By Claudiu Popa, Author and Lecturer in Fintech Cybersecurity, Information Risk and Enterprise Privacy Management, University of Toronto
Canadians are told that they’re free to use the products of a company that has been publicly shamed and accused of representing a serious national security threat. What should the public take away?
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones outlined the move in a statement, and are also releasing a plan to make the phasing out of cheques as orderly as possible.
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By Maropeng Charles Monyama, Senior Lecturer - Microbiology, University of South Africa
Jane Nkhebenyane, Senior lecturer, Central University of Technology
Oriel Thekisoe, Professor of Parasitology and Zoonosis, North-West University
Houseflies greatly amplify the risk of human exposure to harmful microorganisms. Flies caught in three hospices carried microbes that may be resistant to antibiotics.
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By John Sunday Ojo, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Security and Global Affairs,, Leiden University
Ezenwa E. Olumba, Doctoral Research Fellow, Conflict, Violence, & Terrorism Research Centre, Royal Holloway University of London
Nigeria describes Lakurawa as a new terror group. It is not. It’s been operating along the Nigeria-Niger border since 1999, an indication of the region’s growing ungoverned spaces.
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By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
A byelection occurred on Saturday in the South Australian Liberal-held state seat of Black. With all election day votes counted, Labor gained Black by a 60.6–39.4 margin over the Liberals, a 13.3% swing to Labor since the 2022 state election. Primary votes were 46.5% Labor (up 8.4%), 32.3% Liberals (down 17.8%), 15.6% Greens (up 3.8%) and 5.6% Australian Families (new).
SA doesn’t allow pre-poll and postal votes to be counted on election night, so the count is only up to 42% of enrolled…
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By Arzu Geybullayeva
In Azerbaijani prisons, torture and ill-treatment are common. But for queer inmates, the persecution is much worse. The existing legislation offers no legal remedies.
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By Global Voices Central & Eastern Europe
Montenegro is the latest Balkan country trying to adopt a Foreign Agents Law, which would effectively cripple civil society and force any NGOs receiving foreign aid to be labeled "foreign agents."
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By Molly Furnival-Phillips
With poetry and mysticism, Marlene Pasini takes readers down roads of identity and memory in a journey between the earth and the Mexican soul.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The head of the National Anti-Corruption Commission. Paul Brereton, has rejected calls he resign after a finding of “officer misconduct”, declaring to do so would harm the NACC.
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By Ali Mamouri, Research Fellow, Middle East Studies, Deakin University
Iran’s leaders may seek to prioritise diplomatic solutions with a second Trump administration. It remains to be seen how Trump will approach the country.
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