By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Lawyer and junta critic Mountaga Tall, Mali, 2025. © Private A month has passed since the May 2 abduction of prominent Malian lawyer and government critic Mountaga Tall. His whereabouts remain unknown, raising fears that he was forcibly disappeared.Unidentified gunmen stormed Tall’s home in the capital, Bamako, and dragged him away in an unmarked vehicle, according to his family. His wife was assaulted while trying to video the abduction, and her phone was confiscated. Since then, the Malian authorities have neither acknowledged holding Tall nor provided any…
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By Sofia Ammassari, Research Fellow, Griffith University
Riding high on new opinion polling, Pauline Hanson is one of the women leading the charge for the far-right all over the world.
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By Damien O'Meara, Lecturer, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
Whitney Monaghan, Lecturer in Communications and Media Studies, Monash University
Pride Month takes place in June each year, prompting increased attention on the LGBTQIA+ community, key issues affecting us and our stories.
Some streaming services have previously curated prominent Pride Month categories, although these saw a downturn in 2025.
Queer “storyworlds” – television series that emphasise the social connections between LGBTQIA+ people – first emerged in the 1990s. These queer series were often products…
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By Beth Spacey, Lecturer in Medieval History, The University of Queensland
A 12th-century castle built during the Crusades in Lebanon has been seized by Israeli forces in what’s been described as the deepest incursion into Lebanon for more than 25 years.
The historic site, known as Beaufort Castle or Qalʿat…
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By Dennis B. Desmond, Lecturer, Cyberintelligence and Cybercrime Investigations, University of the Sunshine Coast
Australia’s spy agency issued a stark warning to politicians and public servants last week: do not discuss sensitive or classified information in vehicles.
Speaking at senate estimates, ASIO Deputy Director-General Lisa Alonso Love said the warning concerned “any vehicle, whether it’s connected or not”. But she added that “connected vehicles” may come with additional risks for data…
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By Ben Jefferson, Associate, Grattan Institute
Australia’s biggest industrial gas users pump out about 5% of our greenhouse gas emissions. To have any chance of reaching our emissions targets, Australia need to reduce its heavy reliance on fossil gas.
But to make this possible, we need to produce supplies of green hydrogen – made with renewable energy – and biomethane. On current trends, we won’t have enough.
Despite allocating billions…
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By Max Kelly, Associate Professor, Deakin University
Julia Hartelius, Research Fellow, Centre for Humanitarian Leadership, Deakin University
Mayada Elmaki, Associate researcher, Gender and Peace Processes and Crisis Leadership, Deakin University
Sudan is one of the most dangerous places in the world to deliver humanitarian assistance. It is also home to one of the most chronically underfunded.
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By Amnesty International
Authorities across Gulf states have arrested more than 1,000 people in a sweeping, war-related crackdown on expression, including for sharing online content or expressing views related to the US-Israeli war with Iran and Iran’s attacks on the Gulf, Amnesty International said today. In Kuwait and Bahrain, authorities have also stripped citizens of their nationality, including […] The post Gulf states: More than 1,000 arrested in sweeping war-related crackdown on expression appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Mohammad A Rahman, Senior Lecturer in Urban Horticulture, The University of Melbourne
Cities around the world are planting more trees to cope with rising urban heat. But our research shows trees alone are often not enough. In some cases, the wrong kind of greening can even make streets feel less comfortable on a hot day.
We compared field measurements from Melbourne, Munich and Hong Kong to test how different kinds of urban planting changed the heat people experience outdoors.
The results showed layered vegetation…
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By Caitlin Macdonald, Researcher, School of Art, Communication and English, University of Sydney
Douglas Stuart won the Booker Prize for Shuggie Bain. His third novel, John of John, continues his exploration of masculinity and sexuality in repressed families.
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