By Rachel Taylor, Research Fellow in Climate Extremes and Adaptation, University of Southern Queensland
Cattle can only cope with so much heat – and more is coming. Graziers will have to install shade – and muster at dawn.
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By SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Politics, University of Virginia
The future of the newly ascendant Democratic party has been projected onto who gets elected to lead the party in Congress. But the party’s direction and agenda is more complex than that.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Drones and drought are “closing in” on Sudan, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), said on Tuesday, describing unprecedented attacks on the country’s infrastructure including by drones travelling up to 1,500 kilometres before hitting their target.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Six journalists who make up the entire newsroom of the Egyptian fact-checking website Matsadash remain in detention, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) said on Tuesday, warning of proliferating assaults on press freedom by the Government.
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By Emily Wilkinson, Principal Research Fellow, Global Risks and Resilience, ODI Global
George Carter, Senior Fellow and Head of the Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University
Every nation is grappling with climate change, but a super El Niño is about to collide with the 2026-27 South Pacific cyclone season. This presents one of the toughest challenges yet for the world’s small island nations.
Samoa is on high alert. These islands have had a turbulent recent history with drought, heat and cyclones. In the 1980s, the El Niño cycle (when certain parts of the Pacific are warmer…
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By Catherine Greenwood, Lecturer in Digital Marketing, University of Lancashire
An influencer posts a photograph of two designer handbags and asks her followers which one she should buy. Another wants recommendations for restaurants in a new city she is visiting. Someone else asks which beauty dupes are actually worth trying.
These are ordinary questions we might ask our friends. Yet, coming from people who have built careers influencing what others buy, wear and desire, they raise an interesting question. If influencers are supposed to influence their followers, why are they increasingly…
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By Tracy Smith-Carrier, Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Royal Roads University
When it comes to Canada’s progress on poverty alleviation, the 2026 federal Budget isn’t helping. It privileges corporate welfare over the needs of Canadians who are struggling with poverty and food insecurity.
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By Ezgi Unsal, Lecturer in Development Economics, SOAS, University of London
Turkey is making electrification a central theme of this year’s UN climate summit, Cop31, which it is currently hosting in the Mediterranean city of Antalya alongside Australia. The ambition is to raise the share of global energy demand met by electricity from 20% today to 35% by 2035.
But there is a tension in this agenda. More electrification will only cut emissions if the electricity comes from cleaner sources. In Turkey, coal and natural gas still account for more than half of electricity generation, while…
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By Preetika Joshi, Assistant Professor of Accounting, McGill University
Budget 2026 offers targeted relief to low-income households, but its biggest tax incentive rewards business investment in the hope of future growth.
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By Ezenwa E. Olumba, Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, Aston University
Thomas Stubbs, Professor of Global Political Economy, Royal Holloway, University of London
One of the deadliest attacks on Israel in 2024 came not from an Iranian missile or rocket, but from a single Hezbollah drone attack. On October 13, 2024, a drone struck the dining hall of a military base near Binyamina, south of Haifa, as Israeli soldiers were eating. It killed four people and injured 67.
Houthi rebels have been using drones to attack airports and oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, causing havoc in the Gulf kingdom. Israel and Saudi Arabia are two wealthy countries and have powerful militaries…
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