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Canada’s aerial wildfire-fighting plan is a start — but it is not yet a strategy
Canada’s wildfire aviation system remains decentralized. That model worked when fire seasons were staggered geographically. Increasingly, they are not.
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When satire could destroy a career: the scandals of Georgian politician Charles James Fox
Scandal and satire transformed Charles James Fox into one of Britain’s first political celebrities, and shaped public opinion for decades.
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Why researchers may be getting mental health inequalities wrong
Lived experience of a mental health issue is often devalued in psychological research – embracing it can create more impact for minoritised communities.
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Democrats don’t get why they’ve lost most working class voters
Class-war rhetoric from Democratic candidates jams working-class voters into a prefabricated progressive agenda, an expert on rural and working-class communities argues.
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Finland is Europe’s most digitalised country – but older people are still left behind
In-person visits to important places, such as banks and health centres, can become very limited, even impossible.
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Reform UK surged in the Scottish election. Here’s where the party picked up the most support
Certain types of area across Scotland saw higher rates of votes for Reform UK, data reveals
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Europe is spending billions on deporting migrants. Why the strategy isn’t working
The European Union has used money and enforcement infrastructure as the twin pillars of its migrant returns strategy. The evidence suggests it isn’t working.
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Global supply chains keep workers poor: three case studies show how the cycle can be broken
Global supply chains lead to companies capturing most of the value, while suppliers – and especially workers – get a much smaller share.
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Palestine supporters stage pickets in 3 cities in Fiji, NZ protesting against new Israeli embassy
Asia Pacific Report Pro-Palestine protesters in Fiji and Aotearoa New Zealand staged pickets in three cities today in protest against Israel opening its first embassy in Oceania. Before visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar formally opened the embassy in the Fji capital, about 30 protesters gathered at the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre (FWCC) — just
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TMZ descends on Washington in a test of whether tabloid tactics can serve the public interest
With spectacle, personality clashes and corruption increasingly defining American politics, it was only a matter of time before TMZ would set its sights on the Beltway.
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Powerful AI is making facial recognition better at identifying you
New AI-based facial recognition techniques are reducing false positive and false negative matches.
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How out-of-work fishermen saved the American Revolution
A British ban stripped thousands of skilled mariners of their livelihoods overnight – and gave Washington a chance to turn the tide.