
Incumbents can still reap electoral rewards when federal money reaches their districts, even if they opposed the bill that provided it.
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