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Could climate anxiety be a form of pre-traumatic stress disorder? A psychologist explains the research
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Geoff Beattie, Professor of Psychology, Edge Hill University Malchevska/Shutterstock We are living in an age of anxiety. People face multiple existential crises such as climate change and conflicts that could potentially escalate into nuclear war. So how do people cope with competing threats like this? And…
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Porn websites now require age verification in the UK – the privacy and security risks are numerous
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Eerke Boiten, Professor of Cybersecurity, Head of School of Computer Science and Informatics, De Montfort University As of July 25 2025, people in the UK accessing web services with pornographic content will have to prove they are over 18 years of age. This development has been…
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Nipple-covered sea creatures and aquariums filled with tears – Sea Inside’s alternative perspective on oceans in crisis
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Pandora Syperek, Tutor, History of Design, V&A/Royal College of Art, and Teaching Fellow, Institute for Creative Futures, Loughborough University There has been a conspicuous turn to the sea as inspiration for art and exhibitions since the mid-2010s. This is a trend we have charted in our…
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Gaza and Ukraine are both waiting for action
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor For the past few weeks the headlines about Gaza have focused on the hundreds of people who have been killed while queueing for food. The aid distribution system put in place in May, backed by the US and…
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Why it matters who owns a newspaper
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Steven Barnett, Professor of Communications, University of Westminster Steve Travelguide/Shutterstock The House of Lords this week approved government legislation that will allow foreign states to hold up to a 15% stake in British newspaper publishers. This vote clears the way for the American investment company Redbird…
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The 19th-century maritime superstitions that were believed to protect men at sea
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Karl Bell, Reader in Cultural History, University of Portsmouth Mermaids’ Rock by Edward Matthew Hale (1894). Leeds Art Gallery/Leeds Museums and Galleries Maritime folklore has long been shuffled to the margins of nautical history, presented as the quaint, colourful oddities of a former age. Yet this…
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What caused Britain’s deadliest ‘small boat’ disaster, and how can another be avoided?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Travis Van Isacker, Senior Research Associate, School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, University of Bristol On a cold, wet November evening, Issa Mohamed Omar and more than 30 other men, women and children set off from their informal camp near the northern French port city…
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Dealing with wildfires requires a whole-of-society approach
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Kevin Kriese, Senior Wildfire and Land Use Analyst, Centre for Global Studies, University of Victoria As the summer heat intensifies, people across Canada are facing the full brunt of wildfire season. Communities are being evacuated and properties are being destroyed as fires grow in size. Over…
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Canada’s new drug pricing guidelines are industry friendly
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Joel Lexchin, Professor Emeritus of Health Policy and Management, York University, Canada Drug pricing in Canada just got more industry-friendly. Canadian drug prices are already the fourth highest in the industrialized world. Now, with the release of new guidelines for the staff at the Patented Medicine…
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Ukrainian protests: Zelensky faces biggest threat to his presidency since taking power
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jennifer Mathers, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Aberystwyth University Protests have erupted in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities against a new law that threatens the independence of Ukraine’s anti-corruption institutions. The legislation was hastily passed on July 22 by parliament and signed by the Ukrainian president,…