By Irma Garnesia
The relationship between governments and digital platforms is never simple. Governments can introduce regulations, but digital platforms also possess enormous power through the technologies, algorithms, and global information infrastructure they control.
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By Marika Sosnowski, Senior research fellow, The University of Melbourne
Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a ten-day ceasefire. This may end one phase of the conflict, but it’s unlikely the violence will end.
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By Marta Khomyn, Senior Lecturer, Finance and Data Analytics, Adelaide University
Elon Musk’s space exploration company SpaceX has filed confidential papers ahead of a planned public company listing on the US NASDAQ stock exchange.
The initial public offering (IPO) for the company controlled by the world’s richest man is targeting a total valuation of US$2 trillion. Musk plans…
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By Rusty Langdon, Senior Research Consultant, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
More than 60% of battery system installation work inspected under a federal government green energy program is substandard and 1.2% unsafe, according to a recent report by the Clean Energy Regulator.
The Cheaper Home Batteries Program has proved hugely popular. More than a quarter of a million small-scale battery systems have
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By Marika Sosnowski, Senior research fellow, The University of Melbourne
Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a ten-day ceasefire. This may end one phase of the conflict, but it’s unlikely the violence will end.
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By Damien Kingsbury, Emeritus Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University
Among the cruel ironies of the Myanmar civil war, now in its sixth year, is that for an army that is struggling to conscript soldiers, the Myanmar junta has repeatedly bombed its own troops held as prisoners of war.
In this garrison state, it appears everything may be sacrificed to keep the military and its civilian front government – recently installed following widely discredited elections – in power.
There has been some impressive progress by the National Unity Government’s People’s Defence Force…
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By Lauren Ball, Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
Timothy Piatkowski, Senior Research Fellow in Public Health, The University of Queensland
Yet another weight loss drug is causing a stir online. But health authorities and experts say it may bring more risks than rewards.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Maldives' President Mohamed Muizzuat at a polling station in Malé, April 4, 2026. © 2026 Mohamed Afrah / AFP via Getty Images (London) – The Maldives government should withdraw plans to introduce a bill to end the longstanding moratorium on the death penalty in the country, 10 Maldivian and international human rights organizations said today. The authorities should also seek to repeal recent amendments to the Drugs Act of 2011 that allow capital punishment for drug-related offenses, maintain the moratorium on executions, and move to fully abolish the death…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A picture taken on April 9, 2026 shows the aftermath of the previous day's Israeli airstrike that struck Qasmieh bridge, located on a main highway linking villages in the Tyre district of Lebanon with others farther north. © 2026 Kawnat HAJU / AFP via Getty Images (Beirut, April 17, 2026) – The Israeli military’s destruction of the Qasmieh bridge on April 16, 2026, which took place hours before a ceasefire was announced, threatens to cut off Lebanese territory south of the Litani River from the rest of the country, Human Rights Watch said today. As the deliberate…
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By Emmy van Esch, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Management and International Business, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Hanoku Bathula, Professional Teaching Fellow in Management and International Business, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Laszlo Sajtos, Associate Professor in Marketing, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
The ability to function effectively in intercultural settings has been termed “cultural intelligence” – and it is often celebrated as a kind of modern superpower.
But our latest research reveals a more complicated reality.
Previous research has largely highlighted the bright side of cultural intelligence, linking it to positive workplace outcomes such as improved performance.
But we found another side, and evidence…
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