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Conflict hits schooling hardest where children are the target – study
When armed groups use child recruitment or sexual violence, the impact of conflict on schooling is much more severe than in conflicts without these tactics.
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View from The Hill: has political life become absurdly frenetic?
The Liberals’ loss of Jonno Duniam prompts wider questions about how politics is operating these days.
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A peace deal may bring an end to the Iran war, but what did the US and Israel truly achieve?
The deal will leave Iran in a stronger position than before the war, the US with far less leverage in the region, and Israel in the lurch.
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Why the US government shut down Anthropic’s latest Claude AI model
An “export control directive” for Anthropic’s Fable and Mythos models highlights the chaotic, fast-changing state of AI regulation.
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Stuff stuns with ‘bold’ call on new Post editor
ANALYSIS: By Colin Peacock of RNZ Mediawatch Change is a constant in the tough world of digital-age news media these days and many old ways have fallen by the wayside. But the appointment of Matthew Hooton, someone outside journalism — and also one of this country’s bluntest critics of it — to edit a major
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Trump’s fishing decision threatens Pacific communities, NGO warns
By Mark Rabago of RNZ Pacific A conservation group has condemned Donald Trump’s decision to allow commercial fishing in parts of the Mariana Trench Marine National Monument. US President Trump signed an executive order on June 11 opening protected waters around Hawai’i, American Samoa and the Northern Marianas. It totals nearly 1.3 million sq km
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Two polls have Labor trailing on primary votes, five months out from the Victorian election
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan’s approval rating has hit dire levels. Meanwhile, Pauline Hanson leads as preferred prime minister in federal Resolve poll.
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One Nation’s anti-abortion turn shows MAGA’s creeping power in Australia
Despite a long history of being pro-choice, Pauline Hanson is adopting an array of Trumpian tactics – including trying to wind back abortion access.
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From a World Heritage-listed city to sacred shrines, Lebanon’s historic sites are being destroyed
Israel’s airstrikes in the south of the country have damaged ancient Roman ruins, mosques, schools and churches.
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A waltz over evolutionary timescales: why it’s so hard for animals to invent a new mating dance
Dune flies have 41 different dance moves. Changing even one of them is rarer than you’d think.
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View from The Hill: Angus Taylor to lose key shadow minister Jonno Duniam
The opposition is losing one of its most effective shadow ministers.
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Want to learn a South African language? Your options are limited – here’s why
The way African language courses are offered at South African universities keeps social divisions in place.