By Morgan Marietta, Professor of American Civics, University of Tennessee
The Supreme Court on Dec. 5, 2025, agreed to review the long-simmering controversy over birthright citizenship. It will likely hand down a ruling next summer.
In January 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order removing the recognition of citizenship for the U.S.-born children of both immigrants here illegally…
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By Michael J. Ostwald, Professor of Architectural Analytics, UNSW Sydney
Frank Gehry, who has died at 96, leaves a powerful legacy, visible in many major cities, in the media, in galleries and in popular culture.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A banner promoting the Legislative Council General Election in Hong Kong, December 3, 2025. © 2025 Chan Long Hei/AP Photo Hong Kong will hold elections for its Legislative Council on December 7, without a single pro-democracy candidate. The Chinese government’s attempts to present the legislature, known as the LegCo, as legitimate hardly fool anyone. Many Hongkongers quietly boycotted the previous election in 2021, resulting in record-low turnout. Five years into its sweeping crackdown, Beijing has seized full control of the LegCo. It revised laws to ensure…
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By Steve Rintoul, CSIRO Fellow, CSIRO
Esmee van Wijk, Vanwijk, CSIRO
Laura Herraiz Borreguero, Physical oceanographer, CSIRO
Madelaine Gamble Rosevear, Postdoctoral Fellow in Physical Oceanography, University of Tasmania
Our ocean float spent years adrift in the Antarctic ocean and beneath massive ice shelves. What it found will help us estimate global sea-level rise.
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By Georgia de Leeuw, Resercher, Lund University
The Indigenous Sami in the far north of Sweden say intensive industrial projects pose risks to their way of life.
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By Vikram Niranjan, Assistant Professor in Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Limerick
Cancer is a universal challenge that hits those with the fewest resources hardest – and nearly half of global cancer deaths are linked to preventable risks.
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By Morgan Marietta, Professor of American Civics, University of Tennessee
The Supreme Court on Dec. 5, 2025, agreed to review the long-simmering controversy over birthright citizenship. It will likely hand down a ruling next summer.
In January 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order removing the recognition of citizenship for the U.S.-born children of both immigrants here illegally…
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Friday, December 5, 2025
Summary executions and other violations continue in Syria nearly a year after the fall of the Assad regime, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday.
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By Amnesty International
Responding to an announcement on 04 December that Burkina Faso’s government has decided to reintroduce the death penalty seven years after it was abolished for ordinary crimes as part of a reform of the Penal Code, Marceau Sivieude, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for West and Central Africa said: “The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, […] The post Burkina Faso: Plans to reinstate death penalty must be stopped appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Reacting to the Kremlin’s latest abuse of the criminal justice system to target Yabloko, the last remaining officially registered political party in Russia that has been openly calling for an end to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said: “In preparation for the September 2026 parliamentary […] The post Russia: Authorities step up criminal reprisals against anti-war Yabloko party appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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