By Naomi Braithwaite, Associate Professor in Fashion and Material Culture, Nottingham Trent University
When Hollywood actress Sydney Sweeney attended Variety’s Power of Women event on October 30 in Los Angeles, she may have delivered an empowering and inspirational speech, but it was her dazzling, see-through dress that really stole the show.
The floor-length silver design was a collaborative creation by Christian Cowan and Elias Matso. It was made from crystal mesh and structured around a steel-bone…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York, September 23, 2025. © 2025 Richard Drew/AP Photo The United Nations leadership has launched a major reform plan to make the cash-strapped world body more efficient and cost-effective. Unfortunately, it has offered little on how this will impact the UN’s already understaffed and underfunded human rights work and the victims it is intended to help.The UN’s worsening financial crisis is largely due to the failure of some member states, including the…
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By Global Voices Central & Eastern Europe
A controversial deal granting Jared Kushner’s firm control of Belgrade’s cultural heritage site General Staff complex has ignited mass protests, corruption allegations, and a political standoff over Serbia’s democratic future.
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By Vasso Apostolopoulos, Distinguished Professor, Professor of Immunology, RMIT University
Jack Feehan, Vice Chancellors Senior Research Fellow in Immunology, RMIT University
Is vitamin B6 safe? How much is too much? And will I still be able to buy my supplement over the counter?
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By Rachel Ong ViforJ, John Curtin Distinguished Professor & ARC Future Fellow, Curtin University
Hal Pawson, Professor of Housing Research and Policy, and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
Simon Pinnegar, Professor of City Planning, School of Built Environment, UNSW Sydney
The government’s scheme will open to applications soon, promising to help thousands get onto the property ladder. How have similar schemes worked globally?
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By Stephen Bartos, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
John Hawkins, Head, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra
Annual inflation rose to a 16-month high of 3.8% in October, adding to pressure on the government as it seeks to make savings across the public sector.
When governments, whether Commonwealth, state or local, increase spending it adds to inflation. Opinions differ on whether Commonwealth spending makes a significant difference. Opposition finance spokesperson Jane Hume argues…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Yemeni women at a university in Yemen's city of Taiz, December 15, 2022. © 2022 Ahmad Al-Basha/AFP via Getty Images By a Research Assistant, Middle East and North Africa DivisionOn November 23, Yemen’s President Rashad al-Alimi stated in a cabinet meeting that “it is unacceptable for the Yemeni government to remain without a single ministerial portfolio led by a woman in a country where women make up more than half of the population.” Al-Alimi added that women “possess the expertise and competence that make their absence a legal and institutional flaw that must be…
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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
The global response to HIV is facing its most serious setback in decades, UNAIDS warned on Tuesday, as abrupt funding cuts and a deteriorating human rights environment disrupt prevention and treatment services across dozens of countries.
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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Authorities in Nigeria are being urged to investigate the wave of abductions in the West African country, where attacks by insurgent groups are increasing.
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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
For over two years, tens of thousands of people have been killed in Gaza. The enclave faces its most severe economic collapse in history, and even amid a fragile ceasefire, children continue to die.
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