Global power shifts are playing out in the Red Sea region: why this is where the rules are changing

The Red Sea is rapidly becoming a highly contested zone, where traditional and emerging global powers are vying for influence ...

Thousands of criminals reoffend in South Africa – better data would show where the justice system is failing

A high recidivism rate, therefore, reflects not only reoffending, but the criminal justice system’s failure to rehabilitate ...

TotalEnergies: French court ruling over false climate claims could boost African cases against polluters

Some African countries have consumer protection laws that they could use to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for ...

An important wetland in Ghana is under siege. Researchers investigate the real issues

Our research highlights some of the local-level issues and conflicting interests that are shaping the rapid destruction of ...

George Plimpton’s 1966 nonfiction classic ‘Paper Lion’ revealed the bruising truths of Detroit Lions training camp

George Plimpton, then a 36-year-old literary editor, endured the brutal realities of a professional football quarterback ...

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence – and that affects what scientific journals choose to publish

Researchers design studies that might disprove what’s called their null hypothesis – the opposite of the claim they’re ...

Vitamin B6 products are set to be restricted. Here’s what you need to know

Most of the 125 medicines containing more than 50mg and less than 200mg per recommended daily dose of vitamin B6 are ...

‘The main thing you’ve got is TikTok’: how the social media ban could harm African diaspora youth

In new research, young African Australians speak about how they get vital information about their culture and identity on ...

Any peace deal in Ukraine must be just and fair – the plan proposed by the US and Russia was neither

It’s no surprise that neither Ukraine nor its allies in Europe were happy with the the US-Russia deal developed by Witkoff ...
Opinion

As US hunger rises, Trump administration’s ‘efficiency’ goals cause massive food waste

Despite the administration’s claim of streamlining the government to make its operations more efficient, a range of recent federal policies have, in fact, exacerbated food wastage.

Will Help to Buy give first home buyers a leg up? Here’s what we can learn from the UK

The government’s scheme will open to applications soon, promising to help thousands get onto the property ladder. How have ...

What makes a true Santa is inside – and comes with the red suit

A survey of 849 professional Santas found that one-third of them don’t match the usual image of a roly-poly bearded white man ...