By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A girl in her fishing boat off the coast of Malaita Province, Solomon Islands. © 2025 NowHere Media/Human Rights Watch (Istanbul) – Governments participating in the 31st annual United Nations climate change conference (COP31) should urgently act to protect the rights of communities displaced by the climate crisis and ensure that civil society groups can participate in the negotiations, Human Rights Watch said today. COP31 will take place in Antalya, Türkiye, from November 9 to 20, 2026, under the shared presidency of Türkiye and Australia, on behalf of the Pacific…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image The US Capitol building in Washington, DC, November 4, 2026. © 2026 Umit Bektas/Reuters (Washington, DC) – The newly elected US Congress should prioritize respect and protection for human rights both within the United States and around the world, Human Rights Watch said today. Voters elected a majority of Democrats to control both the House and the Senate in the November 3, 2026 midterm elections. “This newly elected Congress will convene at a critical moment for human rights domestically and globally,” said Michael García Bochenek, interim US program director…
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By Mary Ogborn, Ph.D. Candidate in Astrophysics, Penn State
A 22-year-old space telescope lost its fight against gravity and came crashing down to Earth on the morning of Nov. 4, 2026, above the North Sumatra region of Indonesia. The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory had been the go-to telescope for observing astrophysical events that happen quickly, such as supernovas. Its onboard instruments…
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By Jason Opal, Professor of History, The Ohio State University
Democrats and independents flooded the polls in the U.S. midterm elections, while Republicans stayed home or voted Democrat. A look at what happened — and what it might mean for Canada.
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By Angel Zhong, Professor of Finance, RMIT University
Janneke Blijlevens, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, RMIT University
Jason Tian, Senior Lecturer, Finance School of Business, Law and Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology
If you do use AI, treat its answers as a starting point. Ask for sources, check them against Moneysmart, and keep your account details out of it.
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By Veronica Le Nevez, Co-Director, Impact and Engagement, The George Institute for Global Health, George Institute for Global Health
Laura Emily Downey, Associate professor, George Institute for Global Health
As sea levels creep higher in the Pacific, salt leaches into the soil, and reduces the land available to grow food. Ocean warming is damaging coral reefs, reducing fish stocks, and salinity has tainted fresh water supplies.
As a result, Pacific communities are being forced to turn to imported food, which is often high in calories but low in nutrients. And this, along with a myriad of intersecting social, cultural,…
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By Benjamin Madden, Senior lecturer, School of Humanities, Adelaide University
The essay has been virtually obliterated as a form of assessment by the promiscuous use students make of AI. These students are plagiarists.
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By Santosh Dhungana, PhD Candidate, Environmental Futures, School of Science, University of Wollongong
Nicolas Flament, Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow, Environmental Futures, School of Science, University of Wollongong
The Great Unconformity is a mysterious gap of hundreds of millions of years in Earth’s geological history – and new research may have finally explained it.
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By Michael A. Mische, Associate Professor of the Practice of Management and Organization, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California
The US economy is built on energy prices. When people’s bills are high, they tend to vote against incumbents and their parties.
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By Daniel J. Mallinson, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Penn State
The 2026 midterm elections changed the balance of power in Washington, D.C. It also proved to be a pivotal election in Pennsylvania.
Gov. Josh Shapiro handily defeated Republican challenger Stacy Garrity, the current state treasurer. Not only that,…
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