By Meilan Yan, Senior Lecturer in Financial Economics, Loughborough University
Dalu Zhang, Lecturer in Finance, University of Leicester
Neil Gunn, Visiting Professor of Practice of Engineering, Newcastle University
While floods are becoming more frequent in recent years, you should still be able to buy reasonably priced home insurance. That reassurance exists largely because of Flood Re. Launched in 2016, Flood Re is a national public–private reinsurance scheme that prevents many properties from being priced out of cover.
But the Flood Re scheme is a temporary fix that’s due to end in 2039, on the assumption that flood risk will fall and the market can move back towards more risk-reflective pricing. As financial experts, we’re worried that…
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By Guy Lamb, Criminologist / Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University
Soldiers from the South African National Defence Force are going to be deployed alongside members of the South African Police Service to combat gangs and armed groups associated with illegal mining.
The announcement by South African president Cyril Ramaphosa in his State of the Nation address in mid-February 2026 received the support of opposition political parties, including the Democratic…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The Coalition, eyeing voters lost to One Nation, is demanding the ISIS brides and their families never get here. While the government plays defense.
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By Amnesty International
Responding to today’s guilty verdict and life sentence for former South Korean President Yoon for the imposition of martial law in December 2024, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director Sarah Brooks said: “Today’s verdict and sentence is an important step towards accountability which demonstrates that no one is above the law in South Korea, including a […] The post South Korea: Life sentence for Ex-President Yoon a significant step towards accountability appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Gailon Lawson, from Trinidad and Tobago, poses for a portrait at Al-Hol camp in Hassakeh province, Syria, March 31, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo Since 2019, more than 90 Trinidad and Tobago nationals, including at least 50 children, have been arbitrarily detained in northeast Syria for alleged links to the Islamic State (ISIS). After enduring years of life-threatening conditions, their situation in recent weeks has only gotten worse.Trinidadian women detained in Syria’s Roj camp, which is under control of the Syrian Democratic Forces, recently reported to…
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By Phoebe Hart, Associate Professor, Film Screen & Animation, Queensland University of Technology
Members of the Australian screen industry have been shocked to learn one of the nation’s most successful and prolific production companies, Matchbox Pictures – and its subsidiary Tony Ayres Productions – will shut their doors this week.
Matchbox was closed by its parent company, Universal International Studios, and the closure has resulted in…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers remarks at the 2024 National Healthcare Congress at the Kremlin, in Moscow, October 29, 2024. © 2024 Mikhail Sinitsyn/Kremlin Pool/Planet Pix via ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock Russian authorities are restricting access to safe abortion care and limiting the ability of women and girls to get accurate information about their reproductive choices.Russian authorities are jeopardizing women’s rights, health, and even lives, as part of their harmful “traditional values” crusade and effort to boost population growth.These policies…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Exterior of the Swedish Migration Agency's offices in Stockholm, March 9, 2022. © 2022 ZUMA Press Wire via Reuters Connect Ayla, 21, Jomana, 18, and Ilya, 19, came to Sweden as children, though at different ages and under different circumstances. Today they face the same reality: all have been ordered to leave the country alone while their families remain.These cases stem from Sweden’s increasingly restrictive migration policy, under which young people who turn 18 before obtaining permanent residency are no longer considered part of their parents’…
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By Clement Sefa-Nyarko, Lecturer in Security, Development and Leadership in Africa, King's College London
Clean technologies depend on critical minerals such as lithium and cobalt. Over 65% of the world’s cobalt is mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Nearly 40% of the world’s manganese is mined in South Africa. Substantial deposits of lithium are found in Zimbabwe. Ghana is emerging as a miner of that mineral of lithium too.
What’s less well understood is how the supply chains of these minerals are assessed and managed.…
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By Maria O'Sullivan, Associate Professor of Law, Member of Deakin Cyber and the Centre for Law as Protection, Deakin University, Deakin University
Multiple states have moved to tighten protest rules and increase police powers. But these laws aren’t adequately balancing public safety with human rights.
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