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How the US Supreme Court decides its cases – a step-by-step guide
Grasping how the nation’s highest court makes policy requires stepping into an exceptionally regulated and sometimes hidden routine.
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Climate warnings need to be told in tangible ways to prevent disaster
The science will tell us what is likely to happen. The harder question is whether that knowledge reaches people in a form they can feel and act on.
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Coming out on TV in 1970 could have ruined your life – so why did activists do it?
Coming out on television in the 1970s was a radical act of protest.
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ASIO chief reveals former Australian resident directed attack on Melbourne synagogue
The head of ASIO Mike Burgess has outlined Australia security situation in his annual threat assessment.
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Can wiggling your pinky really stop cognitive decline?
TikTokers are promoting ‘pinky time’, a finger exercise they claim can help keep the brain sharp.
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David Robie: Decolonisation, the climate crisis, and improving media education in the Pacific
PROFILE: By Mong Palatino Global Voices has interviewed veteran Aotearoa New Zealand writer and educator David Robie who discussed the state of Pacific media, journalism education, and the role of the press in addressing decolonisation and the climate crisis. Professor Robie was among the 2024 New Zealand Order of Merit awardees and on the inaugural…
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Bird flu has spread to two Australian states. Here’s how it could accelerate our extinction crisis
The arrival of the H5N1 strain may threaten our most vulnerable species.
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Palestine Action ‘terror’ sentencing, Starmer resignation but Labour change unlikely over Israel policy
Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: In Britain, Keir Starmer has announced his resignation as prime minister and leader of the Labour Party following growing pressure from within the Labour Party to step down. Starmer spoke earlier on Monday: PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER: The chance to change the lives of millions of people for the better, that’s
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Underlying inflation is still too high, keeping another interest rate hike on the table
The latest figures show petrol prices are down – but nearly everything else is still rising.
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Proposed tougher penalties for theft would punish mostly women – and harm their daughters
A proposed law change would introduce a new category of low-value theft. Penalties would affect women more than men and put their daughters at higher of sexual harm.
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‘Good teeth, you’re deadly inside and outside’: here’s what Indigenous people told us about oral health
Good oral health is more than having healthy teeth and gums. Indigenous people told researchers why it’s central to their wider health and wellbeing.
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Alcohol sales banned in New Caledonia as provincial election approaches
By Patrick Decloitre of RNZ Pacific The French High Commission in New Caledonia has banned all alcohol sales until next Sunday — June 28, the provincial elections day. The ban enforcement started on Monday and will last until Sunday at midnight, local time. The ban concerns the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages.