By Richard Scully, Professor in Modern History, University of New England
Robert Phiddian, Professor of English, Flinders University
It is a sad day for Australian cartooning when an artist as good as Fiona Katauskas has not had her contract renewed. But that is what has happened at the Guardian Australia.
Katauskas is among the top daily political cartoonists in the country, with her cheerful visual style beautifully in tension with her salty satirical commentary.
She is at the top…
(Full Story)
|
By Anna Marie Brennan, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Waikato
The reported agreement by Hamas to a “complete disarmament” has renewed speculation about what a future beyond war might look like for Gaza. It has also left many unanswered questions.
Under the roadmap negotiated through US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups would surrender their…
(Full Story)
|
By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Migrants and asylum seekers gather near the border crossing between Morocco and Ceuta, a Spanish enclave, on July 31, 2026. © 2026 Mario Moron/JNA Press/Sipa USA via AP Photo The arrival of an estimated 50,000 to 60,000 people in Ceuta, Spain’s enclave in North Africa, on July 30-31 was not only unprecedented but also tragic. At least 72 people died, including many who drowned while trying to swim from Morocco to Ceuta and others who were crushed while trying to climb a border barrier, according to Spanish authorities.Most who crossed were Moroccan,…
(Full Story)
|
By Mojtaba Sadegh, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Boise State University; United Nations University
John Abatzoglou, Professor of Engineering, University of California, Merced
Three large wildfires raced through neighborhoods in and around Spokane, Washington, the weekend of Aug. 1, 2026, destroying at least 600 homes and other structures and threatening many more. Tens of thousands of people, including patients at the Veterans Affairs medical center, were forced to evacuate as crews from across Washington and Idaho battled
(Full Story)
|
By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Oil well at Perenco’s concession in Democratic Republic of Congo. © 2026 Human Rights Watch A representative of the Congolese Ministry of Hydrocarbons, during an on-the-record interview with Human Rights Watch on July 31, discussed the findings of the government's official environmental audit into the activities of Perenco, the French-British oil and gas company operating in western Democratic Republic of Congo. The audit identified “negative impacts on soil and air quality” linked to oil operations, the ministry official said, adding that “all aspects of pollution…
(Full Story)
|
By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A vendor seeks cover as soldiers disperse demonstrators in Harare, Zimbabwe, after protests erupted over alleged fraud in the country's election on August 1, 2018. © 2018 Zinyange Auntony/AFP via Getty Images Eight years on, justice is still elusive for the families of 6 people killed and the 35 injured by Zimbabwe state security forces during the August 1, 2018, protests. Witnesses at the time told Human Rights Watch that military officers and anti-riot police used excessive and lethal force against people who were protesting delayed election results…
(Full Story)
|
By Amnesty International
Ahead of tomorrow’s meeting of European countries’ ministries of interior on the European Union’s (EU) response to the situation in Ceuta, Dinushika Dissanayake, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Europe said: “As they prepare to meet, we call on European leaders to respond humanely and with solidarity to the situation in Ceuta, as well as […] The post EU: European leaders must respond with humanity and solidarity to the situation in Ceuta appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
(Full Story)
|
By Amnesty International
In response to the violent clashes in parts of Tigray – Ethiopia’s northern region – between Tigrayan forces and the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) on 1 August, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa Tigere Chagutah said: “The resumption of violence in Tigray region puts residents at renewed risk of human rights […] The post Ethiopia: Tigray residents at renewed risk of human rights violations as violence returns to the region appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
(Full Story)
|
By Ben Kolosz, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) of Renewable Energy and Carbon Removal, University of Hull
Jon Gluyas, Professor of Geoenergy, Carbon Capture and Storage, Durham University
Carbon dioxide removal is different to carbon capture, utilisation and storage. It’s easy to confuse the two processes but they tackle different problems.
(Full Story)
|
By Marco Chan, Senior Lecturer in Aviation Operations, Department of Aircraft and Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering, Kingston University
The UK is building a next generation fighter jet in collaboration with Italy and Japan. The Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) has taken on even greater significance since the collapse of a rival project called the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), a collaboration between France, Germany and Spain.
The GCAP aircraft, which will be known in Britain as Tempest, should enter service by 2035. For Britain and Italy, the project fulfils a need to replace their Eurofighter Typhoon fleets with a…
(Full Story)
|