By Chris Murray, Senior Lecturer in Literary Studies, Monash University
As with his previous novel Apeirogon (2020) and the much-garlanded Let the Great World Spin (2009), Colum McCann’s Twist demonstrates his eye for a premise.
Along the bottom of the ocean run the data cables that connect the modern world. Severance of these cables creates a potential crisis. Specialists in deepsea cable repair…
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By Wendy Ann Alabaster, PhD candidate, University of Canterbury
Bronwyn Hayward, Professor of Politics, University of Canterbury
Students from poorer backgrounds already struggle with access to tertiary education. Moving the fees-free incentive from the first to last year of study may make it even harder.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Humkar Dorje Rinpoche, date unknown. © 2025 Tibet.net (Taipei) – The Vietnamese government should investigate the death under suspicious circumstances of a senior Tibetan lama, Humkar Dorje Rinpoche, in Ho Chi Minh City on March 29, 2025, Human Rights Watch said today.Humkar Dorje, 56, died following months of concern by the Tibetan community about his whereabouts and well-being. His followers in India, where many Tibetans live in exile, allege that Vietnamese and Chinese authorities had arrested him in Vietnam after he fled Tibet. His monastery, which is under official…
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By Daria Dergacheva
Since the spring of 2022, posts with military-patriotic themes have flooded the social media pages of public institutions in Russia, including the pages of schools, kindergartens, hospitals, theaters, museums, and libraries
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By Ali Bilgic, Professor of International Relations and Middle East Politics, Loughborough University
The announcement of planned talks between the US and Iran in Oman signifies a crucial development – especially given the history of distrust and animosity that has characterised their interactions.
There remains a degree of confusion as to whether the negotiations over Iran’s development of a nuclear capacity will be direct or indirect. The US has said that its Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, will meet Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi. Donald Trump has publicly stated that Iran will be in
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By Michal Ovadek, Lecturer in European Institutions, Politics and Policy, UCL
After deciding to flout an international arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu, Hungary has become the first European country to announce plans to leave the International Criminal Court (ICC). This comes after president Viktor Orbán hosted Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, despite the ICC issuing an arrest warrant for him in relation to war crimes in Gaza.
As a member of the ICC, Hungary is supposed to turn in anyone subject to such a warrant if they enter its territory. Instead, Orbán rolled out the red carpet.
Following the visit, a senior government official…
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By Anthony Black, Professor, University of Cape Town
Glen Robbins, Research Associate, PRISM, University of Cape Town; Adjunct lecturer, Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, University of Amsterdam
Sören Scholvin, Professor, Universidad Católica del Norte
Vast amounts of renewable energy are needed to produce green hydrogen, a new form of energy made by splitting water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen using renewable power.
Green hydrogen is a type of clean energy that could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by replacing fossil fuels in energy-intensive industries. These industries include cement, fertiliser and steel production.
The scale of projected investments globally is huge. The Hydrogen Council, an association of major corporations including the multinational…
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By Delia Grace, Professor Food Safety Systems at the Natural Resources Institute (UK) and contributing scientist ILRI, International Livestock Research Institute
Hung Nguyen-Viet, Co-Leader, Animal and Human Health Program, International Livestock Research Institute
Steve Staal, Fellow, International Livestock Research Institute
How can the benefits and risks of wild meat consumption be balanced to protect human health, wildlife and the environment?
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By Pedro Adalid Ruíz, Profesor Universitario de Políticas de Calidad Educativa y Planes de Mejora, Universidad CEU San Pablo
In the modern world, screens are everywhere, from our classrooms and workplaces to our homes and pockets. For children and teenagers, they can be a window to learning, enjoyment and connection with the world. Too much screen time, however, can have serious consequences.
Adults spend, on average, between six and seven hours per day in front of screens. In Spain, like…
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By Karen K. Christensen-Dalsgaard, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, MacEwan University
In the 11th century in Cairo, the foundations for modern science were laid through the detention of an innocent man.
The mathematician Abu Ali al-Hasan Ibn al-Haytham had been tasked with regulating the flow of the Nile, but when he saw the river that had shaped 4,000 years of human civilization, the hubris of the task became all too obvious.
To avoid the wrath of the Fatimid caliph in Egypt, Ibn al-Haytham supposedly feigned madness and was placed under house arrest, giving him time to focus on optics.
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