By Exile Hub
"We decided to present the resilience of female journalists across Myanmar who are working in war-torn areas, rather than focusing solely on our own story."
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A patient receives a reduced supply of medication for HIV treatment, following the cut of USAID funds for treatment programs in the Democratic Republic of Congo, July 31, 2025. © 2025 Arlette Bashizi/For The Washington Post via Getty Images Conflict-related sexual violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has escalated, while support to survivors has significantly dropped.The Rwanda-backed M23 and other armed groups and military forces are using sexual violence as a weapon of war, while survivors experience a climate of impunity that protects those responsible…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Climate activists hold signs during a press conference with House Democrats on COP30 and climate issues outside the US Capitol November 13, 2025. © 2025 Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images The Trump administration this week announced its intention to withdraw the United States from over 60 international organizations, conventions, and treaties, including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the UN’s leading climate science body. The move comes amid a broader retreat…
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By Luis Gómez Romero, Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
The interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, is consolidating her power and has signalled a willingness to work with the Trump administration.
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By Guangyi Pan, Lecturer in International Political Studies at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, UNSW Canberra, UNSW Sydney
Edward Sing Yue Chan, Postdoctoral Fellow in China Studies, Australian National University
Some Chinese scholars say a stable relationship does not necessarily mean a friendly one. Yet, most agree Australia is viewing ties with China more pragmatically.
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By Caitlin Macdonald, Doctor of Philosophy (English) / PhD graduate / Researcher, University of Sydney
Bri Lee’s Seed and Rose Michael’s Else approach our uncertain future from opposite directions – one considers refusing care, while the other is guided by it.
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By Penny Bailey, Lecturer in Japanese Studies, The University of Queensland
On January 10 1926, Yanagi Sōetsu and the potters Hamada Shōji and Kawai Kanjirō sat talking excitedly late into the night at a temple on Mt Kōya, in Japan’s Wakayama Prefecture.
They were debating how best to honour the beauty of simple, everyday Japanese crafts. Out of that conversation came a new word, mingei, and a plan to found The Japan Folk Crafts Museum in Tokyo. Later, Yanagi would describe what emerged that night as “a new standard of beauty”.
A century on, Yanagi’s ideas feel strikingly…
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By Rod McNaughton, Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Globally, specialised small firms are demonstrating the power of being better, not bigger. NZ could capitalise on the trend if it adjusts some long-held assumptions.
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By Mark Stevens, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Adelaide University
Cyrille D’Haese, Entomologist, Sorbonne Université
In virtually every piece of land on Earth – from near the summit of Mount Everest to Antarctica to caves nearly 2,000 metres underground – live tiny critters that have shaped the health of our planet for hundreds of millions of years.
They are known as springtails – an ancient group of invertebrates that evolved along with mosses and lichens dating back to more…
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By Chaya Kasif, PhD Candidate; Assyriologist, Macquarie University
Today, trans people face politicisation of their lives and vilification from politicians, media and parts of broader society.
But in some of history’s earliest civilisations, gender-diverse people were recognised and understood in a wholly different way.
As early as 4,500 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia, for instance, gender-diverse people held important roles in society with professional titles.…
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