By Judy Bush, Senior DECRA Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
Hot sunny days can make footpaths, bike lanes and city streets unbearable. If we want people to ditch the car, we’re going to need more trees, research shows.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Mozambique police officers look on as protesters gather in Maputo while Daniel Chapo is sworn in as Mozambique’s president on January 15, 2025. © 2025 AMILTON NEVES/AFP via Getty Images (Johannesburg) – Mozambican authorities have failed to conduct credible investigations into the wave of political killings following the October 2024 general elections, Human Rights Watch said today. Unidentified gunmen, some wearing security force uniforms, shot dead at least 10 key opposition party officials from October through March 2025.Most of the people targeted had…
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By Gordon McBean, Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography and Environment, Western University
Weather forecasting relies on international collaboration. Cuts at U.S. government agencies will negatively impact attempts to predict and mitigate the effects of extreme weather events.
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By Wolfgang Alschner, Hyman Soloway Chair in Business and Trade Law, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
United States President Donald Trump’s tariffs have shaken the global trading system. Canadians have rightly been preoccupied by the tariff’s devastating impact on U.S.-Canada relations, but the wider ripple effects could prove just as damaging.
The tariffs have redirected billions of dollars in exports originally bound for the U.S., which are now poised to flood global markets — including Canada’s. This will trigger a historic trade diversion…
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By Ryan Clutterbuck, Assistant Professor in Sport Management, Brock University
This contract offers future sport managers and negotiators from across disciplines several reminders to reflect on and incorporate into future deals.
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By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
While the two-party preferred numbers are steady, the prime minister’s approval rating has improved, as have Labor’s chances in marginal seats.
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By Regan Lipes, Extended Sessional Instructor, English and Comparative Literature, MacEwan University
As university students encounter hate speech, like statements perpetrated by music industry personalities they may have once enjoyed, they have questions about antisemitism — and what it really is.
I research and teach Jewish literature with a focus on Holocaust narratives. With rising tensions on both sides of the Israel-Hamas War, and 24…
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By Brad deYoung, Robert Bartlett Professor of Oceanography, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Kristen St John, Professor of Geoscience, James Madison University
Mona Behl, Associate Director of Georgia Sea Grant, University of Georgia
Peter Girguis, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Richard W Murray, Senior Scientist (emeritus), Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Stephen Palumbi, Professor in Marine Sciences, Stanford University
Global ocean research needs to shift priorities to ensure the health and well-being of our oceans, and by extension, humanity.
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By Nepali Times
‘The Liquid Landscape of Kathmandu Valley: Hiti Pranali Water Heritage’ is a new exhibition at Patan Museum in Kathmandu to pay tribute to Nepal's heritage of sunken spouts called hiti.
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By Kennedy Mbeva, Research Associate, University of Cambridge
Reuben Makomere, University Research Associate, University of Tasmania
A new world order is emerging. The United States is no longer the sole force shaping global events; countries like China, Russia, India and the Gulf states are growing in influence.
This shift has intensified global competition and made international cooperation more challenging. In today’s world, power, not rules, is the key driver of global affairs.
What is Africa’s role? Drawing on our research, we argue that the continent should adopt a pragmatic strategy involving two…
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