By Dipa Kamdar, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, Kingston University
A banned weight-loss drug with dangerous cardiac side-effects is being marketed to young people as a natural supplement on social media.
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By Finn McFall, KTP Associate, University of Surrey
Xavier Font, Professor of Sustainability Marketing, University of Surrey
When two people book the same flight, they can get wildly different carbon footprints from online calculators. Many carbon calculators leave out big chunks of climate impact or rely on oversimplified assumptions.
Here’s what’s missing, why it matters and a practical checklist you can use to judge any flight estimate.
1. CO₂ isn’t enough
If a tool only reports in kilograms of carbon dioxide (CO₂), it misses two other groups of emissions:
Carbon dioxide equivalent (CO₂e) is a metric that converts the impact of other…
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By Markus Gottschling, Research Associate in Rhetoric, University of Tübingen
Nina Kalwa, Research Associate at the Research Center for Science Communication, University of Tübingen
In the new documentary, Babo, viewers watch the gifted yet controversial German rapper Haftbefehl almost destroy himself with cocaine. The documentary, which follows both his huge success and his personal crises, has become the most-viewed film on Netflix Germany – a sign of what gets the country talking.
Haftbefehl (literally meaning “arrest warrant”) is one of Germany’s most famous rappers. He’s known for his brutal and drug-glorifying lyrics. Born Aykut Anhan, he is the…
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By Festival Godwin Boateng, Senior Research Associate, University of Oxford
Travelling on Africa’s roads comes with many challenges. The biggest is arriving at your destination safely. The continent is one of the hotspots of global road trauma. Its traffic deaths account for about one quarter of the global number of victims, despite having less than 4% of the world’s vehicle fleet.
The situation in sub-Saharan Africa is particularly dire. Road…
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By Amanda Gouws, Professor of Political Science and Chair of the South African Research Initiative in Gender Politics, Stellenbosch University
Joseph Ayodele Kupolusi, Senior Lecturer, Department of Statistics, Federal University of Technology, Akure
For democracies to function well, citizens have to trust their institutions. Every incidence of bad service delivery or corruption will influence how much citizens trust institutions.
The latest incident that will most likely shake confidence in South Africa’s political system, and specifically the police and the criminal justice system, is the accusation by General Nhlanhla…
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By Lamine Doumbia, Research Associate - Dep. African History /Institute for Asian and African Studies, Humboldt University of Berlin
Mahamadou Bassirou Tangara, Enseignant-chercheur en économie du développement, Université des Sciences sociales et de Gestion de Bamako
Mali has been struggling for over a decade to defeat “jihadists” around Gao, Kidal and Ségou. Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), linked to al-Qaida, is believed to be the most vicious of the terrorist groups operating there, based on the scale of its attacks.
The group’s aims…
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By Amnesty International
We are excited to introduce the Human Rights Education (HRE) Network Advisory Group (NAG), a new collective of HRE practitioners from across Amnesty International who will be working together to strengthen our global HRE network and support HRE as a core capacity within our movement. This group brings together diverse experiences, local knowledge, and creative […] The post Strengthening Human Rights Education Together: Meet the HRE Network Advisory Group appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Anna Walker, Senior Arts + Culture Editor, The Conversation
Gemma Ware, Head of Audio, The Conversation UK, The Conversation
Naomi Joseph, Arts + Culture Editor, The Conversation
In the third episode of Jane Austen’s Paper Trail, we speak to Austen experts about her politics and views on slavery, as we dive into the pages of Mansfield Park.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The South Australian Liberal senator says he’s “dubious” about being able to sell the Coalition’s new policy to voters – describing it as “carefree with emissions”.
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By Amnesty International
Responding to the news of the conditional royal pardon granted on 5 November 2025 to former member of parliament, Mthandeni Dube, resulting in his supervised release, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, Vongai Chikwanda, said: “Mthandeni Dube’s release may bring relief to his family, but justice remains incomplete while his human […] The post Eswatini: Authorities must unconditionally release Mthandeni Dube and Bacede Mabuza appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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