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France is set to recognise the state of Palestine and the UK may follow – but what does it really mean?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Malak Benslama-Dabdoub, Lecturer in law, Royal Holloway University of London Emmanuel Macron’s pledge to formally recognise the state of Palestine will make France the first G7 country and member of the UN security council to do so. The question is whether others will follow suit. The…
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A rare, direct warning from Japan signals a shift in the fight against child sex tourism in Asia
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Ming Gao, Research Fellow of East Asia Studies, Lund University Jonas Gratzer/LightRocket via Getty Images Japan’s embassy in Laos and its Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a rare and unusually direct advisory, warning Japanese men against “buying sex from children” in Laos. The move…
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Air-dropping food into Gaza is a ‘smokescreen’ – this is what must be done to prevent mass starvation
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Amra Lee, PhD candidate in Protection of Civilians, Australian National University Israel partially lifted its aid blockade of Gaza this week in response to intensifying international pressure over the man-made famine in the devastated coastal strip. The United Arab Emirates and Jordan airdropped 25 tonnes…
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‘I was very fearful of my parents’: new research shows how parents can use coercive control on their children
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Professor (Practice), Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University In Australia, there is growing recognition that children and young people are not just witnesses to domestic, family and sexual violence, but victim-survivors in their own right. While we are getting better at understanding…
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‘No filter can fix that face’: how online body shaming harms teenage girls
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Taliah Jade Prince, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Youth Mental Health and Neuroimaging, University of the Sunshine Coast Richard Drury/Getty Images You’re so ugly it hurts. Maybe if you lost some weight, someone would actually like you. No filter can fix that face. These are the…
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My child is always losing and forgetting things. How can I help – without making it worse?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Celia Harris, Associate Professor in Cognitive Science, Western Sydney University CarrieCaptured/Getty As school returns, parents and teachers might each be faced with the familiar chorus of “I can’t find my school jumper” and “I left my hat at home”. For parents of older kids, the…
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‘Are you joking, mate?’ AI doesn’t get sarcasm in non-American varieties of English
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Aditya Joshi, Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Engineering, UNSW Sydney Emily Morter/Unsplash In 2018, my Australian co-worker asked me, “Hey, how are you going?”. My response – “I am taking a bus” – was met with a smirk. I had recently moved to…
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As Trump has pulled back from the highest tariffs, this chart shows the economic shock has eased
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By James Giesecke, Professor, Centre of Policy Studies and the Impact Project, Victoria University It’s tariff season again, with the next deadline looming on Friday, August 1. Since the beginning of July, the United States has issued another flurry of tariff announcements, revising the sweeping plan…
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Iranian Canadians watch the Israel-U.S. attacks on Iran from afar
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Fateme Ejaredar, PhD candidate in Sociology, University of Calgary Iranian Canadians have been following the news in Iran carefully. Sadaf Vakilzadeh/Unsplash, CC BY The recent war waged by Israel and the United States on Iran killed at least 935 people and wounded another 5,332. There’s currently…
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To protect coral reefs, we must also protect the people who depend on them
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Pedro C. González Espinosa, Postdoctoral Reserach Fellow, The School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University Coral reefs are vital ecosystems that sustain millions of people, yet they face a growing crisis. Rising ocean temperatures are causing coral bleaching, a process where heat disrupts the…