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Why Gaza peace deals keep unravelling
There have been gaps at the centre of every agreement over Gaza since 2025.
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Colorado is facing a housing shortage – building more duplexes and townhomes could be part of the solution
A housing simulator predicts that rezoning for ‘missing middle’ housing could increase Denver’s housing supply by 46%.
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White supremacists spin a Justice Department indictment against a hate-monitoring group to legitimize extremism and expand recruitment
Extremist groups have pointed to the federal indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center as proof that their worldview is correct.
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Christian nationalists’ professed support for religious pluralism is often drowned out by perceptions that Christians are under threat
Two political scientists explain why Christian nationalist beliefs endure.
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Why social media algorithms send you posts you don’t like
Algorithms on X tend to bring you posts that contradict your values, and it happens more to Democrats than Republicans.
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New therapies help people with schizophrenia – but access is woefully inadequate
Novel treatments include mental exercises to boost cognitive function, as well as strategies that help people with schizophrenia understand the emotions of others.
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Colorado River water conservation efforts get only halfway to a solution
The existing plans and commitments to reduce water use don’t add up to even half of the savings that are needed to keep the river flowing.
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Why working-class people account for around 1% of lawmakers in the US – and only 2% in the average democracy around the world
Campaigning anywhere for any office at any level of government is personally burdensome.
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Palestinian theologian warns against trusting Israel over Hind, medics killings probe
Asia Pacific Report Palestinian Christian theologian Reverend Munther Isaac, the director of the Bethlehem Institute for Peace and Justice, has questioned the Israeli military’s announcement that it will investigate the killing of Hind Rajab and other Palestinians in the Gaza genocide. After two years of denial, Israel has officially admitted firing on the 5-year-old’s car
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West Papua issue likely to be on agenda in Palau, says PNG foreign minister
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea’s Foreign Minister says he expects the issue of West Papua will be discussed at the upcoming Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders meeting in Palau. This comes as the issue of human rights abuses and conflict in Indonesian-ruled Papua region, often known internationally as West Papua, appeared
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Banning the opposition, going on a listening tour: Putin’s worried about the coming election
Falling approval ratings for the war and for Putin himself seem to have rattled the Russian leader.
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Grattan on Friday: why a byelection in Western Australia has turned into a national test for One Nation
A state-level byelection is rarely of interest to anyone outside the electorate in question. But the poll in Secret Harbour will test Pauline Hanson’s party.