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E1: the illegal settlement at the heart of the UK's West Bank trade ban -- Rory McCarthy, Durham University

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UK plan to sanction Israel's illegal West Bank settlements is a historic shift in tone and policy -- Mohamed Ibrahim Hafez, Nottingham Trent University

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Ratko Mladić: the war criminal who became a martyr for Bosnian Serbs - Isabella Podwinski, The Conversation and Justin Bergman, The Conversation - Listen

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The rebuilding in Nepal needs to start now. This is what worked after an earthquake a decade ago – and what to avoid -- David Sanderson, UNSW

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How 'egalitarian' Sweden became more comfortable with wealth -- Håkan Johansson, Lund University and Axel Vikström, Lund University

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What we remember when we remember 9/11 -- Jennifer Talarico, Lafayette College

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The failure to stop 9/11 was a catastrophe. But even bigger mistakes were made in its aftermath -- Greg Barton, Deakin University

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What we forget when we remember 9/11 -- Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin, Boise State University

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9/11 anniversary: democracy was not doomed to fail in Afghanistan – the US did not live up to its promises -- William Maley, Australian National University

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Xi, Putin and Modi looking in different directions as Shanghai Cooperation Organisation marks 25th anniversary -- Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham

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Germany: why the AfD won in Saxony-Anhalt – and what happens next -- Ed Turner, Aston University

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Meta's $18b settlement echoes past tobacco lawsuits – and how they avoided harsh penalties -- Shelley Marshall, RMIT University

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Moscow has a long history of paranoia about Britain's support for Russia's enemies -- Peter Whitewood, York St John University

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Himalayan hazards are becoming more complex. Our warning systems need to catch up -- Mehebub Sahana, University of Manchester; Nimesh Dhungana, University of Manchester; Priyank Pravin Patel, Presidency University, Kolkata, and Reshma Shrestha, Kathmandu University

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DRC's Ebola epidemic could be the worst in history: 4 things that could help end it -- Yap Boum, Mbarara University of Science and Technology and Marie Roseline Belizaire, Universidad de Alcalá

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Satellite images show how penguins' diets are changing in response to Antarctic climate change -- Casey Youngflesh, Clemson University

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A landmark UN report says the world will overshoot the 1.5°C climate target. What happens now? -- Jacqueline Peel, The University of Melbourne and Wesley Morgan, UNSW

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Why Pacific Island states should seek collective security for the region -- Anne-Marie Brady, University of Canterbury

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Feminist icon Gloria Steinem lifted up women everywhere, leaving behind a more gender-equal world -- Sharon Crozier-De Rosa, University of Wollongong

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Early mammals weren't all loners, as scientists thought – some already lived in pairs alongside the dinosaurs -- Carsten Schradin, Université de Strasbourg; University of the Witwatersrand

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My unsung hero of science: Harriet Taylor Mill, the radical feminist philosopher who lived in the shadow of her husband -- Helen McCabe, University of Nottingham

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Inside the booming 'shadow fleet' industry keeping rogue states afloat -- Listen

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25 years after 9/11, what disasters reveal about Americans' ability to reconnect - Tonya Cross Hansel, University of Texas at Arlington

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Why Gaza peace deals keep unravelling -- Adam Farquhar, University of Edinburgh

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Ceuta crisis: anti-migrant 'invasion' rhetoric threatens Europe's food supply and economy -- Diana Tung, Universitat de Barcelona and Seth M. Holmes, Universitat de Barcelona; ICREA; University of California, Berkeley

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I lived through the first Taliban girls' school ban — watching it happen again is heartbreaking -- Ghazaal Habibyar, L'Université d'Ottawa/University of Ottawa

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Mark Carney's defiance shows how to respond to Donald Trump's threats -- Eric Van Rythoven, Carleton University

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The music that made Dolly Parton a global icon -- Listen

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Bayeux tapestry: Matilda of Flanders – the woman who was instrumental to William the Conqueror's success -- Natasha R. Hodgson, Nottingham Trent University

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Robert Harris returns to ancient Rome with Agrippa – a novel about an empire's forgotten architect -- Catherine Steel, University of Glasgow

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Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma: a queer slasher about trauma and desire -- Darren Elliott-Smith, University of Stirling

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Sunscreen for lakes and dams: could a thin floating layer of nanomaterial shield water from evaporation? -- Daniel Kwasi Kpeglo, University of South Africa

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Butterflies are on the move as the planet warms: new research -- Shawan Chowdhury, Monash University; Aletta Bonn, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ; German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research; Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, and Jonathan Lenoir, Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)

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Wildfires: why media coverage doesn't always make the climate connection -- Doug Specht, University of Westminster

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Africa's Greater Horn region is facing a looming polycrisis fueled by conflict, prices, climate and disease -- Daniel Maxwell, Tufts University; Alex de Waal, Tufts University; Luka Kuol, University of Juba; Merry Fitzpatrick, Tufts University, and Peter Hailey, Tufts University

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Behind the betel nut smile: the quiet epidemic of oral cancer in Papua New Guinea -- Nerida Bun, The University of Papua New Guinea

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How pigeon fanciers are helping scientists understand lung disease -- Richard Allen, University of Leicester; Louise Wain, University of Leicester, and Mark Spears, University of Dundee

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Can Ozempic prevent cancer? A doctor explains why the headlines are easy to misread -- Ziyad Al-Aly, Washington University in St. Louis

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When a teenager makes the 'stupid choice', their brain is working exactly as designed -- Evelyn Svingen, University of Birmingham

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China is launching a Moon mission to find water ice. It's unlike anything NASA has done

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How a 'psychic' horse named Clever Hans changed the way we do science -- Matyáš Moravec, Queen's University Belfast

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Sam Altman says we're 'in the singularity' with AI. Here's why he's wrong -- Kai Riemer, University of Sydney and Sandra Peter, University of Sydney

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Al-Qaida and the Islamic State are both adopting AI – but differ in how they think about the technology -- Sara Harmouch, George Washington University

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The idea of the 'company man' was forged decades ago. Its problems still haunt leaders today -- Claire Wright, University of Technology Sydney

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These 3 charts show female-dominated jobs are actually the most exposed to AI -- Leonora Risse, Queensland University of Technology and Elise Stephenson, Australian National University

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Why you should live your life like an accountant – and how you probably already do -- Jack Campbell, Dublin City University

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Featuring Trump on US coins and bills would put America in rare company -- Jacques Hymans, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; University of Southern California

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How Ukraine is bringing the war home to Russia -- Isabella Podwinski, The Conversation and Justin Bergman, The Conversation

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A record-shattering El Niño is almost here. Here's what that means for the world's weather -- Mandy Freund, The University of Melbourne

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Sex with 1,000 men in 12 hours: why Bonnie Blue is neither a feminist nor a monster -- Lexi Eikelboom, Australian Catholic University

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