By Safiullah Taye, Researcher and sessional academic, Australian Catholic University
Farkhondeh Akbari, Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Monash University
Niamatullah Ibrahimi, Senior Research Fellow, Initiative for Peacebuilding, The University of Melbourne
Afghanistan’s own democratic aspirations long predate the West’s intervention in 2001. The Taliban’s return dealt a devastating blow, but these aspirations endure.
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By Usman Arief, Dosen dan Peneliti Manajemen, Universitas Gadjah Mada
Imam Salehudin, Associate professor, Universitas Indonesia
Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, together with Ooredoo Group, Nokia and NVIDIA, plans to develop Zankore, an artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure platform aimed at serving the region.
The 1-gigawatt (GW) AI Factory will be built in stages. Its first phase, with a capacity of about 200 megawatts (MW), is scheduled to begin construction in Batang, Central Java, in…
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By Primrose Freestone, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Microbiology, University of Leicester
Meal prepping is a great way to save money, spend less time in the kitchen and stick to a meal plan. But while cooking meals for the week ahead may be convenient, there can be real risks associated with eating bulk-cooked meals.
It’s not that bulk-cooked meals are inherently a food safety issue. Rather, it comes down to how the food is stored…
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By Francesco Aletta, Associate Professor in Building Physics and Soundscape, UCL
A noise researcher compares London and Copenhagen and takes a closer look at what the countries’ different regulations say about how much noise we accept in cities.
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By Asaf Tzachor, Research Affiliate, Centre for the Study of Existential Risks, University of Cambridge
Parts of the Earth’s climate system can change abruptly once warming pushes them beyond critical thresholds. The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, the Amazon rainforest, coral reefs and major ocean currents are all among the systems containing potential climate tipping points.
These climate systems are known as tipping elements, and research into them has expanded rapidly. But it has not expanded evenly.
In a new…
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By Amnesty International
This blog contains descriptions of sexual abuse. We included this to stay true to survivors’ testimonies and their word. “My activism dates back to when I was 11 years old because I experienced violence at that age. I was raped. And the first thing I did was speak out. One weekend, I was left in […] The post “My activism dates back to when I was 11”: Julie, a survivor and human rights champion appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Guest Contributor
The growing importance of subsea cables in military and economic policy offers an entrypoint into understanding the corrosive, yet dependent, relationship between AI and oil infrastructure
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By Triss Niemi, Casual Academic, College of Business, Creative Arts, Law and Social Sciences, Flinders University
Anthony (Anthony Nicola) is an anxious, grief-stricken mess mourning the loss of his partner, Michael, who died from AIDS. Over the weekend of his partner’s funeral, Anthony must play host to Michael’s closest and cattiest friends, Justin (Paul Capsis) and Jamie (Paul Reichstein).
All the while, Anthony is cruised by a spectral Leather Daddy (Chris Asimos) determined to keep him bound to his grief.
I would almost dare to call Anthony Nocera’s Log Boy a gesture towards a post-AIDS play. But this production, directed by Riley Spadaro, knows just as well as many of us do that,…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The government has announced it had “stepped in” to delay the ATO’s ban on credit card payments until June 30 next year.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Ibrahim, a 5-year-old boy with autism, is held by his father in Idlib, Syria, June 2022. © © 2022 Human Rights Watch. As armed conflicts proliferate around the globe, World Mental Health Day is a reminder that the psychological toll stemming from hostilities result in mental health harms that have lasting effects on people’s lives. Insecurity, trauma, anxiety, and confusion are the norm for many who have endured armed conflict.Access to services is frequently inadequate—even though over a fifth of conflict-affected populations are estimated to experience…
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