By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Security members stand guard outside the State Security Court in Amman, Jordan, July 12, 2021. © 2021 Mohammad Abu Ghosh/Xinhua via Getty Images (Beirut) – Jordanian authorities should not contest the most recent application to review and annul the abusive conviction of Ayman Sandouka, the former head of a now-dissolved political party, and pave the way for his release, Human Rights Watch said today.Jordan’s State Security Court (SSC), a military institution that includes both military and civilian judges, sentenced Sandouka to five years in prison in early 2025 for…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Tony Abbott, the Liberals’ new activist federal president, is preparing to convene meetings around the country in an effort to drum up membership and support for the struggling party. After the Newspoll…
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By Neil Mabbott, Personal Chair of Immunopathology, University of Edinburgh
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed what they describe as a fundamentally new type of vaccine using artificial intelligence (AI). The vaccine’s key component was designed entirely by AI and has now been tested in people for the first time.
The goal is ambitious: a single vaccine that works not just against all known human coronavirus variants, but against related bat viruses that could jump from animals to humans and cause…
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By Andrea Ficchì, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Hydrologist and Data Scientist, Polytechnic University of Milan
Emiliano Longo, PhD, Polytechnic University of Milan
Extreme storm surges can be predicted much faster with high accuracy thanks to a new AI model that helps researchers and practitioners improve coastal flood risk assessment and adaptation planning.
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By Steven R. Smith, Research Impact Fellow, Green Futures Solutions and Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter
Tom Powell, Research Impact Fellow in the Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter
We don’t have to persuade everyone to do the right thing. We just need to persuade enough people to make the system tip in the right direction.
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By Hannah Ensaff, Associate Professor of Public Health Nutrition, University of Leeds
Mel Holmes, Associate Professor of Food Processing, University of Leeds
Patrice Mwithaga, Postgraduate researcher in Public Health Nutrition, University of Leeds
Changes are on the horizon for the food that students can choose in English schools. The government is proposing updates to the school food standards, which set out what schools can serve. The changes are aimed at increasing fibre and reducing fat, sugar and salt in school food. These will, for example, remove deep fried foods and fruit juice from school menus,…
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By Mary Guy, Research Fellow, Health Policy, Trinity College Dublin
Abolishing NHS England sounds like a tidy fix. But the legal changes buried in the health bill could make the NHS more vulnerable than ever.
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By Mohsin Butt, Clinical Research Fellow in Neurogastroenterology, Queen Mary University of London
Most constipation is harmless. In rare cases, the colon can become dangerously enlarged. Here is what you need to know.
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By Hong Kong Free Press
A new UN study has named Hong Kong’s data centres as some of the most carbon-intensive in the world, blaming the city’s heavy dependence on a fossil-fuel-powered energy grid.
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By Amin Saikal, Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Australian National University; The University of Western Australia; Victoria University
The regime was built for resilience. The US president will struggle to get an acceptable deal unless he’s willing to compromise.
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