By Jonathan Tonge, Professor of Politics, University of Liverpool
The Green party’s dramatic capture of Gorton and Denton, supposedly one of Labour’s safest parliamentary constituencies, offers yet more evidence of the fragmentation of British politics.
The Green candidate, 34-year-old plumber Hannah Spencer, won 40.69% of the vote, a notable 12 points ahead of Reform UK’s Matt Goodwin (28.73%). Labour candidate Angeliki Stogia came third, with 25.44% of the vote.
In terms of size of majority toppled, this was the sixth-worst byelection…
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By Amnesty International
As Trump tears down renewable energy, once again, Mozambique bears the brunt of climate harm caused by fossil fuel producers. By Tigere Chagutah In his address to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on 21 January, US President Donald Trump argued against renewable energy solutions. In a wide-ranging speech, he described them as a “green new […] The post Trump’s anti-green stance leaves Mozambique at mercy of climate crisis appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The unvarnished assessment of the Liberals’ disastrous 2025 campaign won’t see the light of day following a decision from the party’s executive.
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By Emmanouil Proestakis, National Observatory of Athens
New research reveals that the adverse environmental and health impacts of atmospheric dust in the world’s rapidly growing megacities deserve far more attention.
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By Uri Gal, Professor in Business Information Systems, University of Sydney
Olive was meant to make shopping easier. Instead it’s mouthing off about its ‘mother’ and mistaking the price of basic items.
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By Toby Walsh, Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney
If you’re one of CommBank’s 17 million customers, don’t panic. But given how well AI can now fake documents, all banks will need to rethink their security.
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By Daria Dergacheva
The Russian company Protei supplied the Iranian regime with infrastructure-level internet censorship solutions. They also work in Estonia and Jordan, and have clients from among the world’s worst autocracies.
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By Thomas Jeffries, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Western Sydney University
Charles Oliver Morton, Senior Lecturer in Medical Microbiology, Western Sydney University
A common mould has claimed the lives of two people, and left four others seriously ill. Here’s what you need to know.
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By Human Rights Watch
(New York) – Pakistani authorities should quash the unjust conviction of Junaid Hafeez, who was sentenced to death in 2013 under Pakistan’s draconian blasphemy laws, Human Rights Watch said today. Hafeez’s 13 years in prison raise grave concerns about the lack of due process and the broader misuse of the country’s blasphemy laws.Police in Punjab province arrested Hafeez, then an academic in his twenties, on March 13, 2013, for blasphemy based on comments he allegedly posted on Facebook. In December 2019, a court in Multan sentenced Hafeez to death following a repeatedly delayed trial…
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By Judith Brett, Emeritus Professor of Politics, La Trobe University
Australia’s impossible housing crisis, One Nation as a political force, privatised education … how many of our problems can be traced back to John Howard?
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