By Teresa Ubide, ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Igneous Petrology/Volcanology, The University of Queensland
On Monday morning local time, a huge cloud of ash, hot gas and rock fragments began spewing from Italy’s Mount Etna.
An enormous plume was seen stretching several kilometres into the sky from the mountain on the island of Sicily, which is the largest active volcano in Europe.
While the blast created an impressive sight, the eruption resulted in no reported injuries or damage and barely even disrupted flights on or off the island. Mount Etna eruptions are commonly described…
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Click to expand Image Séance d'ouverture de la 113ème Conférence internationale du Travail, tenue au siège de l'Organisation internationale du Travail (OIT) au Palais des Nations à Genève, le 2 juin 2025. © 2025 Violaine Martin / OIT (Geneva) – Governments and employers’ representatives at the International Labour Organization (ILO) conference should agree to a new treaty to protect “gig” workers, 33 civil society groups, trade unions, and human rights organizations said today. The groups released a joint declaration during the second day of the 113th session of the International…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image M23 fighters at the Stade de l'Unité in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, February 6, 2025. © 2025 ALEXIS HUGUET/AFP via Getty Images (Nairobi) – The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group summarily executed at least 21 civilians and most likely many more in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on February 22-23, 2025, Human Rights Watch said today.The M23 has occupied Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, since January 27, 2025. Witnesses said that on the afternoon of February 22, at least three pickup trucks carrying dozens of M23 fighters arrived…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image © 2025 John Holmes for Human Rights Watch In 2024, Russian drone strikes killed dozens of civilians and injured hundreds more in the city of Kherson, in apparently deliberate or reckless attacks that constitute war crimes.The attacks have the apparent purpose of instilling terror in the civilian population in Kherson, part of a widespread attack against that population.These attacks underscore the urgency of identifying effective ways to enforce respect for international humanitarian law, including through prosecutions of serious crimes in Ukraine.(Kyiv, June 3, 2025)…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A Yemeni officer inspects the damage following Israeli airstrikes on Sanaa International Airport in Sanaa, Yemen, May 7, 2025. © 2025 Osamah Abdulrahman/AP Photo (Beirut) – The Israeli airstrikes on Yemen’s Sanaa International Airport on May 6 and May 28, 2025, were apparently unlawful indiscriminate or disproportionate attacks on civilian objects and should be investigated as war crimes, Human Rights Watch said today. The Houthis’ attacks that deliberately targeted Ben Gurion Airport and other civilian infrastructure in Israel should also be investigated…
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Click to expand Image Moussa Tiangari, Niamey, Niger, June 2024. © 2024 Amnesty International (Nairobi) – Niger’s authorities should immediately release civil society activist and human rights defender Moussa Tiangari and stop using terrorism-related charges to silence dissent, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), in the framework of the Observatory for the protection of human rights defenders, said today.On December 3, 2024, men claiming to be policemen arrested Tiangari…
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Click to expand Image Lily, a 10-year-old trans girl, said she was devastated when her family felt forced to relocate to protect her from anti-trans hostility. © 2025 Illustrations by Barrack Rima, Art directed by Studio Safar for Human Rights Watch Laws banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth in the United States are inflicting severe harm on young people and their families as well as health care systems and civil society.Under the Trump administration, families are being pushed to the brink, forced to navigate impossible barriers to care, while the federal government intensifies…
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By Diana Nikolova
For the Alevis of Mădrevo, a village in northeastern Bulgaria, tradition is not a relic of the past – it is a way to stay spiritually connected, both personally and communally.
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By Jim Arrowsmith, Professor, School of Management, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
For the public service, strikes are generally a last resort. But there are other sources of union power – in particular, deep connections to the voting public.
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By Amanda Meyer, Senior Lecturer, Anatomy and Pathology in the College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University
Monika Zimanyi, Associate Professor in Anatomy, James Cook University
In romance novels and online advice columns, enlarged pupils are commonly enlisted as imagery to indicate sexual arousal and attraction. So, what’s the science say?
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