Category: English
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Nine to Noon exclusive: Israeli hostage describes his near 500-day ordeal, and why he doesn’t hate his captors
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: Radio New Zealand Eli Sharabi was taken hostage by Hamas on October 7 , 2023 and held captive for 491 days. Photo: Blake Ezra On October 7th 2023, Eli Sharabi was kidnapped by Hamas and held for 491 days. He and his wife and two daughters were in their home on a…
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Blame the shutdown on citizens who prefer politicians to vanquish their opponents rather than to work for the common good
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Robert B. Talisse, W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University Who is really responsible for the longest government shutdown in history? iStock/Getty Images Plus The United States was founded on the idea that government exists to serve its people. To do this, government must deliver…
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Listen live: Israeli hostage describes 14 months of captivity in Gaza
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: Radio New Zealand Eli Sharabi was taken hostage by Hamas on October 7 , 2023 and held captive for 491 days. Photo: Blake Ezra On October 7th 2023, Eli Sharabi was kidnapped by Hamas and held for 491 days. He and his wife and two daughters were in their home on a…
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A bold new investment fund aims to channel billions into tropical forest protection – one key change can make it better
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Jason Gray, Environmental Attorney, Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, University of California, Los Angeles Cattle, the No. 1 cause of tropical deforestation, roam on tropical forest land that was stripped bare in Acre, Brazil. AP Photo/Eraldo Peres The world is losing vast…
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Five key issues at the UN climate summit in Brazil – and why they matter to you and the planet
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Alix Dietzel, Senior Lecturer in Climate Justice, University of Bristol The world’s most important climate summit – known this year as Cop30 – has begun in the Amazonian port city of Belém, Brazil. It promises to be contentious: key countries haven’t submitted new climate plans, and…
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Why has the BBC’s director general resigned and what could happen next?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Colleen Murrell, Full Professor in Journalism, Dublin City University Just when the BBC should have been basking in its success at the record 12 million viewers who watched the Celebrity Traitors finale, the corporation has been brought to its knees. Tim Davie, BBC director general, and…
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Why threats to academic freedom are growing – and how universities can respond to intimidation
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Kirsten Roberts Lyer, Chair, Human Rights Program, Associate Professor, Central European University Mongkolly/Shutterstock Recent accusations that China pressured a UK university into pausing research on alleged human rights violations have raised questions about the state of academic freedom. In early November 2025, it was reported that…
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Will China win the AI race?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Greg Slabaugh, Professor of Computer Vision and AI, Director of the Digital Environment Research Unit, Queen Mary University of London “China is going to win the AI race,” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has told an AI summit in London. The Taiwanese-born boss of the chipmaker, the…
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Horses at 50: three reasons why Patti Smith still cuts to the bone
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Ryann Donnelly, Assistant Professor in Art History, School of Media, Arts and Humanities, University of Sussex Today is the 50th anniversary of Patti Smith’s album, Horses. I feel honoured to reflect on this work, but also a tremendous amount of pressure to capture what it is…
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Medieval women’s legacies live on in Britain’s towns and cities
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rachel Delman, Heritage Partnerships Coordinator, University of Oxford A new statue of Dervorguilla of Galloway was installed in the Master’s Court of the University of Oxford’s Balliol College in September. She was the 13th-century cofounder of Balliol and its first benefactor. Carved from a single block…