By Aarin-Conrad Allen, Ph.D. Candidate in Marine Sciences, Florida International University
Manatees along Florida’s coast are eating less seagrass and more algae than they did a few decades ago. This dietary shift could pose a new threat to the survival of the beloved species.
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By Lorien Pichegru, Adjunct professor, Nelson Mandela University
Alistair McInnes, Research Associate, Nelson Mandela University
Katrin Ludynia, Honorary Research Associate and Research Manager at SANCCOB, University of Cape Town
Peter Barham, Professor emeritus, University of Bristol
The African penguin has been declared critically endangered and could become extinct in the wild by 2035 unless commercial fishing in its breeding areas is limited.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Albanese has plenty on his mind – Donald Trump, summit season, and a hectic end to the parliamentary year. But one issue looms bigger than all others: the narrowing window for calling the election.
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By Tets Kimura, Adjunct Lecturer, Creative Arts, Flinders University
The well-documented history of Asian mass migration to modern Australia dates from the gold rush era in the mid-19th century. With a history that is longer a century and a half, breaking down stereotypes deeply ingrained over generations remains a task.
This year’s OzAsia festival’s programming continues to challenge against these old narratives, celebrating the diverse voices and stories Asian-Australians bring to the cultural landscape of Australia.
Australian-ness from an Asian…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Displaced Palestinians leave al-Bureij refugee camp, in central Gaza, after the Israeli military issued a new evacuation order, on July 28, 2024. © 2024 Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via AP Israeli authorities have caused massive, deliberate forced displacement of Palestinian civilians in Gaza since October 2023 and are responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity.There is no plausible imperative military reason to justify Israel’s mass displacement of nearly all of Gaza’s population, often multiple times. Rather than ensuring civilians’ security, military “evacuation…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Hundreds of people of African descent took part in the African Emancipation Day Reparations March in London, August 1, 2017. © 2017 Wiktor Szymanowicz/Shutterstock (Berlin, November 14, 2024) – European governments have yet to reckon with and meaningfully address the ongoing impacts of their colonial legacies affecting people of African descent on the African continent and in the diaspora, Human Rights Watch said today. November 15, 2024, is the 140th anniversary of the 1884 opening of the Berlin Africa Conference, at which 19 European countries and the US came…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image The UN special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, meets with local officials in Taizz, Yemen, February 12, 2024. (C) 2024 Ahmad Al-Basha/AFP via Getty Images (Beirut) – The Houthi authorities in Yemen have since mid-October submitted at least 12 individuals’ cases, including former United States embassy and United Nations staff, to their Specialized Criminal Prosecution, accusing some of them with crimes that carry the death penalty while denying them due process, Human Rights Watch said today. Houthi authorities have arbitrarily detained and forcibly disappeared…
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By Amnesty International
French-manufactured military technology incorporated into armoured personnel carriers made by the United Arab Emirates is being used on the battlefield in Sudan in what likely constitutes a violation of the UN arms embargo on Darfur, Amnesty International said in a new investigation. In a briefing published earlier this year, Amnesty International identified armoured personnel carriers […] The post Sudan: French-manufactured weapons system identified in conflict – new investigation appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Danielle Einstein, Adjunct Fellow, School of Psychological Sciences, Macquarie University
There has been a huge public debate about whether there is sufficient direct evidence of social media harm. But there are many mechanisms that make the link clear.
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By Lisa M. Given, Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
The new proposal is aligned with approaches in the European Union and United Kingdom – and overcomes the flaws of banning people under 16 from social media.
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