By Renata Keller, Associate Professor of History, University of Nevada, Reno
A common US-centric narrative holds that the Cuban missile crisis ended when Washington stood firm against the Soviets. But that story ignores a whole continent.
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By Guest Contributor
Across the African continent, from Madagascar to Morocco, young people known as Generation Z, are taking to the streets demanding social justice, and their voices to be heard.
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By Amnesty International
Responding to reports that Roberto Mosquera del Peral, a Cuban national who was deported from the United States along with 13 others to Eswatini in July 2025, has begun an indefinite hunger strike at Matsapha Correctional Centre to protest his ongoing detention, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Tigere Chagutah, said: “Roberto […] The post Eswatini: Hunger strike of Cuban man deported from US exposes human cost of unlawful transfer arrangement appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Unaccompanied migrant children at a new camp in Lyon, France, on March 5, 2025. © 2025 Romain Doucelin/NurPhoto via AP Photo In a damning report published last week, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child concluded France is responsible for grave and systematic violations of the rights of unaccompanied migrant children. The committee noted that due to flawed and arbitrary age assessment procedures many unaccompanied children find themselves homeless, deprived of healthcare, and forced to live in degrading and undignified conditions, instead…
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By Barbara Mintzes, Professor in Pharmaceutical Policy, School of Pharmacy and Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney
David Menkes, Associate Professor in Psychological Medicine, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Fiona Willer, Lecturer, Dietitian and Bioethicist, Queensland University of Technology
Jennifer Power, Principal Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
Ray Moynihan, Senior Research Manager, University of Sydney and Honorary Assistant Professor, Bond University
Unlike in the United States and New Zealand, it’s illegal in Australia to advertise prescription medicines directly to the public.
The main idea is to avoid demand for a drug that may not be appropriate, but which doctors may feel under pressure to prescribe.
But drug companies can get around this restriction by running “awareness” ads that indirectly promote their products.
For instance, we’re currently seeing…
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By Brian Hioe
Uzbekistan will get new waste-to-energy (WTE) plants to solve its mounting trash problem, and Chinese waste management companies get to expand their businesses abroad amid overcapacity in the domestic market.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A member of the UN checks on the destruction at a school run by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) that was previously hit by Israeli bombardment, in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip on July 15, 2024. © 2024 Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via AP (The Hague) – Israel should comply with its obligation to cooperate with the United Nations by ensuring the unhindered provision of essential aid to Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled in an October 22, 2025 advisory…
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By Dante DeBono, PhD Candidate in Screen Studies, University of South Australia
5 STEPS FOR BETTER LIVING, MAXIMUM GAINS AND MANIFESTING YOUR MOST OPTIMISED SELF!! is part of the Adelaide Film Festival.
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By Amnesty International
ASEAN member states must put human rights at the centre of regional discussions and decision-making, Amnesty International said as Southeast Asian leaders gather for the bloc’s 47th Summit in Malaysia this weekend. “It is long past time for member states to act decisively to address the continually deteriorating crisis in Myanmar. Nearly five years since […] The post Southeast Asia: ASEAN Summit must address deteriorating crisis in Myanmar and ongoing scam compound activity appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Russell Field, Associate Professor, Sport and Physical Activity, University of Manitoba
More than 30 years after their last World Series appearance, the Blue Jays’ return offers a chance to reflect on the team’s evolution and its place in Canadian sports history.
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