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The Olympics’ refugee team is a ‘symbol of hope’ in Tokyo.
Twenty-nine stateless athletes are hoping to raise awareness of the more than 80 million forcibly displaced people around the world…
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What would the ancient Greeks think of an Olympics with no fans?
Events during the intervening days will likewise occur in silent arenas missing the hundreds of thousands of spectators who paid…
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Behrouz Boochani: ‘Human beings don’t have a place to go but to other human beings.’
You’ve described yourself as a child of war. Benjamin Law Good Weekend Magazine in The Age What did your childhood…
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Pescatarians are right – why I say eating fish is more ethical than eating meat
For vegans at least, plant-based alternatives to meat and dairy products have long since gone mainstream. Martin Cohen The Conversation…
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King Island lobster fishers fear seismic testing plans could damage the local industry
They lift the boat’s wooden floorboards to reveal a cage hidden below deck. April McLennan ABC News Inside there are…
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Included, but still marginalised: Indigenous voices still missing in media stories on Indigenous affairs
Narratives of Indigenous inferiority and deficiency, combined with paternalistic policies, have produced a cultural climate where non-Indigenous voices have often…
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We discovered a new fossil species of horseshoe crab (and named it after David Attenborough)
But the fossil record shows that hundreds of millions of years ago they came in a huge range of shapes…
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To understand young people’s mental health problems, we need to look at the economic and social triggers
But one that is concerns the deteriorating mental health of young Australians. Authors ABC News While this has been the…
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IQ tests can’t measure it, but ‘cognitive flexibility’ is key to learning and creativity
In fact, many people have an endless fascination with the IQ scores of famous people. Authors The Conversation But the…
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Taking the knee in football: why this act of protest has always been political
This was about players showing support for the fight against racism and campaigning for meaningful change in football, and not…
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G7 leaders to agree to new climate and conservation targets in bid to halt biodiversity loss
G7 leaders on Sunday will back new conservation and emission targets to curb climate change, and finalise collective action on…
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G7 leaders look to counter China’s Belt and Road Initiative with rival Build Back Better World scheme
The G7, whose leaders are meeting in south-west England, has been searching for a coherent response to the growing assertiveness of…
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Friday essay: a rare bird — how Europeans got the black swan so wrong
The official emblem of Western Australia, depicted in the state flag and coat-of-arms, it decorates several public buildings. David Haworth…
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People’s odds of loneliness could fall by up to half if cities hit 30% green space targets
Our longitudinal study, just published in the International Journal of Epidemiology, finds adults in neighbourhoods where at least 30% of…
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A ‘disturbing’ interview with jailed Belarus activist Roman Protasevich has been widely condemned
European powers on Friday lined up to condemn a tearful interview shown on Belarusian state television with a dissident journalist…
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UN says global food prices have reached their highest mark in a decade
The FAO’s food price index has now risen for 12 consecutive months to reach its highest value since September 2011,…
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