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The new security alliance between the US, UK and Australia could create a security dilemma.
Dominic Raab’s successor will face a slew of foreign policy challenges. Here’s how she might approach them.
Governments and companies alike are budgeting millions for air cleaning technologies to curb the spread of COVID. Experts say standard building ventilation - and social distancing - work
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North Korea’s test of two new missile systems have stoked fears of a nuclear confrontation in Asia. But the North Korean leader may not be as unstable as he is made out.
Drones are not the ethical, precise weapons they’re made out to be.
A government consultation is seeking views on reforming the union, rather than leaving it.
Politicians should take into account the psychological impact of being jobless.
Many countries, including the UK, are considering mandatory vaccination programmes. They may violate human rights law.
European leaders expressed solidarity with people trapped in Kabul with no reference to the people trapped in makeshift camps on its periphery.
The plan to criminalise pet theft is more about pet owners’ wellbeing than for the animals themselves.
Segregation and other measures being introduced by the Taliban’s hardline new government are being greeted with widespread protests, many of them led by women.
Interviewees describe ‘scrimping and saving’ to make ends meet.
After a rocky start, the social democrats are on the up as polling day approaches.
Most terrorism has nothing to do with Islam, yet thanks to 9/11 politicians and the media, that’s the way it is presented to the public.
The terrorist group behind the 9/11 attacks has been replaced by other jihadist threats.
The latest border protection move from the UK government could breach international law.
It was the day the US realised it was fighting a different kind of war.
Japan has a very poor record on promoting gender equality – and it’s political system is no exception.
Tax rises to pay for the NHS recovery could have focused on those who have profited from the pandemic. Bundling these costs with social care reform, however, risks
Plus, new research chronicling the experiences of Japanese Americans interned by the US government during the second world war. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
A seismic network was put in place after the 2010 quake but, despite recording two ‘strong motions’ before August 14, no alerts went out.
Aid workers are struggling to help Haitians with the latest devastating earthquake. A professor of disaster reduction assesses lessons learnt from the last one in 2010.
The recent Taliban takeover has observers worried about Afghan education. But even under western occupation, the education system was plagued by corruption and political instability.