By Dorothy Finan, Lecturer in Cultural Industries, University of Leeds
BTS expressed a wish that ‘music can be heard and loved for what it is, rather than being divided by region or language’.
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By Christina Wilkins, Lecturer in Film and Creative Writing, University of Birmingham
Throughout Love Me Tender, French director Anna Cazenave Cambet’s new film about a mother’s fight for custody of her child, the audience is reminded of the body at the centre of the story – that of Clémence Delcourt (Vicky Krieps). The camera is almost cloyingly close, presenting her body in lingering shots that offer opportunities for the audience to connect with her real, visceral experience.
It is this body that we follow through the story. From the opening shot of Clémence in the pool to the ending on a bike, hers is a body constantly in motion, with a kind of restless energy. It…
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By Lala Rukh, PhD Candidate, Energy, University of Galway; Atlantic Technological University
You spend eight hours a night in the one room nobody ventilates. That’s bad for your sleep, and ideal for mould.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Palestinians wait to cross at the Israeli Awarta military checkpoint on March 23, 2025, south of Nablus in the West Bank. © 2025 Nasser Ishtayeh/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (Beirut) – Israeli road closures in the West Bank on July 27, 2026, badly delayed an ambulance transporting a pregnant Palestinian woman in critical condition, with dire consequences, Human Rights Watch said today. The woman’s fetus did not survive an emergency delivery, and her life was further endangered when soldiers forced the ambulance crew to turn off their medical equipment…
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By Rachel Tan, Associate Professor in Neuroscience, The Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney
A new review looked at 1,734 people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). But it couldn’t separate pesticide from other risk factors, such as head trauma.
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By Ian Kelleher, Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh
Modern medicine increasingly judges itself by long-term outcomes. In cancer care, we routinely compare treatments according to whether patients survive longer. In cardiology, we ask whether interventions prevent future heart attacks and extend life. This long-term data allows healthcare to continually improve.
Child and adolescent mental health services are different. Long-term outcomes have received little attention. Success, instead, is largely judged using measures such as waiting times, access targets and…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke’s cancelling of his big speech on migration that had been scheduled for delivery at the National Press Club on Thursday was embarrassing but also revealing.
Obviously, Burke was unable to finish the work on time. He didn’t want to deliver a speech with glaring holes that had to be filled later. Reportedly, there were arguments when the policy outline was discussed by cabinet ministers on Monday.
One thing the delay tells us is just how hard it is to put together a good migration policy. Remember, the government commissioned an expert review…
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By Guest Contributor
Indigenous Assyrian women were erased three times: first as Assyrians, then through sexual violence, finally by history itself. The machinery that made them disappear is still running.
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By Amnesty International
Filipino domestic workers reveal the abuses they faced in Saudi Arabia “I thought my body was going to collapse” Gloria* took on the role of a domestic worker in Saudi Arabia for two years I decided to take a job in Saudi Arabia when I was 44. My son was in college and my husband’s […] The post “For five months, I worked for 14 hours a day without a break” appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The outgoing union leader said that beyond the new Victorian royal commission, ‘a lot more needs to be done’ to fight corruption in construction Australia-wide.
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