By Hermes Florez, Professor of Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina
Zeina Hannoush, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Miami
Two physicians discuss the ongoing earthquake relief efforts in their home country of Venezuela and explain what the healthcare system was like before the disaster.
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By Kevin Walby, Professor of Criminal Justice, University of Winnipeg
Raina DeGroot, Doctor of Law Candidate, University of Manitoba
Three provinces have passed laws that make it easier for governments to withhold, delay or dismiss requests for public records — and Ottawa may be next.
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Thursday, July 9, 2026
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk urged the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group to cease hostilities as he deplored recent civilian deaths on Thursday.
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By Glyn Barrett, Lecturer in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Reading
If you visit the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, on the edge of London, you will see a brightly painted skeleton of a dead oak tree. The tree, known as the climate changed oak, succumbed in the heatwave of 2022. Instead of removing it, Kew left it in place as a reminder that climate change is already taking its toll on Britain’s trees.
The 2022 heatwave killed 400 of Kew’s trees and predictions show that up to 50% of Kew’s existing 11,000 trees could be vulnerable to climate…
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By Hokbi Tiunn, PhD Candidate, Law, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Taiwan pushes back every day against an authoritarian vision of international order that allows dictator regimes to decide who’s allowed to be seen, named and heard.
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By Marzieh Kouhi-Esfahani, Assistant Professor in Politics and International Relations of the Middle East, Durham University
Ali Khamenei, who served as Iran’s supreme leader until his assassination in a US-Israeli operation in February 2026, will finally be laid to rest today. His burial brings a week of public mourning ceremonies and processions to an end, and comes as hostilities between the US and Iran are escalating again.
Islamic tradition calls for the prompt burial of the deceased. Iran’s first supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, was buried within three days of his death in…
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By Samuel Francis Leaney, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Cerebrovascular Physiology, Manchester Metropolitan University
Tiago Pecanha, Senior Lecturer in Human Cardiovascular Physiology, Manchester Metropolitan University
Whether it’s at practice or during a Fifa World Cup match, football players could unknowingly be putting their brain health at risk every time they take to the field.
Studies suggest that retired football players have a higher risk of developing dementia, particularly Alzheimer’s disease, compared to the general population. It’s currently thought that this increased risk is partly being driven by performing one particular skill: heading the…
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By Lizzie Seal, Professor of Criminology, University of Sussex
Ruth Ellis became the last woman to be hanged in Britain on July 13 1955. Her execution was a national event. A crowd, reported to be 1,000-strong, gathered outside Holloway Prison in London that morning. Anti-death penalty protesters held signs, some people prayed and some wept. Ellis’s story had deeply moved the public.
Over 70 years later, the deputy prime minister, David Lammy, has announced that Ellis has been granted a conditional pardon due to the “exceptional…
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By Uroš Kovač, Postdoctoral fellow, University of Groningen
Ikechukwu Ejekwumadu, Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Sports Science, University of Tübingen
With a Somali referee being denied entry into the US, and the surge of online racist abuse after 2026 World Cup matches, racism and exclusion in football are once again in the news.
Overt anti-Black racism in football is well reported and researched.…
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By Gemma Ware, Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
Listen to intellectual property expert Graeme Austin talk about the legal routes celebrites are using to fight back against AI deepfakes.
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