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India's cockroach movement brought down a minister. Bringing real reform will be much harder -- Craig Jeffrey, Monash University

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Ukraine war: inside the longstanding conflict between politicians and military commanders -- Sarah Whitmore, Oxford Brookes University and Bettina Renz, University of Nottingham

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China has cracked down on AI companions. What can we learn from this? -- Joseph Crawford, University of Tasmania and Michael Cowling, RMIT University

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Israel and Lebanon have a long history of failed ceasefires – will this time be any different? -- Anthony Wanis-St John, American University School of International Service and Federico Manfredi Firmian, American University School of International Service

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The mystery behind what killed Botticelli's muse: has a 550-year-old medical case been solved? Paolo Pozzilli, Queen Mary University of London

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Why people are ordering fake food and fashion deliveries on free 'dopamine apps' -- Gary Mortimer, Queensland University of Technology

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