By Oiwan Lam
As the Lee administration said that it would seek public consensus, the anti-war network will continue roaring to stop the country from being dragged into the Iran war.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A person's mouth covered with tape bearing a message “no to executions” in Iran, in Paris in France, January 31, 2026. © 2026 Daniel Perron/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images Within a span of only five months, between March 18 and the end of August 2026, Iran’s authorities announced the executions of 29 people in connection with recent protests. These executions were unlawful and in violation of international human rights law. Several protesters executed were teenagers aged 18 and 19. Scores more remain at imminent risk of execution. Some executions have been carried…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Naoero, formerly Nauru, island, March 2023. © 2023 mtcurado/Getty Images (Sydney) – The Australian government has caused thousands of people seeking asylum to suffer grave abuses under its offshore detention system, which began in September 2001, Human Rights Watch said today.Over the past 25 years, Australia has forcibly transferred more than 5,000 asylum seekers to Naoero (formerly called Nauru) and Manus Island, Papua New Guinea (PNG). Those transferred have experienced inhumane conditions and serious harm to their mental and physical health. The United…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan. © 2014 Razaawais141/Wikimedia Without warning, Pakistan has directed all medical and dental institutions to expel Afghan students and arrange to send them back to Afghanistan. It is the latest move by Pakistani authorities to summarily deport Afghans from the country.Especially for Afghan women students, being returned to Afghanistan ends their chances of ever becoming doctors or dentists, as the Taliban have banned all women from universities and medical training.Pakistan’s medical institutions have also…
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By Andrew Cullen, Senior Research Fellow, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
OpenAI has announced one of its unreleased artificial intelligence (AI) models has found an answer to one of the biggest open questions in mathematics, the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize problem. The Millennium Prizes offer million-dollar rewards for solutions to seven notoriously difficult mathematical puzzles, and until now only one had been solved.
Mathematical problems at this level are extremely…
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By Adam Cohen, Senior Lecturer, Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney
The NFL has played games around the world, and there are good reasons why Australia has been chosen for the first time.
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By Lisa French, Professor & Dean, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
A new stained-glass window at the National Gallery of Victoria offers clues to one of Australia’s most familiar yet mysterious artworks.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Naoero, formerly Nauru, island, March 2023. © 2023 mtcurado/Getty Images (Sydney) – The Australian government has caused thousands of people seeking asylum to suffer grave abuses under its offshore detention system, which began in September 2001, Human Rights Watch said today.Over the past 25 years, Australia has forcibly transferred more than 5,000 asylum seekers to Naoero (formerly called Nauru) and Manus Island, Papua New Guinea (PNG). Those transferred have experienced inhumane conditions and serious harm to their mental and physical health. The United…
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By Paul Moon, Professor of History, Auckland University of Technology
A new book examines the outsized influence of one man on the pivotal 1984 election which ushered in a new New Zealand.
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By David Sanderson, Professor and Inaugural Judith Neilson Chair in Architecture, UNSW
Disasters always bring an influx of aid money to communities. It must be spent wisely to avoid mistakes and ensure long-term recovery.
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