By Amnesty International
Reacting to the 11 November arrest of Serrote José de Oliveira, also known as General Nila, Angolan activist and leader of the National Unity for the Total Revolution of Angola (UNTRA) movement, and four other movement members during a ceremony to commemorate six years since the fatal shooting of Inocêncio de Matos by security forces […] The post Angola: Authorities must immediately release General Nila and four other members of UNTRA appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Gina Yauri
Thousands of Ecuadorian students have taken to the streets to reject President Noboa’s temporary job plans, demanding permanent solutions for public healthcare, education funding, and rising insecurity.
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By Michael Joseph Richardson, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, Newcastle University
A dawn chorus begins with the chirping and tweeting of birds, wind blowing through the trees and a woodpecker hammering on wood. Dappled sunlight bursts through the forest canopy, and an evocative choir of children join the birds in song:
We will stand up tall in the shadow of your power.
For every empty promise, we will shout it even louder.
No more sacrifice or compromise for profits, greed and lies.
It’s time to build the future;
Don’t ignore the children’s cries.
This powerful opening to
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By Caroline Oliver, Professor of Sociology, UCL
Fjord is an emotionally harrowing account of the interaction of the state and personal life as children are removed from their parent’s care.
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By Chrysa Avdellidou, Lecturer in Planetary Science, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester
Mars has two small moons, Phobos and Deimos, but their origins remain uncertain. Were they asteroids captured by Mars’ gravity, or did they form from debris following a giant impact on the planet?
Japan’s Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) mission aims to solve this mystery by collecting samples of soil from Phobos, the largest of the two moons. Laboratory experiments in the UK are helping prepare scientists to interpret its findings.
MMX launched successfully on October 19 atop an H3 rocket from Tanegashima…
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By Kent Buse, Professor of Health Policy, Director of Programme Development, Monash University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monash University; Imperial College London
Sarah Hawkes, Honorary Professor of Global Public Health, UCL; Monash University
Only one of 45 global climate and health indicators that measure people says whether women or men are affected. The data to fix that mostly exists already.
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By Lorena Salud Gadella Kamstra, Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics, University of Nottingham
Many teachers enter the profession full of motivation, only to find that the reality of the classroom is very different from what they were taught to expect.
Once teachers are settled in their role, marking, administration and lesson preparation leave little time for reflection. Even teachers who want to try something new may fall back on what they know when faced with the daily pressures of the job.
A shortage of teachers is an ongoing concern in countries around…
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By Bo Petersson, Professor of Political Science, Malmö University
The first talks between Russia and Ukraine in nine months have concluded. The most positive thing that can be said about the US-mediated meeting in Abu Dhabi was that the dialogue did not break down and the parties seemed to agree to further meetings.
There was also at least one tangible result. Russia and Ukraine agreed on a large-scale exchange of prisoners of war, the magnitude…
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By Kimberley Miner, Research Professor in Earth Sciences, University of Maine
John C. Ejiogu, Researcher in Global Health, The Center for Global Health Equity, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College
Kimberly Rose Clark, Researcher and Visiting Scholar in Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College
As communities around the world shore up their infrastructure in anticipation of one of the most powerful El Niños on record in late 2026 and early 2027, they need to think about rising health risks, too – and include them in early weather warnings.
El Niño is part of a natural climate phenomenon that shifts global weather patterns for months at a time. During El Niño years, global temperatures tend to…
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By Wintre Foxworth Johnson, Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education, University of Virginia
María G. Leija, Associate Professor of Literacy, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Saba Khan Vlach, Associate Professor of Elementary Literacy Education, University of Iowa
Without explicit conversations and learning about race and racial inequality, children might believe stereotypes and draw other false assumptions about others.
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