By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A person is detained during a Palestine Action demonstration at Marylebone Road in London, UK, July 30, 2026. © 2026 James Willoughby/SOPA Images via Reuters Palestine Action, the direct-action protest group, was granted permission on July 30 to appeal its terrorist designation at the United Kingdom Supreme Court. The government controversially issued this designation in 2025, and although the group successfully appealed the designation in the High Court, that ruling was reversed by the Court of Appeal in June. Since the group was designated as terrorist, more…
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By Miniature Malekpour, Research assistant, criminal justice, University of Sydney
Even with human rights safeguards in place, the new convention risks giving authoritarian regimes new tools to target their critics.
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By Daniel Gagnon, Professeur agrégé, Université de Montréal
Thomas Deshayes, Professeur adjoint, Faculté des sciences de l'activité physique, Université de Sherbrooke
Heat waves pose a threat to older adults, but a recent study suggests that they retain an unexpected ability to adapt to high temperatures.
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By Rose Upton, Lecturer in Biotechnology, University of Newcastle
Alex Callen, Post-doctoral researcher, University of Newcastle
Anne Ibbotson, HDR candidate, University of Newcastle
Many people are blissfully unaware the world’s frogs and amphibians are fighting their own deadly pandemic. In fact, this fungal disease – chytridiomycosis, or chytrid for short – is the worst wildlife disease on record.
The chytrid fungus has caused the global extinction of
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By Alison Talmage, Postdoctoral Researcher in Music Therapy, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Singing in a choir helps people regain their voice and reduces social isolation and the sense of loss that often follows diagnosis with a brain condition.
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By Sharayah Carter, Lecturer Human Biosciences (Nutrition and Dietetics), RMIT University
A new review links to eating less protein to longer lifespans and improved metabolism. But lots of this evidence comes from animals, not humans.
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By Kelly Linden, Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Health, Charles Sturt University
Part-time students are more than twice as likely to drop out of university than their full-time peers. How can unis better support this vulnerable group?
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By Vlast.kz
On paper, trade unions serve as the primary institution by which workers’ rights are protected. For more than three decades in Kazakhstan, however, they have been under constant pressure.
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By Eric Van Rythoven, Instructor in Political Science, Carleton University
Countries that sign deals with the Trump administration are quickly finding out that the stability and certainty they hoped to purchase was an illusion.
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By William Akoto, Assistant Professor of Global Security, American University School of International Service
Hackers tried to break into at least 30 municipal water systems in Minnesota on July 26-27, 2026. Since then, Michigan and five other states have reported similar cyberattacks.
The attackers did not try to infiltrate the computers that utility offices use. Instead, they tried to seize control of small computers in equipment like pumps and valves that…
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