By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A demonstration against the deportations of young adults held at Sergels torg in Stockholm on May 10, 2026. © Susanne Bergsten (Stockholm) – Sweden is deporting young women to countries where they could face severe gender-based rights violations, Human Rights Watch said today. Media reported that in 2025, at least 92 young adults were set to be deported alone, many of them women who grew up in Sweden and have immediate family there.Sweden has been deporting an increasing number of young adults who spent years on temporary residence permits tied to a family member,…
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By Benson Wong
As Chow Sai-him and Princess Cheung Ping recognise the Ming dynasty cannot be restored, many Hongkongers likewise struggle with the possibility that the HK they once knew may never return.
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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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