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29/10/2024

Indonesia’s capital has poor water infrastructure. Existing water resources should be reused to avoid a water crisis, write Eka Permanasari and Denis Teoman:

Indonesia’s capital has poor water infrastructure. Existing water resources should be reused to avoid a water crisis. Jakarta is a bustling metropolis of more than 10 million known for its vibrant culture. But it’s grappling with a severe water crisis. Indonesia’s meteorological department has...

29/10/2024

It may seem odd to suggest a 1960s TV sci-fi series can help solve the problem of overcrowded holiday hotspots.

But while the “holodeck’’ from Star Trek is still some way off, similar technologies are being successfully employed as a way to deal with overtourism, writes Nansy Kouroupi:

Imagine experiencing the Louvre from your lounge. New digital tools such as AI and virtual reality can help cities better cope with influxes of visitors. It may seem odd to suggest a 1960s TV sci-fi series can help solve the problem of overcrowded holiday hotspots. But while the “holodeck’’ fr...

28/10/2024

With gender and s*x biases in medicine coming under the spotlight in recent years, will AI widen existing healthcare inequities — or can it be harnessed to help bridge the gap?

The AI revolution can be leveraged to strengthen s*x and gender health equity, rather than reinforce bias. From assisting doctors with diagnoses to suggesting advanced treatments, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming health and medicine. But AI has predominantly been developed by men, based....

28/10/2024

Despite the risk of plunging the Middle East into all-out war, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has two compelling reasons for continuing Israel’s devastating assaults on Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

The first is Netanyahu’s Zionist ideology. The second is his political opportunism, writes Martin Kear:

Fuelled by ideology and self-interest, Netanyahu sees Israel’s forever war as protection against corruption charges and a potential key to re-election. Despite the risk of plunging the Middle East into all-out war, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has two compelling reasons for continuing Israel....

28/10/2024

As the US election draws closer, a scandal-plagued candidate may be returned to the presidency. Why is it still so close?

As the election draws closer, a scandal-plagued candidate may be returned to the presidency. Why is it still so close? For just a few weeks shy of eight years now, a certain class of Americans have been walking around in something close to a daze. The election of Donald Trump in 2016 blew to smither...

28/10/2024

How colonisation still impacts the lives of pacific people

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25/10/2024

🎧LISTEN: India’s former Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal has downplayed the need for reparations but reminds the British, “We know what happened” under the empire.

Listen to the latest episode of Leave It To The Experts wherever you get your podcasts:

Calls for reparations for the harms of slavery and the British Empire are set to narrow in on King Charles and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Samoa. This is Part 2 of our look at the British Royal Families trip to Australia and the Pacific, In this....

22/10/2024

Water scarcity is becoming an urgent global crisis, affecting billions of people.

According to the UN World Water Development Report 2024, approximately 2.2 billion people lack access to safe drinking water and half of the world’s population experiences severe water scarcity for at least some of the year.

Amid these alarming statistics, the recycling of wastewater is emerging as a vital solution.

https://360info.org/waste-not-recycling-wastewater-to-drive-water-security/

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As the world grapples with increasing water scarcity, recycling wastewater offers a pathway to sustainable water security. Water scarcity is becoming an urgent global crisis, affecting billions of people. According to the UN World Water Development Report 2024, approximately 2.2 billion people lack....

16/10/2024

How should we manage concussions in sport?

15/10/2024

Western diplomacy has been shown to be largely ineffective in containing Israel.

As the war escalates, writes Universiteit Leiden / Leiden University's Alanna O’Malley, it is global south actors that have been the most dynamic and effective so far:
https://360info.org/gaza-and-the-rise-of-global-south-diplomacy/
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Western diplomacy has tied itself in knots over Israel. It may herald the end of Western dominance on the global diplomatic stage. One year after the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks against Israel, the scale of the suffering of Palestinians and Israelis is staggering and the West, led by the United St...

14/10/2024

At 9.30pm every night, a poorly-lit, 12-coach train pulls out of Bathinda station in the Indian state of Punjab with passengers of all ages and genders.

With their meagre belongings and plastic packets containing sheafs of papers and documents, most talk among themselves in hushed tones.

The destination for an average one-third of the 300 passengers of this train is the Acharya Tulsi Regional Cancer Hospital and Research Centre in the Bikaner district of Rajasthan state.

The widespread prevalence of cancer in Punjab — and more recently the adjoining state of Haryana — has helped earn India the unenviable title of the world’s cancer capital.

The train covers about 325km before it reaches Bikaner around 6am. Sometimes the train is delayed by one to two hours. But the passengers do not lose hope.

Read more:
https://360info.org/punjabs-cancer-train-runs-on-hope/
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Cases of cancer are widespread in Punjab and Haryana where groundwater is contaminated by high pesticide use. At 9.30pm every night, a poorly-lit, 12-coach train pulls out of Bathinda station in the Indian state of Punjab with passengers of all ages and genders. With their meagre belongings and plas...

