By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A migrant reception center at the port of Shenjin, northwestern Albania, June 5, 2024. © 2024 Vlasov Sulaj/AP Photo (Brussels) – The EU and its member states should safeguard the right to territorial asylum in Europe, Human Rights Watch and more than 95 other organizations said in a statement released today. The recent and increasing attempts by several European Union member states to outsource asylum processing and refugee protection to countries outside the EU – such as in the Italy-Albania agreement on migration – contravene their legal responsibilities…
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By Emma Lewis
'The most painful part for the island in general is after the storm. It has become increasingly obvious that enormous destruction has taken place in several parts of the country.'
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By Garret Martin, Senior Professorial Lecturer, Co-Director Transatlantic Policy Center, American University School of International Service
The three-day meeting is touted as a time to celebrate the alliance’s 75th anniversary. But gathered leaders face serious questions that will affect NATO’s future.
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By Rumina Dhalla, Associate Professor, Organizational Studies and Sustainable Commerce and Director, Institute for Sustainable Commerce, University of Guelph
Stephanie M Villers, Assistant Professor - Teaching Track, Faculty of Economics, University of Waterloo
There is growing interest in sustainable death care options like human composting as an alternative to energy-intensive cremation and chemical-dependent and land-intensive burial.
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By Nina Van Dyke, Associate Professor and Associate Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
A healthy diet protects us against a number of chronic diseases, including heart disease, diabetes and cancer.
From early childhood, we receive an abundance of information about how we should eat to be healthy and reduce our risk of disease. And…
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By Mark John Costello, Professor in Marine Biology, Nord University
Peter Townsend Harris, Adjunct Professor in Marine Geology, University of Tasmania
By the end of the century, half the world’s deep ocean could be acidic – with serious consequences for some marine animals.
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By Yassine Souilmi, Group Leader, Genomics and Bioinformatics, Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, University of Adelaide
Gabriel Conroy, Environmental Management Program Coordinator, University of the Sunshine Coast
Jane Balme, Professor Emerita of Archaeology, The University of Western Australia
Sally Wasef, Senior research fellow, Queensland University of Technology
For at least 3,500 years, dingoes have been Australia’s top terrestrial predator. And in current times, they are one of the continent’s most iconic but controversial animals. Dingoes hold significant cultural value, including a long connection with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Dingoes also play a crucial ecological role, helping to regulate the population of native animals such as kangaroos, and feral animals such…
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By Milton Speer, Visiting Fellow, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney
Lance M Leslie, Professor, School of Mathematical And Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney
Contrary to popular belief, new research shows the abrupt, often gale force wind changes known as “southerly busters” are becoming more frequent, but less severe, as the climate changes.
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By Geraldine Fela, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of History and Archaeology , Macquarie University
Gracelyn Smallwood, Adjunct professor, James Cook University
Aunty Gracelyn Smallwood’s work in helping to shape a world-leading approach to HIV and AIDS was recognised by Nelson Mandela – and she toured the world with it.
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By Tracy Woodroffe, 2024 ACSES First Nations Fellow, Senior Lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges, Charles Darwin University
Khushi Chauhan, Research Associate, PhD Candidate, Charles Darwin University
In a new project, we are talking to Aboriginal high school students and teachers to understand how to encourage more Aboriginal people to become teachers in the Northern Territory.
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