By Hossein Bonakdari, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Understanding the combination of meteorological, geomorphological and hydrological factors that led to the Texas flood could help prevent future disasters.
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By Rachel Engler-Stringer, Professor, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan
France, England and Scotland all bring important insights for Canada’s national school food program, around menus, centralized kitchens, local resources and building community.
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By Michael J. Socolow, Professor of Communication and Journalism, University of Maine
Will costly settlements over news stories the president sued about influence network journalists when deciding whether to pursue investigative stories involving the Trump administration?
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By Fritz Holznagel, Quizmaster, The Conversation
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By Amnesty International
Following the start of the rainy season in Sudan’s North Darfur region, Amnesty International’s Director for East and Southern Africa, Tigere Chagutah said: To stop this humanitarian emergency from spiraling further, parties to the armed conflict must facilitate rapid, unconditional and safe access to humanitarian aid, and end all attacks on humanitarian objects and personnel. Tigere […] The post Sudan: Life-saving aid must reach the people caught between the rains and conflict appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Pamela Ephraim
English is the official language of Liberia, a country of over 5 million people on Africa’s western coast that was founded in 1822 as a project of the American Colonization Society (ACS).
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By Laura Wilcox, Professor, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading
Bjørn H. Samset, Senior Researcher in Climate and Atmospheric Sciences, Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo
Global warming has picked up pace since around 2010, leading to the recent string of record warm years. Why this is happening is still unclear, and among the biggest questions in climate science today. Our new study reveals that reductions in air pollution – particularly in China and east Asia – are a key reason for this faster warming.
Cleanup of sulphur emissions…
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By Philipp Kastner, Senior Lecturer in International Law, The University of Western Australia
The governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda concluded a peace treaty in June 2025, aimed at ending a decades-long war in eastern DRC. The United Nations welcomed the agreement as “a significant step towards de-escalation, peace and stability” in the region.
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By Kester Onor, Senior Research Fellow, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs
Nigeria’s former president, Muhammadu Buhari, who died in London on 13 July aged 82, was one of two former military heads of state who were later elected as civilian presidents. Buhari was the military head of state of Nigeria from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985 and president from 2015 to 2023.
The other Nigerian politician to have been in both roles is former president…
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By Julie Shantone Rubbi Nunan, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Early Childhood Education and Development, University of South Africa
South African primary schools are facing a crisis. Every day, learners fight, bully, destroy property, and intimidate other learners and teachers, turning what should be safe spaces into places of fear and mistrust.
Research shows that learner behaviour frequently involves violence, bullying and vandalism (damage…
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