By Petra Alderman, Manager of the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science
The border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia, which had previously flared up in July, resumed on December 7. More than 20 people, including four Thai and 11 Cambodian civilians, have reportedly been killed in the resumed hostilities since then. Half a million more people have been evacuated from border areas across both countries.
This comes less than two months after the Thai prime minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, and his Cambodian counterpart, Hun Manet, signed…
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By Jagannadha Pawan Tamvada, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Kingston University
Many businesses in the UK saw the 2025 budget as a tightening of the screw in a period of already difficult conditions. While the government insists it is not raising taxes on companies overall, disquiet among businesses could have an impact on jobs, wages and the wider economy.
It’s true that corporation tax (paid by businesses on their profits) will stay at 25%. But other moves are coming. From April 2026, changes to tax allowances that companies can claim on plant and machinery are expected to increase the tax take by more…
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By Jane Wright, Commissioning Editor, Arts & Culture, The Conversation
Subject line: A second chance for Austen’s most melancholy heroine This week saw the launch of the final episode of our hit podcast Jane Austen’s Paper Trail (although a bonus Q&A episode is coming…
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By Ambarish Karamchedu, Lecturer in International Development, King's College London
Benjamin Coles, Lecturer in Economic and Political Geography, University of Leicester
When you next bite into a chicken sandwich, consider this: 2,400 of these birds are being slaughtered somewhere in the world every second. From street stalls in Mumbai to supermarkets in Beijing, chicken has become the world’s most consumed meat. In 2023 alone, humans slaughtered an astonishing 76 billion chickens.
This didn’t arise naturally. It is the result of a system of industrial efficiency, designed by corporations to maximise…
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Friday, December 12, 2025
In Sudan, deep concerns persist for the many tens of thousands of people believed to still be trapped in El Fasher in the Darfur region, but UN aid agencies believe they may soon get access to the embattled city.
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By Fernanda Canofre
[Femicide] starts when psychological violence is minimized, when a partner’s control is normalized as jealousy, when jokes or demeaning comments about women are seen as humor.
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By Arie Perliger, Director of Security Studies and Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell
Reluctance to address settler violence is the outcome of deep social, political and cultural changes, a scholar of Israeli extremist groups argues.
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By Dominic Wyse, Professor of Early Childhood and Primary Education, UCL
Since 2012, England has taken an increasingly narrow approach to how primary school teachers should teach reading.
The policies on teaching reading have insisted that an approach called “systematic synthetic phonics” is the only way to teach reading. Synthetic phonics involves teaching children the 44 sounds, or “phonemes”, of language and how they are represented by letters in words.
England’s approach to teaching reading was alleged to have…
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By Amnesty International
July Global Two landmark Advisory Opinions this year significantly contributed to clarifying the states’ human rights obligations in the face of the climate emergency, bolstering the fight for climate justice and accountability. In July, the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) made clear that the full enjoyment of human rights cannot be ensured without protection of […] The post Stories of hope and humanity to end the year appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Tunisian authorities must drop charges against six staff members of the Tunisian branch of the French NGO, France Terre d’Asile, who are facing a bogus criminal trial for their humanitarian work with refugees and migrants, and cease the relentless criminalization of civil society, Amnesty International said ahead of the opening of their trial on 15 […] The post Tunisia: Authorities must immediately drop charges against humanitarian workers facing bogus criminal trial appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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