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How Putin turned Russia's post-Soviet 'national humiliation' into military aggression in Ukraine

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As war in Ukraine enters a 5th year, will the 'Putin consensus' among Russians hold?

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Supreme Court rules against Trump's emergency tariffs – but leaves key questions unanswered

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Trump hikes global tariffs to 15% as the fallout from Supreme Court loss continues

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How the royal family brand can weather Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's arrest

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How could Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor be removed from the line of succession to the throne?

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Andrew's arrest: will anything like this now happen in the US? Why hasn't it so far? Emma Shortis, RMIT University

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Gaza's cultural sites have been decimated. UNESCO's muted response sets a dangerous precedent

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Russia tested NATO's airspace 18 times in 2025 alone – a 200% surge that signals a dangerous shift

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Iran-US nuclear talks may fail due to both nations' red lines – but that doesn't make them futile

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Wuthering Heights looks lush – but it's a bad film and a worse adaptation

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Is AI really 'intelligent'? This philosopher says yes

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A few weeks of X's algorithm can make you more right-wing – and it doesn't wear off quickly

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Sudan: how warring factions gained influence in the country's food system – and what it means for the current conflict

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Israel is accelerating its creeping annexation of the West Bank. Can Donald Trump stop it?

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Make Japan strong again: Sanae Takaichi's plan to transform her country's military

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SpaceX rocket left behind a plume of chemical pollution as it burnt up in the atmosphere

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As Alberta separatists court the U.S., prosperity is fuelling a sovereigntist turn

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What Thailand's election means for the future of the country – and its beleaguered pro-democracy forces

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Amazon's Ring wanted to track your pets. It revealed the future of surveillance

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South Africa is sending in the army to fight crime (again). Does it ever work? -- Guy Lamb, Stellenbosch University

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Age verification online can be done safely and privately. Here's how

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Ads are coming to AI. Does that really have to be such a bad thing? -- Ilayaraja Subramanian, University of Canterbury

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Bangladesh's election represents politics as usual, and some hope for change -- Humayun Kabir, Thompson Rivers University

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Five reasons Trump's plan for Ukrainian elections and a peace referendum will only prolong the war

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Intermittent fasting doesn't have an edge for weight loss, but might still work for some

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Does exercise really work for osteoarthritis?

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The rise of 'Merzoni': How an alliance between Germany's and Italy's leaders is reshaping Europe

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Part star, part supporting actor, Robert Duvall lit up 1970s American cinema – and kept going

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Charli XCX turned Wuthering Heights into a sonic gothic masterpiece - Lillian Hingley, University of Oxford

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After 'code brown', how long before the pool is safe again? Water quality experts explain

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How the 9/11 terrorist attacks shaped ICE's immigration strategy

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Sudan's latest peace plan: what's in it and does it stand a chance?

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Exiled Iranians and Venezuelans may support regime change – but diasporas don't always reflect the politics back home

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How to get away with mass murder: 4 tactics Ethiopia used to hide Tigray atrocities from the world

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Why your brain has to work harder in an open-plan office than private offices: study

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Václav Havel's 1978 essay The Power of the Powerless is eerily relevant today

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How bird poo fuelled the rise of Peru's powerful Chincha Kingdom

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Where are Europe's oldest people living? What geography tells us about a fragmenting continent

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The peer review system is breaking down. Here's how we can fix it

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How Bad Bunny's power pole dance spotlighted the colonial legacy of energy poverty

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From 'this machine kills fascists' to 'King Trump's private army': the art of protest music

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Taxi Driver at 50: Martin Scorsese's film remains a troubling reflection of our times

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From Bridgerton to Heated Rivalry, what's the secret to a good book-to-TV romance?

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Preventable deaths in a warming world: how politics shapes who lives and who dies

19 days ago

Deep in the Amazon, I discovered this monkey's ingenious survival tactic -- Adrian Barnett, University of Greenwich

1 month ago

Marine protected areas aren't in the right places to safeguard dolphins and whales in the South Atlantic -- Guilherme Maricato, UFRJ; Clinton N. Jenkins, Florida International University; Maria Alice S. Alves, UERJ, and Rodrigo Tardin, UFRJ

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How mountain terraces have helped Indigenous peoples live with climate uncertainty

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Exercise can be as effective as medication for depression and anxiety – new study

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US exit from the World Health Organization marks a new era in global health policy – here's what the US, and world, will lose

17 days ago

China's new condom tax will prove no effective barrier to country's declining fertility rate

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Bird flu warnings are being ignored. I've seen this pattern before - Nikki Ikani, Leiden University; King's College London

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A giant star is changing before our eyes and astronomers are watching in real time

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An 'AI afterlife' is now a real option – but what becomes of your legal status?

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Some companies claim they can 'resurrect' species. Does that make people more comfortable with extinction?

21 days ago

Why does this river slice straight through a mountain range? After 150 years, scientists finally know

13 days ago

Why Trump's new pick for Fed chair hit gold and silver markets – for good reasons

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Why the world's central bankers had to speak up against Trump's attacks on the Fed

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Silver and gold hit record highs – then crashed. Before joining the rush, you need to know this - Angel Zhong, RMIT University and Jason Tian, Swinburne University of Technology

21 days ago

The World Trade Organization is on life support. Will Trump's new rules finish it off?

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

12 days ago

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

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How trafficked American guns fuel Mexico's cartel violence – podcast

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Three scientists speak about what it's like to have research funding cut by the Trump administration

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A new diagnosis of 'profound autism' is on the cards. Here's what could change -- Kelsie Boulton, University of Sydney; Marie Antoinette Hodge, University of Sydney, and Rebecca Sutherland, University of Sydney

3 days ago

Why has Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor been arrested, and what legal protections does the royal family have? -- Francesca Jackson, Lancaster University

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