By Steve Rintoul, CSIRO Fellow, CSIRO
Esmee van Wijk, Vanwijk, CSIRO
Laura Herraiz Borreguero, Physical oceanographer, CSIRO
Madelaine Gamble Rosevear, Postdoctoral Fellow in Physical Oceanography, University of Tasmania
Our ocean float spent years adrift in the Antarctic ocean and beneath massive ice shelves. What it found will help us estimate global sea-level rise.
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By Georgia de Leeuw, Resercher, Lund University
The Indigenous Sami in the far north of Sweden say intensive industrial projects pose risks to their way of life.
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By Vikram Niranjan, Assistant Professor in Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Limerick
Cancer is a universal challenge that hits those with the fewest resources hardest – and nearly half of global cancer deaths are linked to preventable risks.
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By Morgan Marietta, Professor of American Civics, University of Tennessee
The Supreme Court on Dec. 5, 2025, agreed to review the long-simmering controversy over birthright citizenship. It will likely hand down a ruling next summer.
In January 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order removing the recognition of citizenship for the U.S.-born children of both immigrants here illegally…
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Friday, December 5, 2025
Summary executions and other violations continue in Syria nearly a year after the fall of the Assad regime, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday.
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By Amnesty International
Responding to an announcement on 04 December that Burkina Faso’s government has decided to reintroduce the death penalty seven years after it was abolished for ordinary crimes as part of a reform of the Penal Code, Marceau Sivieude, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for West and Central Africa said: “The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, […] The post Burkina Faso: Plans to reinstate death penalty must be stopped appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Reacting to the Kremlin’s latest abuse of the criminal justice system to target Yabloko, the last remaining officially registered political party in Russia that has been openly calling for an end to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said: “In preparation for the September 2026 parliamentary […] The post Russia: Authorities step up criminal reprisals against anti-war Yabloko party appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
The appalling response by Georgian authorities to allegations that prohibited toxic chemicals were used against protestors to suppress peaceful demonstrations must be met with an international investigation and a complete embargo on all policing equipment, Amnesty International said today in a public statement. On 1 December 2025, the BBC documentary When Water Burns presented evidence suggesting that […] The post Georgia: Government’s alleged use of toxic chemicals against protestors calls for international investigation and complete embargo on all policing equipment appeared first on Amnesty…
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By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor, The Conversation
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The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, believes that Russia’s strategy is to outlast Ukraine and its allies in a war of attrition. Rubio told Fox News host Sean Hannity this week that the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, had made it clear that he is determined to achieve…
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By Elaine Jackson, PhD Candidate, University of Glasgow; University of the West of Scotland
Lee John Curley, Lecturer in Psychology, Glasgow Caledonian University
Martin Lages, Associate professor, University of Glasgow
If a judge makes a decision on their own, only their own biases will influence the verdict. In a jury, consensus needs to be reached.
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