By Thomas Waters, Lecturer in History, Imperial College London
If you’ve got problem neighbours, or your house and garden seem to suffer from bad luck, perhaps it’s time to try a magical solution.
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By Jean Clinton, Clinical Professor, Psychiatry, McMaster University
Some experts believe what we are sometimes seeing today is not true gentle parenting, but rather an anxious drift into permissive parenting.
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By Anneleen van der Meer, Assistant Professor, Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), Leiden University
Persistent allegations of chemical weapons use in the Sudanese civil war have recently been reinforced by new evidence.
US news outlets The New York Times and The…
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By Will Shüler, Vice-Dean of Education and Senior Lecturer, School of Performing and Digital Arts, Royal Holloway, University of London
Written and directed by Benedict Andrews, Electra/Persona is two plays conjoined. The first is a version of Sophocles’ ancient Greek tragedy Electra, and the second is a stage adaptation of the 1966 Ingmar Bergman film Persona.
In Sophocles’ play, Electra seeks vengeance for her father, Agamemnon, who upon returning from war was murdered by her mother, Clytemnestra.
Clytemnestra feels justified in the killing because Agamemnon sacrificed her first-born daughter, Iphigenia, to win the gods’…
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By Oluwafemi E. Adeyeri, Research Fellow, The ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century, Australian National University
The world is likely to pass 1.5°C of warming. Africa faces worse heat, drought and floods, but faster cuts to emissions can still limit the overshoot damage.
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By Suvi Rautio, Anthropologist, University of Helsinki
Digital platforms offer opportunities for African dance influencers to construct their own visions of what it means to be African.
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By Ryan A. Manzuk, Research Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The amount of undeclared uranium from the DRC’s cobalt mines could – if processed – produce enough material for 600-1,500 nuclear weapons.
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By Amnesty International
Russia has used deceptive, coercive and exploitative practices to recruit foreign nationals into its military forces and send them to fight in Ukraine, Amnesty International said in a new briefing published today. In many cases this amounts to the human rights violation and crime of human trafficking, which remains widespread in Russia and which the […] The post Russia: Recruitment of foreign nationals to fight in Ukraine amounts to human trafficking appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Tunisian authorities must release prominent opposition politician Rached Ghannouchi, quash his convictions and end the politically motivated prosecutions against him marred by significant due process violations, Amnesty International said today. The organization is also urgently calling for him to receive access to adequate healthcare pending his release. The 84-year-old leader of the Ennahdha party and former Speaker of Parliament has been held in arbitrary detention since his arrest in April […] The post Tunisia: Authorities must immediately release Rached Ghannouchi amid severe fair…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Pauline Hanson is a woman who says she ‘doesn’t back down’. This week brought two high-risk demonstrations of heels firmly dug in to prove it.
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