Category: English
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Caroline Flack: Search for the Truth raises questions about assault charges and British tabloid ethics
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: Radio New Zealand In February of 2020, when the news broke that UK television presenter Caroline Flack had died by suicide, the British tabloid media immediately came under scrutiny for its coverage of her final months. The months leading up to the star’s death were tumultuous as she faced charges of assault…
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How the Nintendo Wii’s remote control changed gaming – one strike at a time
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: Radio New Zealand With a television remote-style controller that tracked the motion of a player’s hands in real time, the Nintendo Wii was unlike any console before it. Designed to get players moving their body, players could swing a virtual tennis racket or bowl a strike — and its simple controls meant…
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Silent cyber threats: How shadow AI could undermine Canada’s digital health defences
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Abbas Yazdinejad, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Artificial Intelligence, University of Toronto Across Canada, doctors and nurses are quietly using public artificial-intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot and Gemini to write clinical notes, translate discharge summaries or summarize patient data. But even though these services offer speed…
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Wicked: For Good – the second part of this reimagining of Oz takes a much darker political turn
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Julian Woolford, Head of Musical Theatre, GSA, University of Surrey The Wicked Witch of the West is back in part two of the film adaptation, of Wicked. Part one recounted the musical’s first half and with an interval of a year, audiences can now find out…
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Tonga prepares for general election amid fuel shortages in Nuku’alofa
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: Radio New Zealand Tonga’s fuel shortage has resulted in queues of cars outside petrol stations. Photo: RNZ Pacific / Teuila Fuatai Silia Vailala and Lavelua Tui have been waiting to get gas for two hours at a petrol station in Nuku’alofa. They’re second in line, with at least a dozen vehicles behind…
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Calling Israel an ‘apartheid state’ doesn’t help anyone
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Tahani Mustafa, Lecturer in International Relations, King’s College London Over the years, a charge that has repeatedly been levelled at the state of Israel is that is operates an “apartheid state”. And it’s easy to see why Israel’s opponents return to this argument. The country’s regime…
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How pecans went from ignored trees to a holiday staple – the 8,000-year history of America’s only native major nut
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Shelley Mitchell, Senior Extension Specialist in Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Oklahoma State University Pecan pie is a popular holiday treat in the United States. Julie Deshaies/iStock via Getty Images Pecans, America’s only native major nut, have a storied history in the United States. Today, American…
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New study finds that ingesting even small amounts of plastic can be fatal for marine animals
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Britta Baechler, Adjunct Professor, Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto When swallowed, plastics can block or puncture an animal’s organs or cause lethal twisting of the digestive tract, also known as torsion. (Troy Mayne/Ocean Conservancy) Plastics are everywhere, and the ocean is no…
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Alberta’s education legislation erodes gender-based violence prevention in K-12 schools
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Jamie Anderson, PhD Candidate, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary The Supreme Court of Canada recently released its ruling that mandatory minimum sentences for access or possession of child sexual abuse and exploitation material — previously called child pornography — may be unconstitutional in some…
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Trump’s aggression in the Caribbean could violate a Victorian-era court ruling on cannibalism at sea
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Martin Danahay, Professor, English Language and Literature, Brock University The Donald Trump administration in the United States has authorized killing people in boats on the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific, claiming they’re transporting illegal drugs. Maritime and international law experts have raised concerns about the legality…