By Amnesty International
Responding to FIFA’s announcement that no action will be taken against the Israeli Football Association (IFA) over the participation of clubs based in illegal settlements in Israel’s leagues, Steve Cockburn, Head of Economic and Social Justice at Amnesty International said: “By refusing to take action against clubs based in Israeli settlements, FIFA has failed to enforce its own rules and is blatantly flouting international law. FIFA had a clear opportunity to […] The post FIFA refusal to act over Israeli clubs based in illegal settlements flouts international law appeared first on Amnesty…
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By Paul Whiteley, Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
Nigel Farage has accused YouGov of being “deceptive” after the polling company consistently showed Reform with less support than other surveys. He has claimed the company broke transparency rules set out by the British Polling Council over how it presents headline figures. As a result, YouGov has agreed to publish more data in future.
The chart below compares Britain’s monthly voting intentions for Reform in a poll of polls derived from 14 different agencies, with voting intentions for the party from YouGov.…
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By Jamie MacManaway, Junior scientist, Loughborough University; University of the Highlands and Islands
Bolivia is home to nearly a fifth of the world’s tropical glaciers. but they are shrinking at an alarming rate.
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By Francesca Lessa, Associate Professor in International Relations of the Americas, UCL
Lorena Balardini, Professor of Social Research Methods, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Nearly 50 years have passed since Argentina’s former president Isabel Martínez de Perón was overthrown by a civic-military coup on March 24, 1976. A military dictatorship led by Jorge Videla, Emilio Massera and Orlando Agosti seized control of the country.
There had been five previous coups in Argentina between 1930 and 1966. But the regime that came to power in 1976, calling itself the “process of national reorganisation”, stood out for its…
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By Aoife Lynam, Assistant Professor in Psychology of Education, Trinity College Dublin
I thought when someone was bereaved it was the first couple of months and then everything was okay again. I was so naive. It is so different.
When I met Ella, it had been ten years since her father had died by suicide. She was 17 at the time, repeating important school exams. Although her parents had separated when she was young and contact with her father had been limited, they had started rebuilding their relationship.
She described that period as a happy one: her father was making more effort, both parents had new partners, and things…
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By Sinan Aşçı, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Anti-Bullying Centre, Dublin City University
The Irish government has signalled that it is exploring options to introduce age restrictions on social media use for under-16s. The proposal sits within the government’s new National Digital and AI Strategy 2030, which frames online safety and age verification as part of Ireland’s broader ambition to act as a European digital regulatory hub.
The proposals include a “digital wallet” age-verification system. Detailed technical specifications…
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By David C. Gaze, Senior Lecturer in Chemical Pathology, University of Westminster
A liquid injected into the heart that sets like a gel could one day prevent strokes caused by atrial fibrillation, animal tests suggest.
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By Karen Schlatter, Director, Colorado Water Center, Colorado State University
Sharon B. Megdal, Professor of Environmental Science and Director, Water Resources Research Center, University of Arizona
The current Colorado River negotiations process includes all five of the most common sources of conflict in any process seeking compromise.
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By Katrine L. Wallace, Epidemiologist, University of Illinois Chicago
The judge’s decision is a win for public health, but the back-and-forth on vaccine policy may undermine the public’s trust in science.
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By Jeffrey Tully, Associate Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego
Christian Dameff, Associate Professor of Emergency Medical Services, University of California, San Diego
Policy and legal efforts aim to stop these malicious security breaches, but they are growing more common as hospitals adopt remote health care delivery and hackers adopt artificial intelligence.
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