Clearing the UK’s asylum backlog has led to rising refugee homelessness

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William Shankley, CC BY New figures show the number of small boat arrivals to the UK in 2024 was up 25% on the previous year. While public attention remains on how people get to the UK, less discussed is what happens to...

Why anger, anxiety and anguish are understandable psychological reactions to the climate crisis

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Na_Studio / shutterstock You may have read news reports of life threatening and devastating floods, hurricanes and heatwaves, all driven by human-induced climate change. Perhaps you have heard that 2024 is due to be ruled...

Justin Trudeau quits: How his focus on social policy will be his legacy

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Justin Trudeau has resigned after more than nine years as Canadas 23rd prime minister. Parliament will be prorogued and will resume sitting on March 24. Trudeau says he made his decision over the holidays after discussions...

Americans’ rage at insurers goes beyond health coverage – the author of ‘Delay, Deny, Defend’ points to 3 reforms that could help

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My book Delay, Deny, Defend: Why Insurance Companies Dont Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It was thrust into the spotlight recently, after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed in what authorities...

Carbon dioxide has been regulating Earth’s climate for hundreds of millions of years – new study

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300 million years ago, much of the planet was covered in ice. james_stone76 / shutterstock Around 370 million years ago, Earth gradually descended into the longest lived and probably the most intense ice age witnessed by...

‘I don’t hold the hose, mate’: Australia’s political history is full of gaffes. Here are some of best (or worst)

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The Oxford English Dictionary defines a gaffe as a blunder, an instance of clumsy stupidity, a faux pas. It evokes a sense of triviality rather than high seriousness. If ones clumsiness results in the outbreak of war, it...

Fully recovering Australia’s threatened species would cost 25% of GDP. We can’t do it all at once – so let’s start here

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An endangered golden-shouldered parrot Imogen Warren/Shutterstock Australia has already lost at least 100 species since European colonisation. Across land and freshwater habitats, 1,657 species are currently threatened...