Wednesday, November 5, 2025
UN agencies are stepping up relief operations to help civilians fleeing the escalating violence in Sudan’s North Darfur state, where fighting has triggered widespread abuses and mass displacement, Deputy UN Spokesperson Farhan Haq told reporters in New York on Wednesday.
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By Aili Langford, Pharmacist, Lecturer, NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow, Sydney Pharmacy School, The University of Sydney, University of Sydney
Christine Lin, Professor, Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney
When the risks of taking prescribed opioids outweigh the benefits, it’s time to reduce your dose or stop. New research shows how to do this safely.
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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
The push to put social justice at the heart of global policymaking took centre stage at the Second World Summit for Social Development on Wednesday, as leaders gathered for a high-level forum to drive coordinated action in delivering the newly adopted Doha Political Declaration.
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By Judy Fudge, Professor Emeritus, School of Labour Studies, McMaster University
Canadian universities must take action to ensure decent work for garment factory workers who make their students’ hoodies. They can do this by affiliating with the Worker Rights Consortium.
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By Dan Baumgardt, Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol
You may not give much thought to your armpits, apart from checking whether they need another swipe of deodorant. But this small, often overlooked patch of skin is one of the body’s busiest crossroads. Beneath those folds lies a complex network of glands, nerves and lymph nodes that keep you cool, fight infection and even influence how you smell to others.
The armpit’s design allows flexibility and free movement of the arm, while serving as a vital passageway for blood…
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By Louise Gentle, Principal Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation, Nottingham Trent University
Animals in children’s stories are often depicted as living in neat mum, dad and children family units. Examples include Fantastic Mr Fox, 101 Dalmatians and, more recently, Peppa Pig and Bluey. But, this might leave people feeling like outsiders if they don’t come from a traditional nuclear family set-up.
In reality, there is a huge diversity in what family looks like within the animal kingdom.
In biparental…
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By Sojin Lim, Reader in Asia Pacific Studies, Co-Director of the International Institute of Korean Studies, University of Lancashire
Adam Roberts, Head of Department of English, Royal Holloway, University of London
Jenni Ramone, Associate Professor of Postcolonial and Global Literatures, Nottingham Trent University
Ruvani Ranasinha, Professor of Global Literatures, King's College London
Stevie Marsden, Lecturer in Publishing, Edinburgh Napier University
Tory Young, Associate Professor in Department of English Literature, Anglia Ruskin University
From 150 titles to a longlist of 13, six novels have been shortlisted for the 2025 Booker prize. Our academics review the finalists ahead of the announcement of the winner on November 10.
The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits
Middle-aged Tom waits 12 years to keep his promise to leave his unfaithful wife when their youngest child starts college, then embarks on a roadtrip across an American landscape both vivid and commonplace.
Tom recounts the journey and his memories, his voice…
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By Paul Tobin, Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Manchester
Matthew Paterson, Professor of International Politics, University of Manchester
Stacy D VanDeveer, Professor of Global Governance & Human Security, UMass Boston
This year’s UN climate summit (Cop30) in Belém, Brazil, begins with a familiar dilemma: how can we tackle a highly political, long-term problem that involves every country of the world?
Governments, experts and activists have been trying to address climate change since the early 1990s, yet global greenhouse gas emissions remain at record levels.
Emissions growth may be slowing, but even pro-climate action strategies…
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By Preeti Mahato, Lecturer in Global Health, Royal Holloway, University of London
Anusha Seneviratne, Lecturer in Health Studies, Department of Health Studies
Research shows that vaping can damage arteries, raise blood pressure and trigger inflammation – the same early warning signs that lead to heart attacks and strokes.
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By Luis Angeles, Professor of Economics, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow
Tariffs on imports have been at the heart of Donald Trump’s economic policy since the start of his second term in the White House. And while the president believes that tariffs will be beneficial to the US economy, many eminent economists disagree. Here are three reasons why.
The first reason is that a US trade deficit should not necessarily be seen as a negative economic outcome. Trump certainly thinks it is. As he reportedly…
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