Independent Analysis and Reportage
When honey bees get sick, their beekeepers turn to the nation’s premier bee research and disease diagnosis lab for help. That crucial resource is now disappearing.
Medications used to perform abortions are also widely used to treat severe pregnancy complications, as well as several conditions unrelated to childbirth.
Global soccer was in the doldrums in the early 1990s – with poor ethics and boring defensive tactics. Then FIFA set about changing the game.
The island’s history was marked by mixture and cultural reinvention.
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The empire’s war on activism and journalism continues to escalate as the Trump administration targets leftwing streamer Hasan Piker and antiwar activist Medea Benjamin for the “crime” of bringing humanitarian aid to Cuba. This is yet another act of aggression in the same onslaught that has seen inconvenient truth-telling and expressions
The pope has warned that AI is never truly neutral: it reflects the society that made it. He has called for ethical oversight – and protecting workers.
A parade of global leaders through Beijing is good for optics. But this visibility does not necessarily translate into global leadership.
The failure of Australia and Western governments to hold Israel to account has enabled the abuse of Gaza flotilla detainees, including New Zealanders, argues Jerusalem Peace Prize recipient Stuart Rees in Michael West Media. ANALYSIS: By Professor Stuart Rees If bullies notice that no one intervenes to stop their behaviour, they may interpret such non-intervention
Global media coverage tends to focus on just one of Ethiopia’s conflicts.
Pakistan added millions of women voters in 2024, but declining turnout reveals deeper barriers to meaningful political participation.
Researchers have revealed the identities of six sailors and shed new light on the expedition that went missing more than 170 years ago.
After more than a decade, external security intervention has left the Sahel region more fragmented, militarised and violent.