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Thailand and Cambodia’s escalating conflict has roots in century-old border dispute
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Petra Alderman, Manager of the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science There has been a dramatic escalation in a long-running border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia. On July 23, five Thai soldiers from a border patrol unit in Ubon…
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Ukraine joins other Russian neighbours in quitting landmines treaty: another deadly legacy in the making
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Marcel Vondermassen, Scientific Coordinator and Deputy Executive Manager of the IZEW, University of Tübingen Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, recently signed a decree to withdraw from the Ottawa convention banning the use of anti-personnel landmines. This move follows the example of Finland, Poland, Estonia and Lithuania, who…
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Who Will Bury You? Short stories from Zimbabwe about women who refuse to be easily defined
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Gibson Ncube, Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University Zimbabwe-born, Canada-based Chido Muchemwa’s debut short story collection, Who Will Bury You?, was published late in 2024 and immediately attracted the right kind of attention. Here was an unexpected range of themes: queer identity, dislocation in the diaspora, the lingering…
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What makes a person cool? Global study has some answers
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Todd Pezzuti, Associate Professor, Business School, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez From Lagos to Cape Town, Santiago to Seoul, people want to be cool. “Cool” is a word we hear everywhere – in music, in fashion, on social media. We use it to describe certain types of people.…
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Pelvic floor training can help active women avoid exercise-related symptoms
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Holly Ingram, Senior Midwifery Lecturer, Anglia Ruskin University Dudarev Mikhail/Shutterstock Are you a woman who exercises regularly? If so, here’s a vital question: do you train your pelvic floor muscles as part of your routine? If the answer is no, now’s the time to start. It’s…
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Cubic zirconia only forms under extreme temperatures, like those produced when an asteroid impacts Earth
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Neeraja Chinchalkar, PhD student, Earth and Planetary Science and Exploration, Western University A satellite image of the Clearwater Lakes, the site of two large asteroid impacts that struck Earth about 290 million years ago (NASA Earth Observatory) When high-velocity asteroids land on the Earth, they can…
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An ultra-black coating for satellites could stop them spoiling astronomy pictures
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Noelia Noël, Senior Lecturer, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Surrey Every night, as telescopes around the world open their domes to study the cosmos, astronomers are forced to contend with an unexpected form of pollution: bright white streaks slicing across their images. These luminous…
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Russia-Ukraine talks: both sides play for time and wait for Donald Trump’s 50 days to run out
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham Russia and Ukraine met in Istanbul on July 23 for a third round of talks since face-to-face negotiations resumed in May. Expectations were low. Two previous rounds have yielded very few concrete results, apart from agreements on…
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Origins of Israel’s nuclear ambiguity lie in a secret deal forged between Richard Nixon and Golda Meir – podcast
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Gemma Ware, Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation Israel has never officially confirmed or denied having nuclear weapons and has never signed the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. Instead, even as evidence has emerged about its nuclear capabilities, Israel has maintained a policy of nuclear ambiguity. The…
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Plug-in solar panels are the latest green energy trend – here’s what you need to know
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dylan Ryan, Lecturer in Mechanical & Energy Engineering, Edinburgh Napier University Astrid Gast/Shutterstock Solar power is the fastest growing source of electricity globally. Normally, anyone wanting to tap into it would have to rely on roof-mounted panels. But in many parts of Europe, people have found…