In 2024 the African Commission itself adopted a resolution on internet shutdowns during elections. The resolution treats a shutdown as a harm to expression and access to ...

While reports of suspected plague have been circulating in the media, Russia’s consumer health watchdog has described the illness as pneumonia of unknown cause. The World Health Organization also ...

This autumn, the cost of gas and electricity for a typical UK household is expected to rise from £1,663 to £1,723 a year. The change, due to higher wholesale gas prices, will be ...

Saudi Arabia’s authorities must urgently overturn the death sentence issued against a migrant worker on charges of “blasphemy”, said Amnesty International today. The organization is calling on Saudi ...

Student outcry against the limited means of France’s education system is nothing new, but the global context and the nature of the movement which began in the suburbs are, and so is the government’s ...

Canada is recruiting internationally educated health professionals to help address health-care workforce shortages, while governments are also trying to make it faster and easier for newcomers to have ...

Reacting to an announcement today by France’s Interior Minister that the use of stun grenades in the policing of high school student protests will be temporarily suspended, Anne ...

After heavy rain, Spanish cities often awaken to refreshed air and clean streets, while the rainwater itself vanishes into storm drains along with everything it swept away. Under the ground, however, ...

Shorebirds undertake some of the world’s most impressive migrations — but as sea levels rise, the habitats that they depend on are expected to shrink.

Our recent article in the academic journal The Professional Geographer explores how articles from The Conversation provide opportunities for public storytelling and authentic learning in university ...

Kemi Badenoch’s closing conference speech to the Conservative party conference sought to galvanise the membership by framing the coming years as “a battle of ideas” over how Britain is governed. The ...

Fashion lovers are generally associated with bursting wardrobes and chasing the latest trends. But that reputation is beginning to shift.