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Breaking free from fossil fuels is urgent but hard – Colombia shows why
Colombia expanded renewables under Gustavo Petro, but struggled to reduce its dependence on oil, gas and coal.
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US and Iran’s exchange of strikes shows how far diplomacy has changed
The Middle East risks state of permanent confrontation where violence periodically erupts, diplomacy intervenes and neither changes the underlying reality.
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National Science Foundation cuts mean researchers like me are losing grants – but impacts extend far beyond academia
As the National Science Foundation starts giving out fewer grants, people worldwide will potentially lose out from potential research findings that could help improve their lives.
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California spends less than 0.5% of its state-controlled funds on homelessness
California’s leaders have repeatedly promised to tackle homelessness. But they don’t consistently make it a high priority for using state funds, researchers found.
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Seat the rich! World Cup ticket inflation reflects widening gap between haves and have-nots
The wild swings of dynamic pricing, ongoing accusations of FIFA corruption and questions of host-nation probity have created a huge backlash.
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How cuts to CDC are dismantling its capacity to protect Americans’ health
In a survey of more than 600 CDC workers, 99% said the Trump administration’s cuts to the agency have made it less able to protect the public’s health.
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Tightening NDIS eligibility will disproportionately affect women – in more ways than you’d expect
Women are already less likely to access the NDIS for their disabilities than men and more likely to be carers.
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Demolishing homes after climate disasters can be devastating. Here’s how we reused precious materials
Although recovering and reusing house materials takes more time, there can be big social and environmental benefits.
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The government is reforming child support. Here’s what’s changing – and what’s been missed
One million children are meant to receive child support each year. Proposed changes will help them in some ways, but fall short of addressing big problems.
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Mark Naglazas: Blaming immigrants when we need to look inside for our heart of darkness
COMMENTARY: By Mark Naglazas Trying to get my head around Pete Hegseth’s bonkers, deeply offensive D-Day memorial speech in which the US Secretary of War drew an equivalence between the Allies storming the beaches of Normandy — the largest seaborne invasion in history — with illegal immigrants seeking refuge in Europe. “Sadly, today, different European
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A meteorite impact may have once rained gold on Western Australia – new study
Here’s what happens when a rock from space smashes into a goldfield.
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Latest Paris court ruling triggers polarised reactions in New Caledonia
By Patrick Decloitre of RNZ Pacific A recent ruling by a French court to drop all charges against pro-independence Kanak leader Christian Téin and 13 others in their alleged role in the May 2024 civil unrest in New Caledonia has triggered a barrage of emotional reactions from across the French Pacific territory’s political chessboard. Last