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Hurricane Melissa turned sharply to devastate Jamaica − how forecasters knew where it was headed
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Ethan Murray, Postdoctoral Researcher, NOAA Hurricane Research Division, University of Colorado Boulder High-level steering winds sent Hurricane Melissa on a sharp turn directly into Jamaica on Oct. 28, 2025. Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies/University of Wisconsin-Madison Hurricane Melissa grew into one of the most…
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Trump’s anti-Venezuela actions lack strategy, justifiable targets and legal authorization
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Jeffrey Fields, Professor of the Practice of International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences The image accompanying Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s Oct. 28, 2025, social media announcement that the U.S. had destroyed four vessels in the Pacific allegedly smuggling narcotics. Pete Hegseth…
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Paul Biya’s life presidency in Cameroon enters a fragile final phase
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By David E Kiwuwa, Associate Professor of International Studies, University of Nottingham For the first time ever, the opposition parties in Cameroon have come “close” to unseating 92-year-old Paul Biya, who has run the country since 1982. The stiffest competition for Biya in the 2025 election…
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More than 40 years after police killed Eleanor Bumpurs in her Bronx apartment, people still #sayhername
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By LaShawn Harris, Associate Professor of History, Michigan State University New York City has a long history of police using violence to control people experiencing mental health crises. Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images When people with mental health problems are in crisis, police often are the first…
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New research reveals that almost half of Canadians believe in the paranormal — ghosts and all
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Tony Silva, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia What would you say if you were told that paranormal activity exists? Well, nearly half of Canadians would agree. What is the paranormal, exactly? It refers to phenomena that science cannot explain and are not part…
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Were Neanderthals capable of making art?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Paul Pettitt, Professor in the Department of Archaeology, Durham University Neanderthal handprints in a replica of Maltravieso Cave, Spain. WH Pics / Shutterstock The ability to make art has often been considered a hallmark of our species. Over a century ago, prehistorians even had trouble believing…
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Fed struggles to assess state of US economy as government shutdown shuts off key data
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Jason Reed, Associate Teaching Professor of Finance, University of Notre Dame The shutdown has closed off some of the Fed’s key economic data taps. picture alliance/Getty Images When it comes to setting monetary policy for the world’s largest economy, what data drives decision-making? In ordinary…
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The rise and fall of globalisation, part one: battle to be top dog
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Steve Schifferes, Honorary Research Fellow, City Political Economy Research Centre, City St George’s, University of London A world map showing the extent of the British Empire in 1886. Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center, Boston Public Library/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY For nearly four centuries,…
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12 months out from the US midterms, both sides struggle to gain electoral advantage
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Richard Hargy, Visiting Research Fellow in International Studies, Queen’s University Belfast Donald Trump is clearly concerned about the midterm elections that loom next November, which look to be a referendum on his administration. All seats in the House of Representatives will be up for grabs as…
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UK-linked children whose parents have been deprived of their citizenship are trapped in camps in Syria
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Madeline-Sophie Abbas, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Lancaster University Prazis Images/Shutterstock Thousands of women and children with perceived links to Isis have been detained in camps by the Kurdish-controlled Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria since the demise of the militant organisation in 2019. These include…