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No, that’s not what a trade deficit means – and that’s not how you calculate other nations’ tariffs
By Peter Draper, Professor, and Executive Director: Institute for International Trade, and Jean Monnet Chair of Trade and Environment, University of Adelaide
Vutha Hing, Lecturer in International Trade, University of Adelaide
To calculate its ‘reciprocal tariffs’, the Trump administration has opted for a crude formula with no basis in trade theory. We are all going to pay the price.The Conversation (Full Story)
South Korea Court Removes President Yoon from Office
By Human Rights Watch
(New York) – The Constitutional Court of Korea ruled on April 4, 2025, to uphold the impeachment of South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk-yeol, and remove him from office for imposing martial law on December 3, 2024.Yoon and several of his former senior officials still face criminal charges for insurrection related to their actions in December.The following quote can be attributed to Lina Yoon, senior researcher at Human Rights Watch:“Former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s attempt to impose martial law in December 2024 posed a grave threat to human rights and the rule of law. If martial law… (Full Story)
Bonobos create phrases in similar ways to humans, new study suggests
By Mélissa Berthet, Docteur en biologie spécialisée en comportement animal, University of Zurich
Humans can effortlessly talk about an infinite number of topics, from neuroscience to pink elephants, by combining words into sentences. This is thanks to compositionality: the ability to combine meaningful units into larger structures whose meaning is derived from the meaning of its units and the way they are combined.

For years, scientists believed that only humans extensively used compositionality. Animal communication was thought to be mostly a mere random assortment of calls, with only rare…The Conversation (Full Story)
Why was South Africa’s ambassador to the US expelled? A view of the Ebrahim Rasool affair
By Peter Vale, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria., University of Pretoria
The consensus is that it was Ebrahim Rasool’s responsibility to hold his tongue, a kind of golden rule in diplomacy.The Conversation (Full Story)
Hackers have hit major super funds. A cyber expert explains how to stop it happening again
By Toby Murray, Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
Several of Australia’s biggest superannuation funds have suffered a suspected coordinated cyberattack, with scammers stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars of members’ retirement savings.

Superannuation funds including Rest, HostPlus, Insignia, Australian Retirement and AustralianSuper have all reportedly been targeted.…The Conversation (Full Story)
What’s it like to be showered with Trump dust? Election special podcast
By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
What impact the Trump tariffs might have on Australia generally and the election in particular is among the issues discussed in this week’s election special podcast.The Conversation (Full Story)
The water crisis threatening Kenyan livelihoods
By Zita Zage
In an interview with Global Voices, Evans Odhiambo Oketch, leader of Nguvu Change, sheds light on the water crisis that is threatening people's livelihoods in Kenya. (Full Story)
Rumeysa Öztürk, PhD student from Turkey, among scores of people detained in the US
By Arzu Geybullayeva
Despite a federal judge's order requiring 48 hours notice before moving Öztürk out of Massachusetts, the student was nevertheless transferred to the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center. (Full Story)
Hungary: Withdrawal from ICC does not absolve Hungary of its legal obligation to arrest fugitive Benjamin Netanyahu
By Amnesty International
Reacting to the news that Hungary, an International Criminal Court (ICC) member state, has welcomed Benjamin Netanyahu to the country without arrest and stated that it will withdraw from the ICC Agnès Callamard the Secretary General of Amnesty International said: “Prime Minister Orbán is harbouring a wanted ICC fugitive. Benjamin Netanyahu is accused by the […] The post Hungary: Withdrawal from ICC does not absolve Hungary of its legal obligation to arrest fugitive Benjamin Netanyahu appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]> (Full Story)
No one knows why the nine-year-olds are dying. Chris Flynn’s novel invites us to question existence itself
By Joanne Anderton, PhD candidate, Creative Writing, The University of Queensland
Supernatural thriller or character-driven thought experiment? Chris Flynn’s Orpheus Nine imagines the personal toll of a tipping point for our destabilised world.The Conversation (Full Story)
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