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Tanzania’s foreign policy has changed. How it’s being shaped by domestic power struggles
The Tanzanian case shows that foreign policy can also be a way of managing domestic coalitions.
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Plaid Cymru’s independence dilemma – from protest to power
After ending Welsh Labour’s long rule, Plaid must balance the demands of government with its constitutional ambitions.
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Heat deaths are a public health crisis rooted in housing inequality
This summer’s heat deaths weren’t random. Poor, badly insulated homes are a public health hazard in summer as well as winter.
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During the Troubles, music shaped alternative identities for a generation of Northern Irish teenagers
Young people would cross territorial boundaries for band practice, house parties or underground gigs.
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Why Iran shut the Strait of Hormuz after decades of holding back
Trump has declared the US the ‘guardian’ of the Strait of Hormuz, but his strikes are feeding the very behaviour they aim to deter.
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Police scandals are symptomatic of much larger issues
Allegations of racist conduct among police forces have led to numerous calls for reform, most of which fail to address the core issues.
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View from The Hill: Albanese takes oversight of government’s response to AI under his own wing
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is taking direct oversight of the government’s handling of Australia’s AI rollout with the creation of an Office of AI.
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Most Americans prefer to die at home, but the US healthcare system often prevents it
‘Fix-it’ medical approaches often go against people’s wishes near the end of life, creating unnecessary and preventable suffering.
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As lawmakers politicize the 250th anniversary, Americans are looking for unity over division
While discord exists over the meaning of the 250th anniversary, Americans strongly believe there is more that unites the country than divides it.
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A lack of pies for a pack of lies – what spoonerisms reveal about how the brain produces speech
Spoonerisms can be silly and make you laugh. But linguists see something more: a rare glimpse of how the mind plans speech before we even open our mouths.
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Antisemitic, really? Jewish leader speaks out on Australia’s Royal Commission hypocrisy
The tide has turned a little at Australia’s Royal Commission into Antisemitism with a second Jewish witness breaking from the Israel narrative. Michael West Media reports. COMMENTARY: By Jeffrey Loewenstein Sarah Schwartz, co-founder of the Jewish Council of Australia (JCA), gave evidence at the Royal Commission into Anti-Semitism and Social Cohesion last week. I venture
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The US and Iran are back at war. And due to one main sticking point, there’s no end in sight
Both sides are at an impasse over control of the Strait of Hormuz, with no end in sight.