By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Couples during a press conference about legalizing same-sex marriage in Seoul, South Korea, October 10, 2024. © 2024 Jung Yeon-je/ AFP via Getty Images The National Human Rights Commission of Korea has been reviewing a discrimination petition filed last October by a man in a same-sex relationship who was denied marriage leave by his employer.The employer’s policy offered marriage leave without defining marriage or providing criteria for employees to satisfy to claim the benefit. When the employee provided a wedding invitation and sought a short leave to have…
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By Behrouz Bakhtiari, Assistant Professor, Operations Management, McMaster University
The Strait of Hormuz is closed for the first time in the life of the Islamic Republic. Restoring the brake requires a credible diplomatic offer from the West.
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By Gina Starblanket, Associate Professor in Indigenous Governance, University of Victoria
James K. Rowe, Associate Professor of Political Ecology, University of Victoria
The explosive political climate Danielle Smith is stoking in Alberta could lead to Constitutional unravelling, further harm to treaty rights and violence against those she suggests a threat to her agenda.
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By Valentin Buffa, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Palaeontology, University of Zurich
Jonah Choiniere, Professor of Dinosaur Paleontology, University of the Witwatersrand
Julien Benoit, Associate professor in Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of the Witwatersrand
Xavier Jenkins, NSF EAR Postdoctoral Fellow, American Museum of Natural History
Palaeontologists have got a clearer picture of where turtles fit in the animal kingdom, thanks to analysis of a southern African fossil.
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By Laetitia Mimoun, Associate Professor in Marketing at ESCP Business School, ESCP Business School
Lez Trujillo Torres, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Chicago
A day of celebration for many, it is also a source of anxiety for those whose hopes of motherhood have been dashed by infertility, loss, and those who have chosen unconventional paths to parenthood.
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By Bonnie Simpson, Professor in Consumer Behaviour, Western University
Jamie Hyodo, Assistant Professor of Consumer Behavior, Western University
Why do tip prompts feel uncomfortable in some places but not others? New research suggests it’s not about money but about the social norms being disrupted.
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By Hari KC, Research Fellow, Bridging Divides, Toronto Metropolitan University
Rather than a tourism event, Canada should use the 2026 FIFA World Cup spotlight to attract international talent and convert them into residents and economic contributors.
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By Christina Frendo, PhD Candidate in Global Development Studies, Queen's University, Ontario
Dan Cohen, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Planning, Queen's University, Ontario
Behind the large numbers lies a mix of financial instruments that require Global South countries to repay government and private sector investors with interest.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Rio de Janeiro Forensic Medical Institute building, February 2025, Rio de Janeiro © 2025 Cesar Munoz/Human Rights Watch The acting governor of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro should seek passage of a bill for independent forensic services in the state and take additional measures to strengthen forensic analysis, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to the acting governor, Ricardo Couto.Rio de Janeiro remains one of six Brazilian states, together with the federal district, that still have official forensic units fully subordinate to civil police,…
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By Jeremy D. Popkin, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Kentucky
Decades before the United States, France outlawed slavery during the French Revolution – only to see it reimposed by Napoleon within a decade.
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