By Bhavini Gohel, Clinical Associate Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Wildfires are no longer rare disasters in Canada. They are now an annual reality, and 2025 has already been one of the worst on record, with 3,582 fires burning 6.2 million hectares as of July 30 — quadruple the 10-year average.
At a time when hospitals are already strained by staff shortages, long wait times and rising costs, wildfires add yet another layer of pressure.
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By Benett Siyabonga Madonsela, Lecturer and Research Fellow: Department of Environmental and Occupational Studies in the Faculty of Applied Science, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
The G20 must collect ancient practices that can help the world withstand climate change so that this knowledge is available for future generations.
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By Siphiwe Dlamini, Lecturer, Department of Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa is facing a sharp rise in obesity-related diseases like type 2 diabetes. Between 2010 and 2019, the prevalence of diabetes nearly tripled from 4.5% to 12.7%. This increase is linked to lifestyle risk factors including drinking…
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By Maureen Fubara, PhD candidate, University of Amsterdam
Since Nigeria’s return to democracy in 1999, elections have consistently been marred by violence. The elections between 1999 and 2019 and in 2023 saw party clashes, physical attacks, assassinations and intimidation.
As Nigeria prepares for the 2027 elections, the threat of violence…
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By Amnesty International
Ahead of the 10-year anniversary of the disappearance of Swedish bookseller Gui Minhai, who is currently imprisoned in an unknown location in China on unsubstantiated “spying” charges, Amnesty International’s China Director Sarah Brooks said: “Ten years after Gui Minhai’s disappearance, his case stands as a chilling warning to anyone who dares to write or publish […] The post China: Hong Kong bookseller Gui Minhai must be released after decade of cruel secrecy appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Martin Kear, Sessional Lecturer, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
Many clans and gangs are taking advantage of a security vacuum in Gaza to reassert their authority – some backed by Israel.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A woman holds a sign protesting women being deprived of their rights in marriage in Tahrir Square, Baghdad, Iraq, August 8, 2024. © AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images (Beirut) – Iraq’s new Ja’afari Personal Status Code, passed by parliament on August 27, discriminates against women by favoring men in matters of marriage, divorce, inheritance, and children’s guardianship and care, Human Rights Watch said today.Religious authorities drafted the code following an amendment to Iraq’s Personal Status Law passed in February 2025. The amendment allows couples…
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By Hussein Dia, Professor of Transport Technology and Sustainability, Swinburne University of Technology
More EVs are appearing on Australian roads. But the pace of change is well short of what’s need to reach emission cut goals.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Liberal James Paterson has warned his party against a forever ‘ongoing mass public therapy session.’ saying the party has to focus itself on prosecuting Labor.
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By Neil Ward, Professor of Rural and Regional Development at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia
Modelling shows that we will need to change not just how we farm, but what farming produces and what we eat.
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