Executive orders show Trump’s power and political theatre, but his honeymoon period may be short-lived

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In a piece of pure political theatre, Donald Trump began his second presidency by signing a host of executive orders before a rapturous crowd of 20,000 in Washington on Monday. The orders immediately reversed swathes of...

Albanese finally summons national cabinet to consider antisemitism epidemic

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After rejecting calls for months, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese finally summoned a Tuesday national cabinet meeting to discuss Australias rising wave of antisemitic attacks and other incidents. This followed the torching...

Mozambique’s cycles of violence won’t end until Frelimo’s grip on power is broken

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Mozambiques political history has been marred by violence, disputed elections and authoritarian control. The pattern continues. As the 2024 elections have shown, Mozambique remains trapped in a cycle of violence and...

Five ways to save your legs – by a vascular surgery specialist

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Gangrene, or a rapidly spreading foot abscess. Sound like diseases of the past? Well, sadly not. Leg amputation is one of the oldest surgical procedures. The earliest known example dates back some 31,000 years. During the...

Women were at the centre of iron age Britain – new find reminds us how misogyny has shaped our view of the past

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Roman writers found the relative empowerment of Celtic women in British society remarkable, according to surviving written records. New DNA research from the University of Bournemouth shows one of the ways this empowerment...

Rethinking the Classics – a new series from The Conversation

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I recently read a poem about a fearsome warrior who brought a decade-old war away from city walls to a nearby riverbank. As the waters began to glut with bodies, the god that possessed it became enraged. Taking revenge for...

The heroes of Homer’s Iliad are eco-warriors battling to protect nature

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Homers Iliad is so canonical in world literature that even without having read the epic, most people are familiar with the broad scenario of the Trojan war, triggered by the Trojan prince Pariss abduction of the Greek...