By Andrew Gawthorpe, Lecturer in History and International Studies, Leiden University
History tells us that a lack of understanding of war on the part of US presidents has often causec friction with their military commanders.
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By Renaud Foucart, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University
New US tariffs set at 10% have come into effect, days after the country’s Supreme Court blocked the bulk of President Donald Trump’s sweeping import taxes. The shock move came as a major blow to the president’s determination to rebalance US trade and bring manufacturing back home.
For more than 30 years, the United States has been importing substantially more goods and services from the rest of the world…
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By Philip Murphy, Director of History & Policy at the Institute of Historical Research and Professor of British and Commonwealth History, School of Advanced Study, University of London
The arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was, without a doubt, a shocking moment. The release by US officials of 3.5 million pages of documents regarding Mountbatten-Windsor’s longtime friend, the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, have led to multiple allegations of wrongdoing on the part of the eighth in line to the throne – which he denies.
But as an expert in British…
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By Neil Mabbott, Personal Chair of Immunopathology, University of Edinburgh
A nasal spray vaccine that puts your immune system on permanent high alert – and could one day protect against flu, COVID and future pandemics.
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By Sara Brown, Grant Chair of Dermatology, Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh
Illegal skin-lightening creams containing mercury and steroids are appearing on British high streets. Here’s what’s in them and why they’re dangerous.
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By Andrew McInnes, Reader in Romanticisms, Edge Hill University
A review which posed the question – causing a storm in a teacup of Austenian proportions in 1995 – has now been set to music.
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By Dorje C. Brody, Professor of Mathematics, University of Surrey
When deciding whether to invest in environmental projects, it’s important to consider the economic value of any long-term benefits.
Whether climate solutions (such as offshore wind power or solar farms) are recognised as valuable or worthless depends very much on which economic model is used to evaluate it.
If the present value of the benefit (calculated by using a widely accepted financial model…
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By Frances Hand, DPhil Candidate, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
Morganne Wilbourne, DPhil Candidate, Women’s and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford
Assisted births are common, but many first-time mothers say they lack information before labour and struggle to make decisions in the moment.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A Sudanese woman displaced from El-Fasher carries her child as she walks between tents at El-Afadh camp in Al Dabbah, in Sudan's Northern State, November 16, 2025. © 2025 Marwan Ali/AP Photo The United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) for the Sudan has released a damning report on atrocities by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during their takeover of El Fasher, North Darfur, in late October 2025.It concludes that the RSF, which is fighting Sudan’s military for control of the country, committed war crimes and crimes against humanity…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Trucks carrying humanitarian aid wait in Egypt at the Rafah crossing to enter Gaza on January 27, 2026. © 2026 Ali Moustafa/Getty images (New York) – Israeli authorities plan to bar 37 international nongovernmental organizations from operating in Gaza and the West Bank on March 1, 2026 for refusing to provide the government with lists of their staff and their biodata as part of new registration requirements, Human Rights Watch said today. The organizations say that these requirements violate the humanitarian principles of neutrality and independence.International…
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