Tuesday, July 7, 2026
Who is legally responsible when Artificial Intelligence causes harm? The issue took centre stage on Tuesday – day two of the first ever UN summit on AI governance, where leading experts warned of mounting evidence of human rights violations linked to the revolutionary technology.
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By Amnesty International
On the six-month anniversary of the January 2026 popular uprising in Iran when security forces carried out mass unlawful killings on an unprecedented scale to crush protests calling for dignity, freedom and an end to the Islamic Republic system, killing thousands of protesters and bystanders between 8-9 January 2026, Diana Eltahawy, Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International said: “Six months after Iran’s security forces unlawfully killed thousands of men, women and children across the country over a […] The post Iran: Lack of international justice…
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By Sathana Dushyanthen, Academic Specialist & Senior Lecturer in Cancer Sciences & Digital Health | Superstar of STEM | Science Communicator, The University of Melbourne
Today, cloning is not a technology that can simply “copy and paste” living things. But it’s brought advances in several fields of science.
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By Faraz Hasan, Director of Research, University of Canberra
It wasn’t just mobile phones that went down with the Telstra outage. Here’s how trains connect to the mobile network.
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By Timothy Falcon Crack, Professor Emeritus of Finance, University of Otago
Peter Alexander Whigham, Professor in Computing, University of Otago
An analysis of Lotto entries shows many players gravitate to the same number combinations, increasing prize sharing and reducing value.
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By Yuting Zhang, Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne
In an emergency, you can’t always use your private health insurance. And even if you do, you can face these out-of-pocket costs.
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By Alex Burchmore, Senior Lecturer, Art History and Curatorial Studies, Australian National University
We tend to think of recycling, repair and reuse as part of an environmentally responsible way of life. But they are also key to many artists’ work.
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By Taylor McKee, Assistant Professor, Sport Management, Brock University
The FIFA decision to suspend Folarin Balogun’s red card is a compact case study in how power can shape the application of rules without ever rewriting them.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image An activist at EU Commission headquarters protests against a meeting with a Taliban delegation in Brussels, Belgium, June 23, 2026. © 2026 Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images The European Union hosted a delegation of Taliban officials in Brussels on June 22 for the first time since the group returned to power in Afghanistan in August 2021. The European Commission described the meeting as “technical” and focused on returns, while a Taliban spokesperson described it as a “historic visit” and a step toward regularizing consular relations with EU countries.The negotiations…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Left to right: Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, Japan's ambassador to India Ono Kelichi, India's ambassador to Japan Nagma Mohamed Mallick, and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a signed bilateral agreement after their delegation level meeting in New Delhi, India, July 2, 2026. © 2026 Manish Swarup/AP Photo On July 2, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, on her first visit to India since taking office, met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Under their shared "Free and Open Indo-Pacific" vision, an effort to counter China, they agreed to deepen cooperation…
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