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The NZ government’s plan to withhold COVID inquiry findings until 2026 leaves the country ill-prepared for the next pandemic
New Zealand can learn from the issues raised in Australia’s recently released COVID inquiry report. It would benefit from closer collaboration to build capacity in disease surveillance and testing.
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A 41-million-digit prime number is the biggest ever found – but mathematicians’ search for perfection will continue
A new largest known prime number was found last month by an amateur mathematician, continuing a millennia-long quest to understand hidden patterns in the infinite tapestry of numbers.
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‘Catastrophic declines’: massive data haul reveals why so many plants and animals suffer after fire
The tragedy prompted a massive research effort to understand how plants and animals were affected. So what did it uncover? Research published today in the journal Nature set out to answer that ...
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Public execution in Afghanistan condemned as ‘clear human rights violation’
A public execution carried out in a sports stadium in Afghanistan drew condemnation from senior UN officials on Wednesday, who demanded an immediate end to such practices by the ruling Taliban.
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Climate science is getting lost in translation
Understanding complex climate science can be tricky enough, even in your own language. So what happens when none of the mainstream climate information is published in your native tongue? Most people ...
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Is South Africa one of the most politically polarised countries in the world? No, it’s not – sociologist
South Africa’s government of national unity forged after the 2024 elections refutes the claim that there are two antagonistic political camps.
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Taylor Swift’s Eras tour: Is it Toronto’s ‘Wildest Dream’ for its economy, or too good to be true?
Frédéric Dimanche, Professor and Director, Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Toronto Metropolitan University Taylor Swift’s Eras tour is expected to bring an economic windfall ...
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Tiny oceanic plankton adapted to warming during the last ice age, but probably won’t survive future climate change – new study
Scientists have compared data from the last ice age, around 21,000 years ago, and modern records to see what happened to plankton when the world has previously warmed.
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India: Landmark Supreme Court judgement must serve as a turning point in hate campaign against Muslims
Responding to the pan-India guidelines laid down today by the Supreme Court of India to prevent arbitrary demolition of properties in the country, Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty ...
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Thirty years on from its first paying passengers, Eurostar now has a fresh chance to hit its potential
Three decades ago, the first Eurostar train carrying paying passengers set off from London’s Waterloo station for Paris. While many of the headlines on November 14 1994 focused on the historic journey ...
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Libyan Minister’s ‘Morality’ Measures Would Violate Women’s Rights
Click to expand Image Emad Trabelsi (2nd-L), acting interior minister in the Libyan Government of National Unity, holds a press conference in Tripoli, August 23, 2024. © 2024 Mahmud Turkia/AFP via ...
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Thousands of corporate lobbyists are at the UN climate summit in Baku. But what exactly is ‘lobbying’ and how does it work?
Representatives of the world’s governments are gathered in Baku, Azerbaijan, to negotiate international climate policy at the Cop29 summit. Of the more than 30,000 participants, thousands will be ...