By Amnesty International
Israel is escalating its relentless expansion of illegal settlements by confiscating land in the occupied West Bank, including through the alarming step of blatantly ordering the seizure of land in Area A, which is under the control of the State of Palestine authorities. This move deepens Israel’s illegal settlement enterprise and further undermines the rights […] The post Israel/ OPT: Israel steps up annexation measures with unlawful land seizure orders in the occupied West Bank appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Abbas Yazdinejad, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Regina
Memory makes AI agents more useful, but it can also allow malicious instructions to remain hidden and influence decisions long after an attack.
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By Donald Barry, Professor Emeritus, Political Science, University of Calgary
Trump has yet to openly declare his support of a united Canada in the run-up to the Alberta referendum, but some around him have spoken positively about the prospect of an independent Alberta
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Thursday, September 3rd 2026
About 20 million children aged 12 to 17 – one in five across 21 countries – were sexually exploited by perpetrators using technology such as social media, according to a UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) report released on Thursday.
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By Vincent Hurley, Lecturer in Criminology (police & policing). School of International Studies, Macquarie University
With Australian and New Zealand demand for cocaine as strong as it is, it’s hard to know how much $600 million will do to stop the flow of drugs.
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By Thomas Jeffries, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Western Sydney University
Petting zoos can be a lot of fun for all the family. But a recent tragic case reminds us there are infection risks.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
To give a better understanding of where the Australian economy is at we asked two independent economists to give snapshots of our economic health – or lack of it.
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By Isabel Dunn, PhD Candidate in Criminology, Monash Gender and Violence Prevention Hub, Monash University
The tragic case reveals a structural blind spot created by a family violence definition, making it harder for victim-survivors to get the help they need.
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By Bethany Kiss, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne
Sarah Bekessy, Professor, Urban Ecology and Biodiversity, The University of Melbourne; RMIT University
Ever found a bare-nosed wombat napping under your house or heard a possum thumping around in your roof?
You’re not alone. Data from Wildlife Victoria reveals that about 2,400 native animals were reported by people as being in, on or under buildings over the past decade.
For our new study, we analysed these reports to find out which animals were taking up residence in buildings, which parts of dwellings they occupied and what they were doing there.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Abdulhadi al-Khawaja (left) and Mohamed Habib al-Muqdad. © Bahrain Centre for human rights/Wikimedia and Private For over 15 years, Danish human rights defender Abdulhadi al-Khawaja and Swedish activist Mohamed Habib al-Muqdad have been languishing in Bahrain’s prisons, as their governments and the European Union (EU) have failed to secure their release from unjust detention. As the EU launched negotiations for a “Strategic Partnership Agreement” with Bahrain in July, it should use them to ensure that al-Khawaja, al-Muqdad and others unjustly jailed can finally…
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