Category: MIL OSI
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How poetry can help to fight polarisation and misinformation
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Alex Hubbard, Associate lecturer in English Literature and Creative Writing, Aberystwyth University Drazen Zigic/Shutterstock People are becoming more divided and ill informed. In January 2024, a report by the World Economic Forum identified misinformation and disinformation as “the most severe global risk anticipated over the next…
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Armenia and Azerbaijan are trying to mend fences – what does this mean for Russia?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Anna Matveeva, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, King’s Russia Institute, King’s College London At a time when Vladimir Putin needs friends in his neighbourhood, he appears instead to be losing them in the South Caucasus. After two centuries of Russian involvement in the region, balancing the historical…
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Cuban government scrambling to deal with outrage about country’s economic crisis
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Emily Morris, Research Associate, Institute of the Americas, UCL Cuba doesn’t have any beggars, according to the country’s minister of labour, Marta Elena Feitó Cabrera. In a speech to the national assembly on July 15, she denied the existence of destitution in the communist country, claiming…
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As the UK reviews the pension age again, could more time off when you’re young compensate for later retirement?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Malte Jauch, Lecturer in Management and Marketing, University of Essex The retirement age keeps creeping up. In the UK, the state pension is currently paid to people at 66, but that’s set to rise to 67 in the next couple of years, and a move to…
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Unlocking nature’s toolkit: how plant compounds may support cancer therapy
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Ahmed Elbediwy, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Biochemistry / Cancer Biology, Kingston University Michel Arnaud/Shutterstock.com Green tea and red wine may seem like simple dietary choices – but beneath the surface, they harbour compounds with remarkable medical potential. Scientists are uncovering how these everyday drinks might support…
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Channel crossings: life in ‘microcamps’ on the French border, and how they are changing crossing attempts
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sophie Watt, Lecturer, School of Languages and Cultures, University of Sheffield I have spent the past two years examining the living conditions in informal refugee camps along the northern coast of France as part of an ongoing research project on borders. These sites are where people…
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New polling: Reform is winning over Britain’s Christian support
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Stuart Fox, Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Exeter When we look at how people vote in elections and why they choose certain parties, analysis often focuses on age, education, location or socioeconomic status. Less discussed in Britain is religion. But close to two-thirds of its…
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Fear of crime is a useful political tool, even if the data doesn’t back it up
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Emily Gray, Assistant Professor of Criminology, University of Warwick “We’re actually facing, in many parts of our country, nothing short of societal collapse.” This was the dire warning from Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, in setting out his party’s goal of halving crime. In an op-ed…
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‘Then the city started to burn, the fires were chasing me’ – 80 years on, Hiroshima survivors describe how the atomic blast echoed down generations
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Elizabeth Chappell, Affiliated Researcher, The Open University I’m not sure if it was the effect of the atomic bomb, but I have always had a weak body, and when I was born, the doctor said I wouldn’t last more than three days. These are the words…
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A big night for women’s football – what you should watch, see and read this week
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Naomi Joseph, Arts + Culture Editor The feelings that surged through the pub that I watched the women’s Euro 2022 cup final in were electric. England had won. My friends were in tears. Strangers were shaking hands, patting each other on the back, smiling goofily at…