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Iran ceasefire was always going to break – here’s why
The US and Iran have once again traded strikes, prompting Donald Trump to declare the ceasefire between them ‘over’.
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Patrice Lawrence is the new children’s laureate – why she is the perfect pick in this moment of division
Patrice Lawrence’s vision for her children’s laureateship is to foster a sense of belonging through reading.
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How AI and digital data shape our understanding of migration
As Canada advances its national AI strategy, we must ask what digital migration data reveal, and what they leave unseen.
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Iran’s ‘hardliners’: who they are, what they believe and why they matter
In Iran, the ‘hardliners’ are a politically powerful group who follow the strict principles of the 1979 revolution.
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Shahrnush Parsipur: Iran has lost one of its bravest and boldest literary voices
Some writers describe the world as it is. Shahrnush Parsipur spent her life imagining how it might be different.
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Iran’s environmental catastrophe has also wrecked its economy
Iran’s leaders could use the peace dividend to invest in fixing its severe environmental problems.
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Older adults are at risk in heat waves, but it’s not just age: How public systems and policies are failing them
The challenge is not a lack of evidence. It is a lack of urgency.
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Flawed credit ratings in Africa: are top 3 western agencies driven by data or bias?
There have been notable examples of rating agencies differing significantly in their decisions on African institutions and countries.
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World Cup 2026: are Les Bleus a true reflection of French society?
France’s ethnically diverse squad reflects the nation’s multi-faceted history: its colonial heritage, migration patterns and the French Football Federation’s training policy that dates back to the 1990s.
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Fertilizers carry a hidden cost for soil’s crucial microbes – using less as prices rise might pay off for farms in unexpected ways
Too much fertilizer disrupts the hidden world of soil-dwelling microbes that were sustaining healthy crops long before synthetic fertilizer was invented.
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Surge pricing is broken – but there’s a smarter way to match gig workers with consumers
Rather than chasing dollars, gig workers are micro-entrepreneurs who perform a strict ‘mental audit’ of every single task to see if it’s worth their time.
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From maternal health to influenza rates, gaps in CDC’s public health data are creating dangerous blind spots for disease tracking and prevention
By interfering with how communities collect data and how researchers access it, the CDC risks undermining the hard-won trust needed for effective public health.