By Jessica Genauer, Academic Director, Public Policy Institute, UNSW Sydney
With Trump trying to get out and Netanyahu determined not to give up in Lebanon, a path to peace is hard to find.
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By Peter Baldwin, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, Swinburne University of Technology; UNSW Sydney
The idea is to catch mental health problems early, before they get worse. Here’s how it works – and the outcomes of those who’ve tried similar programs.
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By Samina Yasmeen, Director of Centre for Muslim States and Societies, The University of Western Australia
Pakistan is using shared history – and plenty of friends in high places – to bring the war to an end. Here why it’s had the sway to do it.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Two people working on a sunken boat in the Langue de Barbarie, Saint-Louis, Senegal, March 7, 2023. © 2023 Raquel Maria Carbonell Pagola/LightRocket via Getty Images (Dakar) – Senegalese families remain in limbo in a site called Khar Yalla, a decade after coastal floods destroyed their homes, Human Rights Watch said today. Despite recent progress, the government has not yet provided displaced families with a permanent, durable solution.The approximately 1,000 people who lost their homes to tidal surges in 2015 and 2016 lived in historic fishing communities on the…
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By Mong Palatino
"We are not going to sit idle while you devalue our work and degrade our society. Our work is not a free input to be fed into your machines."
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Hathairat Phaholtap, editor-in-chief of the Isaan Record, Thailand, March 21, 2026. © 2026 The Isaan Record (Bangkok) – A senior cabinet minister in Thailand has brought criminal defamation lawsuits against two prominent journalists who reported about a bribery case, raising serious concerns for media freedom, Human Rights Watch said today. The trial court can dismiss the case if it lacks legal merit or is without basis.On February 27, 2026, the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Suchart Chomklin, filed a lawsuit against Hathairat Phaholtap, editor-in-chief…
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Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Statement delivered by Elyse Mosquini, Permanent Observer to the United Nations, at the UN Security Council briefing on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, New York.
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By Glen Hosking, Clinical Psychologist and Associate Professor of Psychology, La Trobe University
Cuddle therapy is having a moment. The idea for this emerging therapy is for you to book in a specified time with a “professional cuddler”.
Websites promote cuddle therapists as specialists in platonic touch, offering a service to people who wish to cuddle for friendship, to relax or manage emotional challenges.
The aim is to find connection and improve…
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By Meena Jha, Head Technology and Pedagogy Cluster CML-NET, CQUniversity Australia
QR codes are so familiar and widespread, we tend to trust them without question. That’s exactly what scammers rely on.
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By Rodrigo Praino, Professor & Director, Jeff Bleich Centre for Democracy and Disruptive Technologies, Flinders University
Donald Trump’s pre-ceasefire social media post was unprecedented, immoral, and a diplomatic blunder for the US’s standing in the world.
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