Category: MIL OSI
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Working together with your child’s new school can make their first weeks easier
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Poppy Gibson, Lecturer in Primary Education, The Open University Arlette Lopez/Shutterstock If your child is putting on their school uniform for the first few times, and learning their way from the school gate into their reception class, they’re going through what education researchers like me call…
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Why menopause may be even tougher for autistic people – and what needs to change
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Aimee Grant, Senior Lecturer in Public Health and Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow, Swansea University shutterstock New Africa/Shutterstock When we first set out to explore autistic experiences of pregnancy, another topic kept surfacing in the personal accounts we recieved: menopause. Again and again, autistic people described…
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Zack Polanski becomes Green party leader – what happens next?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Louise Thompson, Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Manchester Zack Polanski is the new leader of the Green party in England and Wales after winning a leadership election promising a programme of “eco-populism”. Polanski beat incumbent leader Adrian Ramsay and his partner on the ticket, Ellie…
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Donald Trump was once India’s best friend. How did it all go wrong?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Ian Hall, Professor of International Relations, Griffith University Just months into President Donald Trump’s second term in office, one of the United States’ most important strategic partnerships is in crisis. Relations between the US and India are at their lowest ebb in a quarter of…
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80 years since the end of World War II, a dangerous legacy lingers in the Pacific
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Stacey Pizzino, Lecturer, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland Aerial view of Enewetak Atoll showing nuclear test craters. Gallo Images/Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel Data 2021 On September 2, 1945, the second world war ended when Japan officially surrendered. Today, on the 80th anniversary, the…
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What chaos at the US CDC could mean for the rest of the world
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Michael Toole, Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute Ever since Robert F Kennedy (RFK) Jr was appointed United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been under pressure to abandon its traditional evidence-based approach to public…
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China may not invade Taiwan, but rather blockade it. How would this work, and could it be effective?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Claudio Bozzi, Lecturer in Law, Deakin University US officials believe Chinese President Xi Xinping has set a deadline for his military to be capable of invading Taiwan by 2027 – the centennial anniversary of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). US Secretary of…
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Trump’s tariffs are headed to the US Supreme Court, prolonging the chaos on trade
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Felicity Deane, Professor of Trade Law and Taxation, Queensland University of Technology Trading partners of the United States are facing a fresh period of uncertainty after a US federal appeals court ruled President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs were illegal. In a 7-4 majority, the judges…
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How to save global cancer research from Trump’s cuts
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Michael Head, Senior Research Fellow in Global Health, University of Southampton ImagePixel/Shutterstock.com Cancer kills one in five people globally. Yet, except for a one-off increase in 2021, the flow of money for cancer research has trended downward every year since 2016. Our new analysis of more…
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Research shows English children’s wellbeing drops when they start secondary school – here’s why
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Paty Paliokosta, Associate Professor of Special and Inclusive Education, Kingston University Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock For many pupils, the move to secondary school is a moment of anticipation – new friends, new subjects, and a growing sense of independence. But research in England shows this transition often comes with…
