Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Long before the crises that followed 2011, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) had already built a long and sometimes difficult history of humanitarian engagement in Libya and across its borders.
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By John Gradek, Faculty Lecturer and Academic Program Co-ordinator, Supply Network and Aviation Management, McGill University
Buying more planes will not help Canada tackle wildfires if there is not a thought-out plan for their use well ahead of a fire.
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By Pantelis Michelakis, Director, Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama; Associate Professor in Classical Reception; Fellow, St Hilda's College, University of Oxford
Nolan’s Odysseus is a traumatised hero who survives but must live with the cost others have paid for his actions.
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By Gemma Ware, Head of Audio, The Conversation UK, The Conversation
Strange Health, a video podcast produced by The Conversation UK, has won the best health and wellbeing award at the Publisher Podcast Awards 2026.
The judges said it was “an entertaining podcast with a winning combination of host discussion and academic specialists”.
Hosted by Katie Edwards, a health and medicine editor at The Conversation, and Dan Baumgardt, a practising GP and lecturer in health and life sciences at the University…
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By James Horncastle, Assistant Professor and Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations, Simon Fraser University
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed Defense Minister Fedorov and Gen. Syrskyi amid military tensions. What does it mean for the country’s war effort?
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By Amnesty International
“The act that has been done on me is still fresh in my memory. I was only seven, but it still lingers in my head. During the holiday season, I was taken to the village with my cousins. We were cut by a woman who used to live in our community. If I hadn’t undergone […] The post “Women should take the lead in the fight against FGM”: Meet Tala, Gambian survivor and activist appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Responding to the passing of a bill by France’s parliament banning children under 15 from accessing social media and restricting the use of phones in schools, Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, said: “There is no doubt that regulating platforms to protect children is an imperative of our time. We commend states for taking social media harms seriously but rather than pursuing blanket bans, efforts should be on forcing platforms to abandon their reckless pursuit of profit to the detriment of human rights. “Building safe platforms requires a robust response. […] The…
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By Guest Contributor
In 2023, Brazil recorded 45,747 intentional violent deaths — among the highest rates in the world. Like many democracies, the country has long grappled with the issue of large-scale public support for state violence.
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By Rachel Reville, PhD Candidate, Modern History, University of Oxford
The hard work of government has begun for Andy Burnham. The new prime minister will be forced to confront a multitude of thorny issues, among which is the question of the UK’s partnership with the US. So what will the so-called “special relationship” look like in the Burnham-Trump era, and how can Burnham harness the lessons of Labour’s history?
Despite the Maga moment dominating American politics, Burnham should remember that the US has a progressive…
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By Stephan Blum, Research Associate, Institute for Prehistory and Early History and Medieval Archaeology, University of Tübingen
Warning: this article contains spoilers for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey.
Ten years at Troy. Ten more lost at sea. When Odysseus finally reaches Ithaca – in Homer’s poem and again, played by Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan’s new film – he doesn’t walk through the door and say who he is. He lies. He invents a stranger’s life story. He tests his wife Penelope (played by Anne Hathaway), his father, even his old nurse before he lets any of them see him as himself. For a man who has spent 20 years trying to get home, he is remarkably reluctant to arrive.
That reluctance…
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