By Sarah A. Son, Senior Lecturer in Korean Studies, University of Sheffield
When pop superstars BTS announced a temporary hiatus in 2022, it exposed a tension at the heart of their global success.
As I wrote at the time, the world’s biggest K-pop group had become entangled in South Korea’s competing priorities: cultural soft power on the one hand,…
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By Ailsa Peate, Lecturer in Latin American and Museum Studies, University of Westminster
Encounters with Leonora Carrington’s work are often shaped by their setting, from expansive museum displays to more intimate curatorial spaces. Nowhere is this more evident than at London’s Freud Museum, where new exhibition The Symptomatic Surreal offers a markedly different lens on her life and art.
It’s the first exhibition of the British-Mexican surrealist’s work in the UK for 35 years. The…
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By Sanae Okamoto, Senior Researcher in Behavioural Science and Psychology, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), United Nations University
Nidhi Nagabhatla, Senior Research Fellow and Cluster Coordinator Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS) and Adj Prof McMaster University, Canada, United Nations University
Robert Oakes, Senior Researcher, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), United Nations University
There are things that we can do to combat the climate crisis. Children should be supported so they don’t lose hope.
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By Charlie Firth, PhD Candidate, Paediatrics, University of Oxford
A MenB vaccine may also help curb drug-resistant gonorrhoea, linking two growing health threats and raising new questions about how vaccines are used.
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By Ali Ameli, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia
In the Prairie Pothole Region, millions of wetlands fill, spill and connect in ways that defy prediction. Combining hydrology with AI offers a path forward.
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By Kyle Rich, Associate Professor of Sport Management, Brock University
Laura Misener, Professor & Director, School of Kinesiology, Western University
Canada’s sport system requires meaningful change that will depend less on identifying problems (which are already well-known) and more on whether governments enforce accountability.
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By Amnesty International
Speaking ahead of the public hearings on the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No 3) Bill, 2026, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director, for East and Southern Africa, Vongai Chikwanda, said: “Amnesty International urges the Zimbabwean authorities to guarantee, without discrimination, the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly during the upcoming public hearings. “Restriction of […] The post Zimbabwe: Authorities must guarantee free expression and safety ahead of public hearings. appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image People hold signs at a rally and press conference against the SAVE America Act at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 18, 2026. © 2026 Bryan Dozier/NurPhoto via Reuters The US Senate is currently debating the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, a bill claiming to address voter fraud but that would in fact create unnecessary barriers to voting for millions of people. The bill would require proof of citizenship when registering to vote, such as a passport or driver’s license paired with a birth certificate, documentation that many lack.…
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Monday, March 30, 2026
Further attacks have been reported across the Middle East as the war enters a second month, with one UN peacekeeper killed in Lebanon on Sunday and another seriously injured. On the diplomatic front, the UN has announced a taskforce to restore the flow of fertilizer and aid through the Strait of Hormuz, while the UN's atomic watchdog confirms an attack on a heavy water facility at Khondab in Iran. Stay with us for live updates on this and UN agencies. App users can follow coverage here.
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By Andrew Booth, Professor in Evidence Synthesis, University of Sheffield
It is easy to overlook the fact that over 90% of medical treatments are not backed by strong evidence. People can find it frustrating – even infuriating – when a review concludes that the evidence for a treatment is too weak to say whether it helps or harms.
This has been the case with the NHS England’s recent decision to restrict new prescriptions of cross-sex hormones…
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