Category: MIL OSI
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What we’ve learned in ten years about county lines drug dealing
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jenna Carr, Graduate Teaching Fellow and Sociology PhD Researcher, University of Liverpool ThomasDeco/Shutterstock A decade ago, the National Crime Agency identified a new drug supply method. Before then, drug supply was predominantly between user-dealers – people supplying their social circles to fund their drug use, rather…
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Will the new James Bond embrace hi-tech gadgets in an age of AI? The films have a complicated history with technology
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Christopher Holliday, Senior Lecturer in Liberal Arts and Visual Cultures Education, Department of Interdisciplinary Humanities, King’s College London Development of a new James Bond film is underway at Amazon Studios, with the creater of Peaky Blinders, Steven Knight, now attached to write the screenplay, which will…
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Storm Floris: the weather is rarely this windy in August – which makes it more dangerous
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Colin Manning, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Climate Science, Newcastle University Storm Floris made landfall in northern parts of the UK on the morning of Monday August 4 2025, bringing intense rainfall followed by severe winds throughout the afternoon. The Met Office issued an amber weather warning…
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Vaccine hesitancy: How social and technological issues converged to spawn mistrust
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Emanuele Blasioli, PhD Candidate in Management Science, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University The rise in vaccine-preventable diseases around the world is threatening decades of progress in public health and putting millions of people at risk. The decline in vaccination coverage in the United States illustrates…
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Should back-to-school require parent fundraising? Ontario schools are woefully underfunded, and families pay the price
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Lana Parker, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Windsor Back-to-school is around the corner, which means that many parents will soon receive requests from schools to pay fees, contribute supplies or support fundraising activities. But many families are already shouldering significant financial concerns. This raises…
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Pets don’t necessarily improve their owners’ well-being
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Christophe Gagné, PhD candidate, Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) People often turn to pets to boost their mood and find companionship. Improving well-being and reducing loneliness are among the most cited reasons for adopting an animal companion. But even though the belief that pets…
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Survivors’ voices 80 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki sound a warning and a call to action
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Masako Toki, Senior Education Project Manager and Research Associate, Nonproliferation Education Program, Middlebury Supporters of nuclear disarmament, including Hibakusha, demonstrate in Oslo, Norway, in 2024. Hideo Asano, CC BY-ND Eighty years ago, in August 1945, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were incinerated by the…
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South African learners struggle with reading comprehension: study reveals a gap between policy and classroom practice
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Tracy Kitchen, Lecturer: Student Academic Development, Rhodes University Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash South African learners consistently struggle with reading comprehension, performing poorly in both international and local assessments. A significant issue is that 81% of grade 4 learners (aged 9 or 10) are unable…
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The global health system can build back better after US aid cuts – here’s how
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Jonathan E. Cohen, Professor of Clinical Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine and Director of Policy Engagement, Institute on Inequalities in Global Health, University of Southern California, University of Southern California Steep cuts in US government funding have thrown much of the…
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Beyond brute strength: A fresh look at Samson’s search for intimacy in the Hebrew Bible
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Tanner Ethan Walker, Assistant Professor of Religion, Wesleyan University ‘Samson and Delilah,’ by Anthony van Dyck, 1599-1641. DeAgostini/Getty Images The biblical figure of Samson has long been understood as a man of brute strength, a warrior on the margins of society whose story is often…