By Liam Anderson
A group funded by companies like Google, Meta, and Amazon produced a report that could shape the investigation against Brazilian law on Big techs
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By François Langot, Professeur d'économie, Directeur adjoint de l'i-MIP (PSE-CEPREMAP), Le Mans Université
France’s government backs a budget aimed at cutting the national debt, but it may lack enough support in parliament. An economist looks at factors behind the debt’s recent climb.
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By Ilaria Bellatti, Profesora Ayudante Doctora, Didáctica de las Ciencias Sociales, Universitat de Barcelona
Judit Sabido-Codina, Profesor Doctor en Didácticas de las Ciencias Sociales, Universitat de Vic – Universitat Central de Catalunya
Was the Franco dictatorship a cause or consequence of the Spanish Civil War? Was Einstein a medieval scientist? Confusions like these are quite common among secondary school students, who tend to learn history as a rote series of names and dates in varying degrees of detail.
Basic topics – such as historical periods and their corresponding sets of key figures and events – do not provide the foundation that the study of history ought to offer. Study of the past should give us the ability to appreciate historical perspective, to place the events around us within a context, and to understand…
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By Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
Both Germany and the United States show us that laws are not enough to combat the rise of fascism- instead, we need to strengthen our democracy.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Despite he and his government being in an overwhelmingly dominant position politically, Anthony Albanese sounded quite tetchy at times this week.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Trucks at the “Black Mountain,” the concession of Enviro Processing Limited (EPL) that holds much of Kabwe’s mine lead waste, Kabwe, Zambia. © 2023 Trajectory Media/Al Jazeera English (Johannesburg, September 4, 2025) – A South African-owned company is providing access to toxic lead-bearing waste in the Zambian city of Kabwe despite immense health risks for local residents, Human Rights Watch said today. The material derives from waste material at a former mine that has never been cleaned up and has been the source of mass lead poisoning among residents, especially…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Ahmet Güreşçi died shortly after being transferred to a hospital from gendarmerie custody on February 11, 2023, in Altınözü, Hatay province, Türkiye. © 2023 Private (Istanbul, September 4, 2025) - The trial of 13 law enforcement officers charged with the death in custody of Ahmet Güreşçi and the torture of his older brother Sabri Güreşçi on February 11, 2023, offers a rare opportunity for justice, Human Rights Watch said today. The first hearing in the trial begins on September 9, 2025, in First Assize Court in the southern province of Hatay.Human Rights Watch and…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The settlement is still to be approved by the federal court, would be the largest class action settlement in Australian history.
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By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney
Meanjin published the cream of Australia’s writers. With its sudden closure, a vital, 85-year thread of our cultural conversation will fall silent.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Damage caused by an Iranian missile strike that killed nine civilians, including three children, in the Israeli city of Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv, on June 15, 2025. Photo taken on July 1, 2025. © 2025 Human Rights Watch At least five Iranian ballistic missiles struck populated areas of Israel during the June 2025 armed conflict in violation of the laws of war and should be investigated as war crimes.Iran’s ballistic missile attacks were in response to a series of attacks by Israel on Iran that began on June 13, and, with direct US involvement, continued until…
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