By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image EU Council President Antonio Costa (L) and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Cairo, Egypt, March 4, 2025. © 2025 EU Council/Anadolu via Getty Images On January 9, the European Union’s highest-level leaders, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU Council President Antonio Costa, are set to meet with Syrian leaders in Damascus for their first-ever visit to the country. Von der Leyen and Costa should use this significant moment to press for a rights-respecting transition in Syria. High on the agenda for both parties is Syria’s economic recovery. While…
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By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne
Zahra Shahhoseini, Research Fellow in Public Health, Monash University
We tend to adapt quickly to rain. But a growing body of research shows we also need to be more careful when it comes to travel and commuting during extreme heat.
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By Aaron Bach, Researcher and Lecturer in Exercise Science, Griffith University
Fergus O'Connor, Research Fellow in Exercise Science, Griffith University
Air conditioners are the best defence. But there are other cheap and simple ways to stay cool and reduce your risk of illness.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Demonstrators hold a banner during a protest against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) bill on January 15, 2022 in London, UK. © 2022 Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images UK authorities have severely restricted the right to protest, in contravention of their international human rights obligations.The Labour government, instead of curbing repressive measures against protesters in previous legislation under the Conservative government, is in the process of expanding them.The UK government should repeal anti-democratic protest restrictions…
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By Charlie White, PhD Candidate, Behaviour and Evolution Lab, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University
Guido J. Parra, Associate Professor, Research Leader of the Cetacean Ecology, Behaviour and Evolution Lab, Flinders University
Marine mammals are sentinels of the sea. When dolphins and whales show signs of stress or illness, it often signals deeper problems in the ocean ecosystems we all depend on.
But assessing the health of dolphins and whales is notoriously difficult. That’s because they spend most of their lives underwater, move over vast areas, and cannot be examined closely without causing stress or disturbance.
Our new research provides a promising solution to this problem. Published in the Journal of Thermal Biology,…
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By Jessica Gildersleeve, Professor of English Literature, University of Southern Queensland
Eight old friends and a gaggle of kids. A weekend away in the group’s recently purchased rural retreat. Simmering tensions, old and new. And the stage is set for Kate Mildenhall’s new literary thriller, The Hiding Place.
Review: The Hiding Place – Kate Mildenhall (Simon & Schuster)
The Hiding Place is Mildenhall’s first foray into the genre, after her earlier works of historical…
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By Erin Smith, Associate Professor and Discipline Lead (Paramedicine), La Trobe University
When a pet dies, your world can unravel as you lose your best friend and anchor in a shifting world.
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By Isaac Odoom, Assistant Professor, Political Science, Carleton University
Other countries like China, Turkey, Brazil and Gulf states have already recognized the potential of the African market. Every year Canada delays, it risks losing ground that will be hard to reclaim.
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By Andrew Serdy, Professor of the Public International Law of the Sea, University of Southampton
An expert in international maritime law spells out what the international law of the sea has to say on incidents of this sort.
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By Natasha Lindstaedt, Professor in the Department of Government, University of Essex
During a recent interview with CNN host Jake Tapper, the White House deputy chief of staff, Stephen Miller, laid out what appears to be the core of the new ideology driving US foreign policy: the notion that might is right. Or, as he put it: “We’re a superpower. And under President Trump, we are going to conduct ourselves as a superpower.”
Miller was referring to the Trump administration’s ambitions to take control of Greenland, if necessary by force. “We live in a world in which you can talk all you…
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