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Smart devices can make our lives easier. But they also present security risks.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell is talking tough on inflation.
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The economy doesn’t have a real inflation problem, and not recognising the difference is the biggest danger.
Waiting for SCOTUS: pro-choice activists outside the US Supreme Court on November 1.
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Plus, a forensic scientist explains how he uncovered the mysteries behind deadly lightning strikes. Listen to The Conversation Weekly.
Félix Tshisekedi, Président de la République démocratique du Congo.
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Le gouvernement du président Tshisekedi n’a plus l’excuse d’être entravé par l'emprise du clan de son prédécesseur Joseph Kabila.
The HPV vaccine protects against cervical cancer.
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Addressing these gaps in the vaccination programme will ensure more people are being protected against the type of cancer.
President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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President Tshisekedi’s government no longer has the excuse that it’s being hampered by the dead hand of his predecessor Joseph Kabila’s cabal.
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A story about male violence and a damsel in distress, it is based on a true crime
Our sense of touch is actually lots of different senses rolled into one.
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Listen to The Conversation Weekly as we delve into the achievements behind three of the latest Nobel prizes.
Armin Laschet’s performance in the recent Germany election has led to soul searching among Christian democrats.
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A look behind the long-term trends following the surprise victory for social democrats in Germany.
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Keir Starmer used his first in-person conference speech to set his Labour party apart from the current government.
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All is not well in Brighton, where Keir Starmer is hosting his first in-person conference since becoming leader.
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European leaders expressed solidarity with people trapped in Kabul with no reference to the people trapped in makeshift camps on its periphery.
Unemployed men seek casual jobs from passers-by on a road in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Recent developments in the organisation of production have led to the decline of wage employment across much of the world.
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Debates about Kashmir and party policy mask a deeper problem of complacency and disconnect.
Victorian educational literature encouraged children to use toys as tools for learning.
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Historical perspectives on learning at home show that play, toys and storytelling have always been woven into learning
Microphones are placed all over stadiums and arenas, in order to capture the action from within.
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Audiovisual innovation at the Olympics has gone from documenting the event to placing the viewer in the heat of the action
Eroding sea cliffs reveal an old landfill on Walney Island, England.
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Killer whales among the animals at risk from a ‘second wave’ of pollutants, as coasts erode and sea levels rise.
Switching parties is not uncommon at grassroots level.
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Switching political parties is fairly common in Britain. But does that mean parties are being shaped by entryism?
Gibraltar has just voted to expand legal abortion access.
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The success of a referendum to relax Gibraltar’s strict abortion ban will mean safer access for many people.
Serena Wiliams is on the board of a high-profile Spac.
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Both Spacs and bitcoin went rocketing up in price only to come crashing back down. And that’s not all they have in common.