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Trump signed plenty of contracts in the Middle East, but he's no closer to the two 'deals' he really wants -- Shahram Akbarzadeh, Deakin University

7 hours ago

After an autocratic leader was toppled in Bangladesh, democratic renewal remains a work in progress -- Intifar Chowdhury, Flinders University

1 day ago

Territorial concessions will be central to any Ukraine peace deal, and to Russia's long-term plan -- Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham and Tetyana Malyarenko, National University Odesa Law Academy

22 hours ago

New chancellor, old constraints: Germany's Friedrich Merz will have a hard time freeing the country from its self-imposed shackles -- Mark I. Vail, Wake Forest University

19 hours ago

Putin is testing how far he can push Trump by not turning up for Istanbul talks -- Natasha Lindstaedt, University of Essex

17 hours ago

Not every US president gets a free private jet, but the Gulf states have boosted US economic dominance for decades -- Adam Hanieh, University of Exeter

22 hours ago

US funding cuts have crippled our HIV work – what's being lost -- Glenda Gray, South African Medical Research Council

22 hours ago

China-US trade war: the next 90 days are a big deal for Beijing as it seeks long-term solutions -- Chee Meng Tan, University of Nottingham

22 hours ago

Is the pope a mathematician? Yes, actually – and his training may help him grapple with the infinite -- Balthasar Grabmayr, University of Tübingen

17 hours ago

What to look out for from the music of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest -- Samuel Murray, University of Leeds

2 days ago

'Manu jumping': The physics behind making humongous splashes in the pool -- Pankaj Rohilla, Georgia Institute of Technology and Daehyun Choi, Georgia Institute of Technology

19 hours ago

Philippine elections leaves the Marcos-Duterte family feud still dominating politics -- John Sidel, London School of Economics and Political Science

1 day ago

A trial is testing ways to enforce Australia's under-16s social media ban. But the tech is flawed -- Alexia Maddox, La Trobe University; Luke Heemsbergen, Deakin University, and My Le, Deakin University

22 hours ago

Disarming Hezbollah is key to Lebanon's recovery − but the task is complicated by regional shifts, ceasefire violations -- Mireille Rebeiz, Dickinson College

1 day ago

The US and China have reached a temporary truce in the trade wars, but more turbulence lies ahead -- Peter Draper, University of Adelaide and Nathan Howard Gray, University of Adelaide

2 days ago

Cockney Yiddish: how two languages influenced each other in London's East End -- Nadia Valman, Queen Mary University of London and Vivi Lachs, Queen Mary University of London

22 hours ago

Iran and Ethiopia have a security deal – here's why they signed it -- Eric Lob, Florida International University

3 days ago

Nature's Ozempic: What and how you eat can increase levels of GLP-1 without drugs -- Mary J. Scourboutakos, University of Toronto

22 hours ago

How Tove Jansson used her Moomins comic strip to critique the financial and creative pressures of being an artist -- Elina Druker, Stockholm University

15 hours ago

Netanyahu's occupation plan for Gaza means more suffering for Palestinians and less security for Israel -- Julie M. Norman, UCL

3 days ago

India and Pakistan have agreed a precarious peace – but will it last? -- Alex Waterman, University of Bradford and M. Sudhir Selvaraj, University of Bradford

22 hours ago

India-Pakistan ceasefire shouldn't disguise fact that norms have changed in South Asia, making future de-escalation much harder -- Farah N. Jan, University of Pennsylvania

4 days ago

There's growing evidence of possible life on other planets – here's why you should still be sceptical -- Manoj Joshi, University of East Anglia; Andrew Rushby, Birkbeck, University of London, and Maria Di Paolo, University of East Anglia

22 hours ago

Two lizard-like creatures crossed tracks 355 million years ago. Today, their footprints yield a major discovery -- John Long, Flinders University; Grzegorz Niedzwiedzki, Uppsala University, and Per Ahlberg, Uppsala University

2 days ago

TikTok in Egypt: where rich and poor meet – and the state watches everything -- Gabriele Cosentino, American University in Cairo

8 days ago

How did sport become so popular? The ancient history of a modern obsession -- Konstantine Panegyres, The University of Western Australia

10 days ago

Somaliland's 30-year quest for recognition: could US interests make the difference? -- Aleksi Ylönen, United States International University

7 days ago

What will the Antichrist look like? According to Western thought, an authoritarian king – or the pope -- Philip C. Almond, The University of Queensland

3 days ago

What or where is the Indo-Pacific? How a foreign policy pivot redefined the global map -- Andrew Latham, Macalester College

3 days ago

In Yemen, Trump risks falling into an 'airpower trap' that has drawn past US presidents into costly wars -- Charles Walldorf, Wake Forest University

11 days ago

Fifty years ago, Junko Tabei became the first woman to summit Everest – why do so few people know her story? -- Jenny Hall, York St John University

