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With Marine Le Pen's sentence the judiciary is giving French citizens the final say on her political future -- Luc Rouban, Sciences Po

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Why Nigel Farage is resigning as a UK MP, only to stand again – expert analysis -- Tim Bale, Queen Mary University of London; Lone Sorensen, University of Leeds, and Parveen Akhtar, Aston University

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How Trump's call to FIFA tested the limits of rules-based order -- Taylor McKee, Brock University

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South Sudan at 15: how the political elite have found a way to profit from peace as well as war -- Matthew Benson-Strohmayer, London School of Economics and Political Science

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China's submarine missile test looks routine. The real story is the panic it triggered -- James Dwyer, University of Tasmania

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The rhythms that broke Bashir: how Sudan's music shaped a revolution - Cathy Wilcock, University of Manchester

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Nato summit will reveal how alliance plans to manage European security as US cuts back its support -- Mark Webber, University of Birmingham and Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham

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The 'navalization' of economic warfare sees trade routes become zones of force rather than rules -- John Calabrese, American University

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New virus catalogue reveals which pathogens pose the greatest threat -- Mark Woolhouse, University of Edinburgh

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Canada's little-known role in helping to spur American independence in 1776 -- Sarah M.S. Pearsall, Johns Hopkins University

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What happens inside a tennis player's brain as they try to return a 148mph serve? -- Michelle Spear, University of Bristol

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How padel disrupted the genteel world of lawn tennis -- John William Devine, Swansea University

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Trump has made more than $1 billion from crypto in a year. How? -- Marta Khomyn, Adelaide University

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The church fathers of early Christianity are showing their swag – on TikTok -- Denva Gallant, Rice University

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Democratic socialists aren't the only young, progressive Democrats dividing the party -- Charlie Hunt, Boise State University

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30 years since Dolly the sheep was born, where is cloning technology at now? -- Sathana Dushyanthen, The University of Melbourne

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With the World Cup in full swing, why have the geopolitical criticisms quietened? -- David Rowe, Western Sydney University

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Cape Verde's World Cup success reflects a nation that has repeatedly defied the odds -- Aleida Borges, King's College London

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Messi is old, short and slow. How is he still dominating at the World Cup? -- Gert-Jan Pepping, Australian Catholic University and Thomas McGuckian, Australian Catholic University

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What the World Cup hydration breaks reveal about who governs men's football -- Haojin Zhou, Loughborough University and Mathew Dowling, Loughborough University

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How the Murdoch media's loyalty to Israel births hypocrisy, attacks and 'failed journalism'

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Colombia's new president 'El Tigre' promises an iron fist – but that may not solve the violence he has inherited -- Johanna Amaya-Panche, Liverpool John Moores University

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Megalodon's legendary life revealed by fossil rediscovery -- David Hone, Queen Mary University of London

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If Europe wants to 'go it alone' on security, countries need to learn to sing from the same songsheet

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Expert Q&A: why did so many buildings collapse in Venezuela's double earthquake? -- Raffaele De Risi, University of Bristol

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The youth jobs crisis fuelling India's Cockroach Janta Party protests -- Gemma Ware, The Conversation

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Why Poland's president is invoking wartime history in a dispute with Volodymyr Zelensky -- Artur Nadiiev, University of Nottingham

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Israel's 'campaign between the wars': How strategy to contain Iran and its allies risks further straining ties with US -- Amy McAuliffe, University of Notre Dame

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Germany's proposal to ease trade tensions with China has not gone down well in Beijing -- Tom Harper, University of East London

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Central bank gold holdings are at a 50-year high. What's behind the jump in reserves? -- Luke Hartigan, University of Sydney

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Reading Homer's Iliad feels like scrolling through TikTok -- Harsh Trivedi, University of Sheffield

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New evidence reveals extent of anti-fascist motives behind 'insane' aristocrat's plot to assassinate Mussolini

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Earth's oldest crater really is over 3 billion years old, new study confirms -- Chris Kirkland, Curtin University

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How 'catchy' music is driven by rhythmic patterns

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An elite fighting unit of gay lovers – the Theban Sacred Band in ancient Greece -- Peter Londey, Australian National University

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30 years after 'Reasonable Doubt,' Jay-Z's career embodies hip-hop's biggest contradictions

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Hugh Jackman plays Robin Hood as wicked – it's a badly timed take on the hero of the poor -- William Hoff, The University of Melbourne

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Levels of 'forever chemicals' in dolphins and whales are rising globally

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The Gulf Stream suddenly moved north during an ancient cold snap – and it's a warning for our future

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Two decades of research show Indonesia's coral reefs are heat-tolerant — but only up to a point - Tries Blandine Razak, IPB University

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Greater international co-operation is needed to achieve the UN's global forest goals

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Five hidden pitfalls of fitness tracking -- Sahar Bakr, Nottingham Trent University

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Weight-loss drugs like Ozempic could work for addiction too – and we finally know how -- Robert Munn, University of Otago

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Frozen fruit and canned veg are cheap, but are they as healthy as fresh food? -- Margaret Murray, Swinburne University of Technology

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Does the body really 'keep the score' after trauma? How the debunked idea of 'repressed memories' is making a comeback

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Today's space race could turn fatal if we don't agree on new rules -- Cassandra Steer, Australian National University

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Cracks in the International Space Station are causing air leaks – how much longer can it remain habitable?

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Why the US government shut down Anthropic's latest Claude AI model -- Francesco Bailo, University of Sydney

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China's ability to weather Trump's trade war was two decades in the making - Gemma Ware, The Conversation

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Apple chief executive Tim Cook resigns after 15 years. What's next for the tech giant?

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Musk's SpaceX is shaping up as the biggest IPO on record. It's also bending the rules to do so

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Why Javier Milei's inflation 'miracle' in Argentina is more of a mirage

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What a US military base lost under Greenland's ice sheet reveals about the island's real strategic importance

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The American fixation on white Afrikaners in South Africa stretches back nearly a century

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World Cup's credibility in question after Fifa volte face following call from Donald Trump -- Josh Bland, University of Cambridge

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