Friday, May 10, 2024
A UN independent human rights expert warned on Friday that the recent increase in student protest attacks across campuses in the United States indicates an “erosion of intellectual freedom and democratic principles within educational settings.”
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah, a Palestinian-British plastic surgeon specializing in conflict medicine, speaks during an interview at the Institute for Palestine Studies in Beirut, Lebanon, December 9, 2023. © 2023 AP Photo/Hussein Malla (London, May 10, 2024) – Germany’s government needs to explain publicly if it has imposed a Schengen-wide entry ban on a prominent British-Palestinian surgeon and academic, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah, and, if so, the reasons why, Human Rights Watch said today. Dr. Abu Sittah has in recent weeks been denied entry to Germany and France and, on May…
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By Amnesty International
By Karla Martínez and Verónica Durán Lara, members of the collective Hasta Encontrarte, based in Guanajuato, Mexico * Following the disappearance of a family member, life changes completely. There’s a pain in our hearts that drives us to do things we would never have imagined, like dedicating our lives to searching for the loved ones […] The post Love is the driving force behind the cries, the marches and the search for our disappeared loved ones appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Frank A. Blazich Jr., Curator of Military History, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Between the villages of Vierville-sur-Mer and Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes in Normandy, France, is a 5-mile stretch of beach that was once called Côte d’Or, or “golden coast.”
Since June 6, 1944, however, this beach has borne a different name: Omaha.
Eighty years ago, on a day now known as D-Day, thousands of Allied soldiers crossed the choppy waters of the English Channel by air and sea to land on beaches and coastal areas of Normandy, France, to destroy the Nazi invaders and defeat Hitler’s regime.
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By Cheryl Walter, Lecturer in Biomedical Science, University of Hull
Lassa virus kills about 1% of those who catch it, but if caught early enough, antiviral drugs can prevent serious illness.
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By Amalendu Misra, Professor of International Politics, Lancaster University
It’s a season of political change in Mexico. On June 2, millions of Mexicans will head to the polls to elect a new president, state governors and members of federal and local congresses, municipality administrations and town councils. In total, the elections will see nearly 21,000 positions filled.
However, Mexico’s election season is also one of political violence. Between 2018 and March 2024, there were 1,709 targeted attacks, murders, assassinations and threats against…
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By Charlotte Dodson, Senior Lecturer in Drug Discovery, Department of Life Sciences, University of Bath
Richard Bayliss, Professor of Molecular Medicine, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds
AlphaFold 3, unveiled to the world on May 9, is the latest version of an algorithm designed to predict the structures of proteins – vital molecules used by all life – from the “instruction code” in their building blocks.
Predicting protein structures and the way they interact with other molecules has been one of the biggest problems in biology. Yet, AI developer Google…
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By Raymond Offenheiser, Professor of global affairs, director of the McKenna Center for Human Development and Global Business, University of Notre Dame
A United Nations agency known as UNRWA is the main player in crisis response in Gaza – but Israel will no longer work with UNRWA, and border crossings are not consistent in getting aid through.
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By Gabriele Neher, Associate Professor in History of Art, University of Nottingham
Usually relegated to the sidelines, Mary Magdalene is depicted with passion and power in this painting by a north Italian master.
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By Adam Taylor, Professor and Director of the Clinical Anatomy Learning Centre, Lancaster University
Independent US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s health is in the spotlight again – this time relating to a neurological issue.
In a 2012 deposition recently reviewed by the New York Times, the politician revealed that in 2010 a worm got into his brain “ate a portion of it and then died”.
Kennedy had been suffering…
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