4 days ago

North Korean spy drama in China may signal Beijing's unease over growing Pyongyang-Moscow ties -- Linggong Kong, Auburn University

9 days ago

How the US 'war on woke' and women risks weakening its own military capability -- Bethan Greener, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University

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6 months ago

Trump's tariff threat to foreign films overlooks the value of multilingual cinema -- Gaelle Planchenault, Simon Fraser University

2 days ago

Dishevelled, dehydrated delirium: new Aussie film The Surfer, starring Nicolas Cage, is an absolute blast -- Grace Russell, Monash University

2 days ago

How Tove Jansson's Moomins illustrations taught us to imagine, resist and belong -- Amelia Huw Morgan, Cardiff Metropolitan University

5 days ago

The woman who turned the Met Gala into the biggest party of the year -- Elizabeth Castaldo Lundén, University of Southern California

14 days ago

As Donald Trump cuts funding to Antarctica, will the US be forced off the icy continent? -- Lynda Goldsworthy, University of Tasmania and Tony Press, University of Tasmania

5 days ago

Trump is stripping protections from marine protected areas – why that's a problem for fishing's future, and for whales, corals and other ocean life -- David Shiffman, Arizona State University

21 days ago

If we must bring back extinct species, let's focus on the giant herbivores -- Timothy Neal Coulson, University of Oxford

29 days ago

Ecological disruptions are a risk to national security -- Bradley J. Cardinale, Penn State; Emmett Duffy, Smithsonian Institution, and Rod Schoonover, Georgetown University

1 month ago

The MMR vaccine doesn't contain 'aborted fetus debris', as RFK Jr has claimed. Here's the science -- Hassan Vally, Deakin University

9 days ago

Malaria scorecard: battles have been won and advances made, but the war isn't over -- Shüné Oliver, National Institute for Communicable Diseases and Jaishree Raman, National Institute for Communicable Diseases

21 days ago

What's the difference between a tantrum and a meltdown? -- Shawna Mastro Campbell, Bond University and Susan Rowe, Bond University

16 days ago

Cancer hijacks your brain and steals your motivation − new research in mice reveals how, offering potential avenues for treatment -- Adam Kepecs, Washington University in St. Louis

1 month ago

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10 months ago

Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider turned lead into gold – by accident -- Ulrik Egede, Monash University

4 days ago

Indicators of alien life may have been found – astrophysicist explains what the new research means -- Ian Whittaker, Nottingham Trent University

26 days ago

Earth's oceans once turned green – and they could change again -- Cédric M. John, Queen Mary University of London

1 month ago

A century after its discovery, scientists capture first confirmed footage of a colossal squid in the deep -- Kat Bolstad, Auckland University of Technology

1 month ago

G20 is too elite. There's a way to fix that though – economists -- Danny Bradlow, University of Pretoria and Robert Wade, London School of Economics and Political Science

3 days ago

As Warren Buffett prepares to retire, does his investing philosophy have a future? -- Angel Zhong, RMIT University

10 days ago

Could Trump be leading the world into recession? -- Steve Schifferes, City St George's, University of London

21 days ago

IMF World Economic Outlook: economic uncertainty is now higher than it ever was during COVID -- Sergi Basco, Universitat de Barcelona

23 days ago

Three scientists speak about what it's like to have research funding cut by the Trump administration -- Gemma Ware, The Conversation

13 days ago

Birkin v Wirkin: the backlash against the global elite and their luxury bags – podcast -- Gemma Ware, The Conversation

23 days ago

How AI could influence the evolution of humanity – podcast -- Gemma Ware, The Conversation

1 month ago

Syria after Assad: why many Syrian refugees aren't returning home - Charlotte Al-Khalili, University of Sussex and Melissa Gatter, University of Sussex - Insights

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10 months ago

'We could hear the screams until midnight': life inside Southeast Asia's brutal fraud compounds -- Ivan Franceschini, University of Melbourne; Ling Li, Ca' Foscari University of Venice; The Conversation Digital Storytelling Team

2 months ago

Scam Factories: the inside story of Southeast Asia's brutal fraud compounds

2 months ago

'I thought about escaping every day': how survivors get out of Southeast Asia's cybercrime compounds – Scam Factories podcast, Ep 3 -- Listen

2 months ago

'Your life becomes a nightmare': how scam operations exploit those trapped inside – Scam Factories podcast, Ep 2 -- Listen

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'It seemed like a good job at first': how people are trafficked, trapped and forced to scam in Southeast Asia – Scam Factories podcast, Ep 1 -- Listen

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10 months ago

Pope Leo XIV: Why the College of Cardinals chose the Chicago native and Augustinian to lead the church after Francis -- Joanne M. Pierce, College of the Holy Cross

7 days ago

Why Zelensky – not Trump – may have 'won' the US-Ukraine minerals deal -- Eve Warburton, Australian National University and Olga Boichak, University of Sydney

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