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UNESCO grants World Heritage status to Khmer Rouge atrocity sites – paving the way for other sites of conflict
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Rachel Hughes, Associate Professor of Geography, The University of Melbourne A series of atrocity sites of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia have been formally entered onto the World Heritage list, as part of the 47th session of the World Heritage Committee. This is not…
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Many fish are social, but pesticides are pushing them apart
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Kyle Morrison, PhD Candidate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UNSW Sydney Kazakov Maksim, Shutterstock Scientists have detected pesticides in rivers, lakes and oceans worldwide. So what are these pesticides doing to the fish? Long before pesticides reach lethal doses, they can disrupt hormones, impair brain…
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Don’t blame toxic masculinity for online misogyny – the manosphere is hurting men too
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Kate Cantrell, Senior Lecturer – Writing, Editing, and Publishing, University of Southern Queensland “Imagine her tenderly pressing her soft lips against yours”, writes one incel on Reddit, before concluding, “you will never get to experience this because your skeleton is too small or the bones…
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ABC’s and CBS’s settlements with Trump are a dangerous step toward the commander in chief becoming the editor-in-chief
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Michael J. Socolow, Professor of Communication and Journalism, University of Maine Will settlements by news companies with President Donald Trump turn journalists into puppets? MARHARYTA MARKO/iStock Getty Images Plus It was a surrender widely foreseen. For months, rumors abounded that Paramount would eventually settle the seemingly…
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School lunches, the French way: It’s not just about nutrition, but togetherness and ‘bon appetit’
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Rachel Engler-Stringer, Professor, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan This spring, as part of a sabbatical project, I had the privilege of visiting school food programs and meeting with school food researchers in six cities in France, England and Scotland. I got to…
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The anatomy of a flash flood: Why the Texas flood was so deadly
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Hossein Bonakdari, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa Between July 3 and 6, Texas Hill Country experienced catastrophic flash flooding along the Guadalupe River system. The floods claimed at least 130 lives, with over 96 fatalities in Kerr County alone. More than 160 people…
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‘Pig butchering’ scams have stolen billions from people around the world. Here’s what you need to know
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Bing Han, Lecturer in Economic Crime, University of Portsmouth thanun vongsuravanich / Shutterstock At the beginning of 2025, panic about fraud and human trafficking erupted on Chinese social media. It started when a Chinese actor called Wang Xing was tricked into travelling to Thailand for an…
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Feeling confident and in control when they’re active boosts children’s wellbeing
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Michaela James, Research Officer at Medical School, Swansea University Anna Kraynova/Shutterstock The wellbeing of children is under the spotlight in the UK, after a 2025 report from Unicef ranked the UK at 21 out of 36 wealthy countries on child wellbeing. With growing concerns about mental…
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Plant theft is often overlooked – that’s why it’s on the rise
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jenni Cauvain, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Nottingham Trent University More than 180 plants were stolen from a well-loved public park in Nottingham called Arboretum in May 2025. This incident took place just days after volunteers had re-planted flowers and shrubs to repair damage from a previous…
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U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran could fuel a new wave of nuclear proliferation
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Saira Bano, Assistant Professor in Political Science, Thompson Rivers University In the wake of recent strikes by Israel and the United States on Iranian cities, military sites and nuclear facilities, a troubling paradox has emerged: actions intended to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons may actually…