Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By John Caro, Principal Lecturer, Film and Media, University of Portsmouth Superman was the very first superhero. He debuted in Action Comics issue #1 which was released in June 1938. Over time, the character has been assigned multiple nicknames: “The Man of Steel”, “The Man of Tomorrow”…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Paul Hough, Lecturer Sport & Exercise Physiology , University of Westminster Recovery starts for England’s Lionesses as soon as the match ends. Romain Biard/ Shutterstock As with many competitions, competitors in the UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 tournament face a gruelling match schedule. There are typically only…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By James Sweeney, Professor, Lancaster Law School, Lancaster University The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are refusing to implement a government plan to move hundreds of thousands of Palestinians into a what it calls a “humanitarian city” in Rafah on Gaza’s southern border with Egypt. Lieutenant General Eyal…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Ruth Patrick, Professor in Social Policy, University of Glasgow New government statistics released today show the reach of the two-child limit. There are 1,665,540 children in England, Scotland and Wales living in households affected by the two-child limit, an increase of over 35,000 from the same…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Divya Venkatesh, BBSRC Discovery Fellow, University of Oxford Tom…foto/Shutterstock.com Cambodia’s Ministry of Health recently confirmed the country’s twelfth human case of H5N1 avian influenza so far this year. The patient, a five-year-old boy from Kampot province, is currently in intensive care with severe respiratory symptoms. The…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Alexandra Makin, Third Century Research Fellow, Manchester Metropolitan University The Bayeux tapestry is set to return to the UK for the first time in almost 1,000 years. One of the most important cultural artefacts in the world, it is to be displayed at the British Museum…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Clodagh Harrington, Lecturer in American Politics, University College Cork Acclaimed author Michael Lewis wrote a book about the first Trump administration entitled The Fifth Risk, outlining the consequences when people who don’t understand how the government of a vast, complex and multifaceted nation works are put…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Janine Natalya Clark, Professor of Transitional Justice and International Criminal Law, University of Birmingham The documentary film, Animals in War, tells the story of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine from the point of view of the animals affected by the conflict. Sota Cinema Group The 2025 Tribeca…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Gemma Ware, Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation A memorial in the town of Stazzema in Italy, site of a brutal Nazi massacre in 1944. Federico Neri/Shutterstock  Across Europe, far-right movements are gaining ground. From the Netherlands, to Germany and Italy, they’re winning seats in…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Nik Georgopoulos, Associate Professor in Cell Biology and Transforming Lives Fellow, Sheffield Hallam University Hair loss is one of the most feared and traumatic side effects of cancer chemotherapy treatment, both for patients themselves and their loved ones, as it can visibly represent the “face of…