By Louise Du Toit, Lecturer in Law, Southampton Law School, University of Southampton
More than 200 laws have been developed to regulate AI in more than 100 countries. Many of them focus on issues such as privacy, bias, disinformation, security and cybersecurity rather than the environmental consequences of AI.
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By Hui-Ying Kerr, Senior Lecturer in Fashion Communication and Promotion, Nottingham Trent University
At high noon on a scorching summer day, retired samurai Kohei finds the fearsome Kumagoro writhing around a field in agony. The stricken man’s name translates as “demon bear”, and he’s the proprietor of a bar of the same name. Kohei finds him next to a temple famous for a tragic legend of familial loss and despair.
This setting frames the second instalment of The…
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By Gavin D. J. Harper, Research Fellow, Birmingham Centre for Strategic Elements & Critical Materials, University of Birmingham
The war in the Middle East has disrupted the world’s supply of helium. Qatar produces about a third of global helium, but attacks on its gas infrastructure have forced production to stop.
At the same time, Iran is blocking the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s busiest shipping channels, through which Qatar exports both natural gas and helium. Losing 30% of global helium…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Albanese said the fuel crisis won’t prevent the government from delivering its “most ambitious” budget. In doing so, he set the marker of how to judge it.
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By Peter Edwell, Associate Professor in Ancient History, Macquarie University
The ancient Greeks and Romans invaded Persia multiple times. The risks were high, the logistics complicated, and wars were a lot easier to start than end.
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By Jenny Graves, Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Vice Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
By enforcing a ‘sex test’ for athletes, the International Olympic Committee has reignited the debate about what a ‘level playing field’ actually means in sport.
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By Samantha Thomas, Professor of Public Health, Deakin University
Hannah Pitt, Senior Research Fellow – Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University
More than 1,000 days after the release of the Murphy report, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has finally announced decisive action on tackling gambling advertising in Australia.
In mid-2023, the late Labor MP Peta Murphy presented a report that recommended a ban on gambling advertising due to the harms caused…
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By Scott Dwyer, Research Director, Energy Futures, University of Technology Sydney
There’s been a surge of interest in EVs as the oil crisis hits – and secondhand EVs are especially in demand
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image (Clockwise, from top left): Burkina Faso President Capt. Ibrahim Traoré. © 2025 Stanislav Krasilnikov/RIA Novosti via AP; Iyad Ag Ghaly, JNIM supreme leader. © 2012 ROMARIC OLLO HIEN/AFP/Getty Images; JNIM fighters in Barsalogho, Sanmatenga province, Burkina Faso, August 24, 2024. © Private; Burkinabè military forces in Baraboulé, Sahel region, Burkina Faso, during Operation "Tchefari 2," December 2023. © 2024 RTB The Burkina Faso military with its allied militias and an Al Qaeda-linked armed group have killed more than 1,800 civilians and forcibly displaced…
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By Amnesty International
In response to the massacre that took place on 29 March 2026 in Petite-Rivière de l’Artibonite, in the Artibonite department, Astrid Valencia, Deputy Director for Research for the Americas at Amnesty International, said: “The massacre, reportedly carried out by ‘Gran Grif’, one of Haiti’s most violent gangs, is yet another tragedy in a long chain of crimes that the […] The post Haiti: New massacre highlights widespread failure to protect the population appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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