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Canada still lacks universal paid sick leave — and that’s a public health problem as we approach flu season
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Alyssa Grocutt, Postdoctoral Associate at Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary As Canadians head into another flu and COVID season, many workers still face an impossible choice if they fall ill: stay home and lose pay, or clock in sick and risk spreading illness. This…
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Guillermo de Toro’s Frankenstein: beguiling adaptation stays true to heart of Mary Shelley’s story
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sharon Ruston, Professor of English and Creative Writing, Lancaster University Frankenstein has clearly been a labour of love for the director Guillermo del Toro. I am editing Frankenstein for The Oxford Complete Works of Mary Shelley so have spent a lot of time with her tale…
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The real reason abolishing stamp duty won’t help first-time buyers
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Nigel Gilbert, Professor of Sociology, University of Surrey sirtravelalot/Shutterstock Scrapping stamp duty may sound like a quick fix to Britain’s housing crisis, but there’s reason to believe it would barely move the needle on affordability – while costing the Treasury billions. At the Conservative party conference,…
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Raila Odinga: the man who changed Kenya without ever ruling it
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Justin Willis, Professor of History, Durham University Raila Amollo Odinga, who has died at the age of 80, was something of a paradox in post-independence Kenyan politics. A leader who repeatedly ran for president, he never won – in part due to the 2007 election…
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Inside the far-right social media ecosystem normalising extremist ideas in UK politics
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Ed Harrison, PhD Candidate, Institute for Digital Security and Behaviour, University of Bath Last September, Reform leader Nigel Farage dismissed a policy of mass deportations as a “political impossibility”. Now, a year on, the party has pledged to deport up to 600,000 illegal migrants and retrospectively…
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Drought, sand storms and evacuations: how Iran’s climate crisis gets ignored
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sanam Mahoozi, PhD Candidate Journalism, City St George’s, University of London Iran and Israel fought a 12-day war in June. Although a ceasefire was declared the same month, news coverage of Iran continues to focus on the conflict’s aftermath and the Middle East’s tense political situation.…
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African languages for AI: the project that’s gathering a huge new dataset
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Vukosi Marivate, Chair of Data Science, Professor of Computer Science, Director AfriDSAI, University of Pretoria The African Next Voices project has started out with sites in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. Iuliia Anisimova/iStock Artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Siri or Google Assistant are developed…
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The hidden sources of forever chemicals leaking into rivers – and what to do about them
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Gemma Ware, Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation Phil Silverman/Shutterstock As one of the birthplaces of the industrial revolution, the River Mersey in northern England is no stranger to pollution flowing into its waters. “It’s gone through periods of extremely bad river water quality where…
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The real reason conservatives are furious about Bad Bunny’s forthcoming Super Bowl performance
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Ediberto Román, Professor of Law, Florida International University Bad Bunny recently decided to avoid performing on the U.S. mainland, citing fears that some of his fans could be targeted and deported by ICE. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Coachella Soon after the NFL’s announcement that Puerto…
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HIV rates are highest in the American South, despite effective treatments – a clash between culture and public health
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Brandon Nabors, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Public Health, University of Mississippi Information about PrEP in the clinic can go only so far without community support. Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images The American South has the highest HIV rates in the country, accounting for…