By Evren Altinkas, Adjunct Professor, Department of History, University of Guelph
Christina Clark-Kazak, Professor, Public and International Affairs, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Canada should redress age biases in the ranking system that serves as the primary mechanism for skilled workers to attain permanent residence in the country.
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By Amnesty International
Responding to the Italian government’s long-overdue decision to suspend the Memorandum of Understanding between Italy and Israel on defence cooperation, Riccardo Noury, spokesperson for Amnesty International Italy, said: “Israel continues to act in defiance of international law and human rights: the genocide in the Gaza Strip is ongoing, the expansion of illegal settlements in the West Bank proceeds alongside an unprecedented escalation of violence, and attacks and mass displacement in Lebanon continue. […] The post Italy: Suspension of defence cooperation with Israel long overdue appeared…
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By Christopher R. Hill, Professor of History, Faculty of Business and Creative Industries, University of South Wales
Jonathan Hogg, Senior Lecturer in Twentieth Century History, School of Histories, Languages and Cultures, University of Liverpool
Communities and servicemen have long argued they were harmed by fallout from above-ground nuclear weapons tests – but the UK government has always denied this.
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By Manal Mohammed, Senior Lecturer, Medical Microbiology, University of Westminster
New research suggests drought-parched soil turbocharges antibiotic resistance in nature, and with UK summers getting drier, that’s a growing problem.
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By Jacqueline Boyd, Senior Lecturer in Animal Science, Nottingham Trent University
If you live with a pet, you might feel like you can almost read each other’s minds.
You might even have experienced your pet responding to your emotional state. Animals seem to have impressive skills at detecting our state of health too.
However, new…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The Albanese government will increase defence spending to about 3% of GDP by 2033 in its 2026 National Defence Strategy to be unveiled on Thursday.
But it is using a revised definition that, in effect, makes the defence spend appear larger than it is.
The Trump administration has repeatedly made it clear Australia should boost its defence spending. Last year, a top Pentagon official, Elbridge Colby, cited…
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By Robert Lawson, Associate Professor in Sociolinguistics, Birmingham City University
Louis Theroux’s recent Netflix documentary Inside the Manosphere shines a spotlight on masculinity influencers and the dangers of online misogyny, conspiracy theories and anti-feminist ideologies. Responses to the documentary have ranged from outrage to disbelief, criticising how the manfluencers treat the women…
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By Matt Barlow, Lecturer International Political Economy, University of Glasgow
Benjamin Hunter, Senior Lecturer in International Political Economy, University of Glasgow
In March, the UK foreign secretary Yvette Cooper made a statement to parliament setting out the government’s international aid priorities. With an aid budget significantly smaller than it was five years ago, Cooper proposed which countries and programmes would receive support.
This was the first time MPs and the public heard any spending detail after the latest round of cuts…
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By Allison M. Roth, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia
Irene Gregory-Eaves, Professor of Biology, McGill University
People who are trying to fish – or manage the ecosystems – in darker waters may need to adapt to different water conditions.
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By John E. Jones III, President, Dickinson College
When government officials hold prayer services, quote scripture and engage in religious proselytizing at the workplace, is it religious freedom – or an old-fashioned First Amendment violation?
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