By Bardhyl Jashari
Ahead of North Macedonia’s 35th independence anniversary, an examination of how government-linked praise for Ratko Mladić affects victims, interethnic trust, the rule of law and the country’s European aspirations.
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By Carlos Lopes, Professor at the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
African countries have committed themselves to cutting greenhouse gas emissions and protecting their people from the worsening effects of climate change. These commitments form part of the Paris Agreement, an international climate treaty adopted in 2015 in which countries agreed to take steps to limit global warming.
Doing this requires billions of dollars in climate finance for clean energy and for making agriculture,…
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By Deon de Jager, Researcher in ancient DNA, University of Copenhagen
Eline Lorenzen, Professor of Molecular Natural History, University of Copenhagen
Over the past 50,000 years, many of the world’s large mammals have gone extinct. Until recent decades, all we knew about them came from fossils. Now, analysis of ancient DNA is adding to the picture.
Ancient DNA is damaged and degraded genetic material often obtained from fossils thousands of years old. It’s giving scientists insights into hidden species diversity and the way populations expanded and contracted, based on changes in genetic diversity across time.
These ancient DNA studies have in large part been carried out in cold regions at northern latitudes, where low…
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By Tama Leaver, Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin University
There have long been calls for digital duty of care laws in Australia – since well before the under-16s social media ban. But enforcement may be tricky.
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By Sanjib Chaudhary
I never thought of documenting the Indigenous Tharu folklore until my grandmother left this world. Now she is no more with us, I yearn for those priceless words of wisdom.
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By Jean Sovon
Urban growth in Africa comes with falls on the poorest residents: forced evictions, informal settlements razed for redevelopment projects, with no consultation of the people who live there.
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By Kris Gledhill, Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology
A legal defence of infanticide exists in NZ and other similar jurisdictions. But it is not an option in US courts, making the Clancy jury’s job more difficult.
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By Jude Pierre Louis
The security crisis has displaced more than a million people and caused thousands of deaths, affecting every sector of national life. This includes sport, in general, and football, in particular.
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By Deniz Vatansever, Research Professor, Fudan University; University of Cambridge
Emmanuel A Stamatakis, Lead, Cognition and Consciousness Imaging Group, Division of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge
Xinyu Liang, Visiting Researcher, University of Cambridge; Fudan University
Stand in front of Turner’s Sun Rising Over Water (1825-30) and something odd tends to happen. The painting holds you, even though observers might struggle to say why. Maybe it is the colour, the balance, the composition, or the strange stillness the artwork seems to carry.
Whatever it is, you feel it long before you can explain why. And the stranger next to you, looking at the same canvas with the same awe in their eyes, very likely feels it too.
We often say that…
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Friday, September 4, 2026
Israeli security forces forcibly displaced the entire population of three Palestine refugee camps in the occupied West Bank in January and February last year – and continue to prevent their return, in violation of international law, according to a new report by the UN human rights office, OHCHR.
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