By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Charred remains of a building following a violent clash between the Tangkhul Naga and Kuki tribes at Litan village, in Ukhrul, Manipur, India, February 10, 2026. © 2026 Vishma Ahanthem via Reuters Connect (New York, September 4, 2026) – Indian authorities should urgently address renewed violence between ethnic communities in the northeastern state of Manipur, Human Rights Watch said today. At least seven people were killed in late August 2026 in violence between the Naga and Kuki-Zo tribal communities in the state’s hill districts, leaving 34 dead since…
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By Ann-Marie Kennedy, Professor or Marketing, Business School, University of Canterbury
Jennifer Smith, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education, University of Canterbury
Johnpaul Smith, Lecturer of Marketing, Swinburne University of Technology
Rachael Dixon, Senior Lecturer, University of Canterbury
Booze-free drinks that mimic the taste of alcohol can help teenagers fit in socially. But new research suggests there are important limits to what they can replace.
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By Kate O'Connor, Senior Lecturer in Policy and Leadership in the School of Education, La Trobe University
In Victoria, for instance, the subject which scales the highest is Latin. But it’s only offered by a handful of schools, most of which cater to privileged families.
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By Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin, Frank and Bethine Church Endowed Chair of Public Affairs, Boise State University
There is a strange nostalgia in realizing that something once so immediate now belongs increasingly to people who know it only as the past.
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By Shelley Marshall, Deputy Dean of Research, RMIT University
A lawyer who worked on a class action against tobacco makers says the Meta deal mirrors the playbook of Big Tobacco – and will cost only a few days’ revenue.
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By Mingming Cheng, Professor, School of Management and Marketing, Curtin University
Peta Ashworth, Professor and Director, Curtin Institute for Energy Transition, Curtin University
Australia’s energy transition has never been more urgent.
Aging coal-fired power stations are retiring and energy bills are rising sharply. To address this, the obvious solution is to build more renewable energy projects and the transmission infrastructure to connect them at scale.
But a major hurdle remains: community opposition. In regional areas, where…
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By Vivienne Lewis, Clinical Psychologist and Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Canberra
Many teens consider the school formal a rite of passage. But some young people might feel an enormous pressure to look a certain way.
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By Nick Fuller, Clinical Trials Director, Department of Endocrinology, RPA Hospital, University of Sydney
We’ve all been there. You spend an hour in the gym, and before you even reach the change room, you start thinking about our favourite takeaway meal – after all, you’ve earned it!
Before long, you’re tucking into a super-sized meal. Then the guilt hits: what was the point of exercising to burn all those calories if it just makes us eat even more calories?
But while this might be a familiar pattern, it’s not necessarily a super-sized hunger at play. Let’s see what the science says.
How exercise impacts our appetite
While many people report that exercise…
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By Nathan Higgins, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Monash Bioethics Centre, Monash University
In 2024, Elon Musk’s Neuralink put its first brain implant into a human amid doubt from scientists and allegations of animal cruelty.
Two and a half years later, that first patient is one of more than 20 “neuralnauts” who use their implants to participate in the online world.
Brain implants are becoming smaller, more compatible with human bodies,…
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By Jeff Sparrow, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
Lesbia Harford knew she would die young but became a revolutionary all the same. She loved both women and men, capturing the dizzying confusion of a violent time.
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