By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato
If some current warnings are to be believed, artificial intelligence may be the human invention that outwits its creators. Understandably, there are now global calls to regulate the technology.
At the current gathering of the United Nations General Assembly, 20 nations (including Australia and Canada) are calling for increased oversight of advanced AI systems. New Zealand – along with the United States and China, which dominate the global AI industry – did not join the…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Vietnam's President To Lam leads his delegation in a meeting with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines, June 1, 2026. © 2026 Rolex Dela Pena/AP Photo (Ottawa) – The Canadian government should raise the Vietnamese government’s poor human rights record during President To Lam’s visit to Canada on September 24, 2026, Human Rights Watch said today.In a September 22 letter to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Governor General Louise Arbour, Human Rights Watch expressed concerns that Vietnam’s agreements…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Mahamat Said Abdel Kani during closing statements in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, November 25, 2025. © 2025 ICC-CPi (The Hague) – The International Criminal Court (ICC)’s conviction of Mahamat Said Abdel Kani for crimes against humanity in the Central African Republic offers an important measure of long-awaited justice for victims of the abusive Seleka armed group, Human Rights Watch said today. In 2012, the predominantly Muslim Seleka rebels ousted the Central African Republic president, François…
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By Stéphane Dion, Diplomate en résidence, Université de Montréal
Canada has ambitious goals in Europe. But the EU is in high demand, and competition for market share and investment is fierce.
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By Charles Shey Wiysonge, Extraordinary Professor, Global Health, Stellenbosch University; South African Medical Research Council
Africa has reached an important moment in its immunisation journey. Coverage is not rising fast enough to keep pace with population growth, persistent inequities and a growing number of vaccines. At the same time, outbreaks and financing pressures are intensifying.
Vaccination has transformed child survival. A landmark analysis found that global immunisation efforts have saved at least 154 million lives over the past 50 years, 52 million in Africa. Vaccines have virtually…
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By Joana Castro Pereira, Professor of Politics and International Relations, Universidade do Porto
Simón Pardo de Donlebún Versaci, Postgraduate researcher, Universidade do Porto
Western Sahara has been carved in two since the 1980s by a wall that Morocco built to hold on to territory it occupied in 1975. Fifty years on, the conflict remains unresolved and the wall – known as the Berm – remains one of the world’s most…
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By Yolandi Burger, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Gauteng City-Region Observatory
As a design researcher working in urban graphic heritage, I explore how everyday graphic objects communicate in public spaces. I have started to think of the city as a kind of living, dispersed archive. It is not an archive that replaces formal institutions, but one that exists alongside them.
In a recent mapping project that I led for…
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By Jonathan Oladeji, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Johannesburg
Chioma Okoro, Professor and Acting Head of Department: Department of Finance and Investment Management, University of Johannesburg
Green ratings are growing in South Africa, mainly for upgraded older buildings, but some low scores suggest buildings may appear greener than they are.
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By Diana Orcés, Adjunct Professor of Government, School of Public Affairs, American University
Donald Trump obtuvo el 43% del voto hispano en 2024, frente al 35% en 2020, un avance importante para los republicanos. Ahora, a medida que se acercan las elecciones de mitad de mandato, los hispanos en Estados Unidos, independientemente de su afiliación política, están perdiendo la fe en el sueño americano, y las actuales políticas migratorias podrían explicar en parte…
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By H. Damon Matthews, Professor and Climate Scientist, Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, Concordia University
Global climate warming is expected to cross the 1.5 C temperature threshold — the lower limit of the Paris Agreement temperature goal — within a handful of years. This temperature increase shows no signs of slowing, and on our current trajectory, Canada is likely to experience temperatures 5 C above pre-industrial levels by the end of the century.
These are the headline messages of two major climate reports that were released earlier this month: The United Nations Environment Programme’s Limiting…
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