By Bomikazi Zeka, Associate Professor in Finance, University of Canberra
When interest rates rise, most people feel the financial pinch as repayments for home loans, car purchases or personal loans increase. This leads to less money for everyday spending and tightens the household budget.
Middle- and upper-income households tend to hold secured debt such as property, which builds wealth. Lower-income households are pushed into debt as they try to maintain their consumption levels. The result is…
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By Florian Leniaud, Docteur en civilisation américaine. Membre associé au Centre d’histoire culturelle des sociétés contemporaines, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) – Université Paris-Saclay
Forty-five years apart, two assassination attempts on American Presidents rather uncannily happened at the very same location. This case of history repeating itself offers much food for thought.
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By Abderrahman Hassi, Associate Professor of Management , Al Akhawayn University
Giovanna Storti, Professor and Advisor for the Employment and Social Development, Canada, Al Akhawayn University
In a global context marked by chaos and turbulence, technological advancements, health crises, marketplace alterations, shifting demographics and organizational foolishness, the demand for more adaptive and reflective forms of leadership has become a necessity. Given this context, wisdom…
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By Camilla Allen, Lecturer in Landscape Architecture, University of Sheffield
Three gardens at the 2026 RHS Chelsea Flower Show have found themselves mired in controversy rather than the more usual mud.
This year’s show gardens include one designed by Matt Keightley, who has used Spacelift, a design app he developed that incorporates AI. Advocates of such tools praise their potential to democratise garden design and make it more accessible. Critics, however,…
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By Zhonghua Zheng, Assistant Professor in Data Science and Environmental Analytics, University of Manchester
Traffic can be a significant heat source in cities – yet is often overlooked in concerns about rising urban temperatures.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Protesters outside the Department of Justice denounce the filing of terrorist financing cases against activists and demand that the Marcos administration stop using the FATF's "grey list" to target civil society, Manila, Philippines, January 22, 2025. © 2025 National Union of People's Lawyers This week, a court in the Philippines dismissed terrorism financing charges against the Community Empowerment Resource Network (CERNET), a nongovernmental organization based in Cebu province that works with marginalized groups to promote economic, social, and cultural rights.Philippine…
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By Thulani P. Makhalanyane, Professor of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University
Ronelle Burger, Professor of Economics, Stellenbosch University
South Africa has a paradox when it comes to food availability. Its supermarkets are overflowing. But it continues to record high levels of stunted growth.
This seems to be a global problem. Data suggest that the world has produced more food in…
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By Samantha Dodson, Assistant Professor, Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources, University of Calgary
New research finds that people consistently describe women as detail-focused and men as visionary, a bias with measurable consequences for who gets promoted.
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By Lynsay Matthews, Lecturer in Public Health, University of the West of Scotland
Every month, between 3% and 8% of women and people assigned female at birth will experience debilitating emotional, cognitive and sometimes physical symptoms in the week or two before menstruation.
This condition, known as premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), is a severe mood disorder that has a significant impact on life. It is also associated with increased risk of suicide.
The majority…
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By Simon Cork, Senior Lecturer in Physiology, Anglia Ruskin University
Weight-loss injections, such as Wegovy and Mounjaro, have transformed how we treat obesity. Around 1.6 million adults in Great Britain have used weight-loss drugs in the past year, with the vast majority of patients buying these drugs privately.
The issue with these weight-loss drugs is that, despite their success in shedding weight while patients are taking them, studies report significant weight regain when people come…
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