By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A boy looks over a school fence in the village of Bouyouni, on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, on December 19, 2024 following the destruction caused by cyclone Chido. © 2024 DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images The French overseas department of Mayotte, an island territory in the Indian Ocean and a former French colony, is failing to provide education to all children.The French government’s neglect of Mayotte is an ongoing legacy of colonialism that has left the island persistently underdeveloped. Mayotte has the worst educational outcomes in France.Mayotte…
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By Roger Dargaville, Assoc Prof. Renewable Energy, Monash University
In opposition, the Coalition has pledged to walk away from net zero. That would mean cutting many Labor policies and leaving major gaps.
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By Amnesty International
Migrant workers who travelled to Saudi Arabia to work on the Riyadh Metro project were forced to pay exorbitant recruitment fees, worked in dangerous heat and earned pitiful wages during a decade of serious abuse, Amnesty International revealed in a new report today. The report, “Nobody wants to work in these situations”: A decade of […] The post Saudi Arabia: Migrant workers behind the Riyadh Metro system subjected to decade of devastating abuse appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Serafino Afonso Rui Mucova, Senior Lecturer and Researcher, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Lúrio University
Mozambique, one of Africa’s climate hotspots, faces droughts, floods and cyclones but lacks data, skilled experts and finance to adapt.
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By Matthew Ricketson, Professor of Communication, Deakin University
Perhaps the most profane opening paragraph in the history of Australian journalism can be found in one of Black Inc.’s avowedly highbrow Quarterly Essays. “Those Chinese fuckers are trying to rat-fuck us,” Kevin Rudd is quoted as saying, in David Marr’s June 2010 edition of the essay series. Profane, yes, but on point.
It was not just that a prime minister had sworn but that it was this particular PM. Marr in QE38 Power Trip: The political journey of Kevin Rudd was profiling Rudd soon after he…
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By Samantha Heath, Senior Lecturer in Nursing , University of Waikato
Ageism influences how people’s health concerns are interpreted. Symptoms can be dismissed as normal ageing, and older people don’t receive the treatment they need.
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By Per Henningsgaard, Senior Lecturer, Professional Writing and Publishing, Curtin University
Aspiring authors in Australia are among those who have been scammed by a network of publishing houses using cloned websites and AI tools.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image The logo of the Malian Armed Forces (FAMA), Bamako, Mali, February 15, 2025. © 2025 GOUSNO/AFP via Getty Images (Nairobi) – Mali’s military and allied militias killed at least 31 civilians and burned homes on October 2 and 13, 2025, in 2 villages in the country’s embattled Segou region, Human Rights Watch said today.On October 2, Malian army forces and the Dozo, a predominantly ethnic Bambara militia that has been taking part in counterinsurgency operations for a decade, killed at least 21 men and burned at least 10 homes in Kamona village. On October 13, these forces…
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By Nial Wheate, Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
Jasmine Lee, Pharmacist and PhD Candidate, University of Sydney
For many men the gradual thinning of hair is about more than just their appearance. Finasteride, a drug widely prescribed for the treatment of male pattern baldness has been used effectively for many years for this deeply personal problem.
Yet, behind its use are growing concerns about its link to the development of depression, anxiety, and even suicidal thoughts.
There is now critical discussion among both users and…
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By Karina Kato, Professora do Programa de Pós-Graduação de Ciências Sociais em Desenvolvimento, Agricultura e Sociedade (CPDA), Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ)
Sergio Pereira Leite, Professor Titular do Programa de Pós-Graduação de Ciências Sociais em Desenvolvimento, Agricultura e Sociedade (CPDA), Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ)
On the eve of COP 30, Brazil seeks to assert itself as an environmental and food power, but it carries contradictions that weaken this narrative. In a speech at the opening of the 80th UN General Assembly, President Lula declared that this will be the “COP of truth”, the moment when world leaders must prove the seriousness of their commitments to the planet. For…
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