09/10/2024

The Australian government’s proposed caps on international students for educational providers, including universities, has been hotly contested.

Given their shared public interest and interdependent relationship, it is worth exploring how the government and universities have drifted so far apart on this issue.

Here are three perspectives and potential options to help bring the two sides back together for the public good.

Article for 360info by Libby Hackett, The University of Sydney.

Here are three perspectives and possible ways forward to remove the heat from the debate around international student caps in Australia. Universities and governments share a fundamental commitment to the public good. Governments around the world increasingly depend on universities as key drivers of....

09/10/2024

A Senate inquiry report on a looming international student cap will be released today.

In this timely article, Andrew Norton from The Australian National University examines whether international students are really keeping Australian universities afloat. Many Australian universities claim they rely on international students to subsidise domestic students and research, he writes. But does this argument stack up?

This is the first part of a two-part series by Professor Norton looking at international students caps and university funding for 360info. Read the full 360info article:

https://360info.org/are-international-students-keeping-australian-unis-afloat/

Many Australian universities claim they rely on international students to subsidise domestic students and research, but does this argument stack up? People in the higher education sector commonly blame their reliance on international student revenue on declining or inadequate government support. The...

08/10/2024

The Australian government's announcement of a cap on international students has drawn criticism from the university sector.

The risk is that international student fee revenue will fall below pre-COVID levels, with significant consequences for jobs, student services and research activity.

So how did we get here?

Read the full article by the Australian National University's Andrew Norton for 360info.

The Australian government’s announcement of a cap on international students has drawn criticism from the university sector, but how did we get here? Australia’s post-COVID international education boom has triggered a political backlash. Since late 2023 the government has announced numerous measu...

08/10/2024

Experts say it’s unlikely India will gain permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) anytime soon for several reasons. That's despite Indian politicians arguing for decades that the nation deserves to be a member of the UNSC.

Read the full article by Dhananjay Tripathi of South Asian University, New Delhi, India below.

Despite persistent lobbying, experts say it’s unlikely India will gain permanent membership of the UN Security Council anytime soon for several reasons. Indian politicians have argued for decades that the nation deserves to be a member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). An aspirational...

07/10/2024

Keeping Australia’s economy healthy requires a difficult balancing act. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) needs to keep inflation low and stable, while also keeping the economy at full employment.

But price inflation has been growing above its target band of 2-3 percent since mid-2021. To seek to bring this under control, the RBA has increased interest rates. That has meant a higher unemployment rate. Higher interest rates are also leaving many Australians feeling the pinch as they struggle to pay their mortgages.

Currently, the questions on many people’s lips are: what might happen next with interest rates? What will happen to unemployment? And are there better ways for the RBA to manage inflation, employment and interest rates?

Read the full article by The University of Melbourne's Jeff Borland: https://360info.org/interest-rates-inflation-and-unemployment-heres-what-to-know/

As the RBA attempts to keep inflation and unemployment rates low, it faces a tricky challenge. Here’s what to know about what might happen next. Keeping Australia’s economy healthy requires a difficult balancing act. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) needs to keep inflation low and stable, whi...

02/10/2024

Senator Vance, Donald Trump’s Republican running mate, embodies a model of masculinity that scorns childless women and denigrates minority groups including immigrants and LGBTQ folks.

Opposing him is Governor Tim Walz, Kamala Harris’s Democratic vice-presidential candidate. Walz embodies a hopeful sort of “family man” — one who can publicly express affection for his son. He’s the kind of guy who’d help you change your tyre (or so say his fans on social media.)

With the election just five weeks away, both vice-presidential hopefuls are vying for the votes of young, persuadable men. How will their rival versions of masculinity land with persuadable male voters?

Read the full article by University of Akron's Ronald Levant and The University of Mary Washington's Christopher Kilmartin:
https://360info.org/walz-vance-and-two-concepts-of-what-a-man-is/
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When Tim Walz and JD Vance face off at the vice presidential debate this week, how will their rival versions of masculinity land with persuadable male voters? As JD Vance and Tim Walz face off at the US vice-presidential debate, they’ll be exhibiting more than their oration skills or policy know-h...

20/09/2024

How did simple devices like pagers and walkie-talkies become weapons of war in Lebanon? What does this mean for future conflicts?

The latest episode of Leave It To The Experts is out now, feat. expert insights on the implications of the attacks on from 's Dr Martin Kear and Dr Tamer Morris:

The attack on Hezbollah’s communications network has enormously damaged the group, but was the attack, believed to be by Israel, legal under international law? And is this the start of a new age of warfare in which everyday objects become weapons? Featuring 360info's Emma Hoy, and Dr Tamer Morris ...