By Linda Calabrese, Senior Research Fellow in the International Economic Development Group, ODI Global
Jodie Keane, Senior Research Fellow, International Economic Development Group, ODI Global
China now makes more than seven in ten of the world’s electric cars. In 2024 it produced over 12 million, 1.25 million of which were exported, mainly to Europe.
The EU is worried about this – alarmed by cheap, state-subsidised Chinese vehicles flooding its market and threatening the 13 million jobs which depend on its own auto…
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By Maria Evandrou, Professor of Gerontology, University of Southampton
Athina Vlachantoni, Professor of Gerontology and Social Policy, University of Southampton
Jane Falkingham, Dean of the Faculty of Social, Human and Mathematical Sciences, University of Southampton
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has made the politically risky decision to adjust the pensions triple lock from April 2030.
Speaking at this year’s Labour Party Conference, he said: “Some may not realise it but older people with nothing more than the state pension, or only a little more, can find themselves paying care charges today from that small income. Under my plan, this will no longer happen.”
But what is the triple lock, and why was the announcement…
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By Negusse Tadesse Kitaba, Senior Research Fellow in Bioinformatics and Epigenetics, University of Southampton
Heather Zar, Professor & Chair, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town
John W Holloway, Associate Vice President (Interdisciplinary Research) and Professor of Allergy and Respiratory Genetics, University of Southampton
Most children who are infected with SARS-COV2, the virus that causes COVID, experience only mild symptoms or no symptoms at all. But a small proportion develop severe illness which can sometimes even require hospital care.
The reason why only some children develop severe illness hasn’t been clear until now. But our latest study provides new insights into the immune responses associated with severe respiratory infections such…
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By Jeremy Howick, Professor and Director of the Stoneygate Centre for Excellence in Empathic Healthcare, University of Leicester
Poppy Russell’s death was preventable. Her parents’ campaign shows why listening to women and supporting empathy is essential to safer maternity care.
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By Kevin Hunt, Director of Doctoral Programmes in Art & Design and Senior Lecturer in Culture & Context, Nottingham Trent University
The AI doomsday news cycle plays on anxieties about the future. The media has tended to prioritise sensational takes on the risk at the expense of more thoughtful opinions by, for example, experts in the ethics of AI.
Alarmist fantasies of superintelligence – where artificial intelligence surpasses that of the most gifted human minds – are criticised for distracting from real concerns and threats. AI is energy hungry, environmentally damaging, and has prompted…
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By Rhi Carter, Lecturer in Occupational Therapy, University of Winchester
Healthcare students need more than knowledge. Learning through play can give them a safe place to make decisions, get things wrong and try again.
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By Sam Naidu, Professor, Department of Literary Studies in English, Rhodes University
International human rights judge Navi Pillay was awarded the 2026 Nobel peace prize. She was honoured for her lifelong dedication to international law and global justice.
To understand more about Pillay and her work, we spoke with Sam Naidu, a feminist and literary scholar with a focus on crime and justice, and the author of a biography…
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By Amnesty International
Responding to the declaration of a state of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as well as the imposition of governor rule and the deployment of armed forces in the province, Babu Ram Pant, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for South Asia, said: “Reports of arbitrary detentions of key leaders – including the provincial chief minister – and […] The post Pakistan: Declaration of emergency must not be pretext to crackdown on human rights appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Drew Caveney-Holler, PhD Candidate in International Relations, Durham University
In his speech at the UN General Assembly in September, Andy Burnham announced that his security chiefs would begin work on a new National Centre for Information Defence.
The UK prime minister said the centre was necessary because of Russian attempts to “spread lies and disinformation”. He added: “Faced with this information…
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By Reid Kress Weisbord, Distinguished Professor of Law, Rutgers University - Newark
Naomi Cahn, Professor of Law, University of Virginia
Dolly Parton’s nephew Bryan Seaver announced the legendary singer’s death on Aug. 25, 2026, in a prerecorded video. Seaver, the son of one of Parton’s 11 siblings, had been her head of security for many years.
But Seaver is currently embroiled in a messy dispute with She’s Alive LLC, the company Parton established to manage her business…
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