Coalition split puts Victorian and NSW Nationals Senate seats at high risk

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The Victorian and NSW Nationals senators due to face the voters at the 2028 election will struggle to hold their seats if the former partners do not re-form the Coalition before then. Under usual Coalition arrangements,...

Trump’s Afrikaners are South African opportunists, not refugees: what’s behind the US move

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South Africans are wearily attuned to governments Orwellian misuse of language. After all, South Africa is a country where a one-time government passed a law (the Natives Abolition of Passes and Coordination of Documents...

From prototype to construction site: how innovative smart materials make it out of the lab and into our cities

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Building material made from recycled plastic waste. Rene Notenbomer/Shutterstock The construction industry accounts for approximately 37% of global CO₂ emissions. Traditional materials like cement, steel, and bricks...

How pro-Europe, pro-US Poland offers the EU a model for how to handle Trump

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The European Union will have to strike a deal with US President Donald Trump on tariffs, NATO, and the stationing of US troops in EU countries. A trade war with the US will further weaken the already modest growth...

Is air travel about to get greener? Our study shows how ‘coopetition’ is helping aircraft companies tackle sustainability

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Although air transport contributes a small proportion to global greenhouse gas emissions (approximately 3.5%), the expected growth in traffic compels the industry to minimize its environmental footprint. The European...

Morabo Morojele: Lesotho’s swinging jazz drummer who became a literary star

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We use the term Renaissance man very loosely these days, for anybody even slightly multi-talented. But Lesotho-born jazz drummer, novelist and development scholar Morabo Morojele was the genuine article. He not only worked...

19th-century Catholic teachings, 21st-century tech: How concerns about AI guided Pope Leo’s choice of name

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An 1878 photograph of Pope Leo XIII and members of his court, taken by Jules David. Wikimedia Commons When Robert Francis Prevost chose the papal name Leo XIV, it could have meant many things. There were 13 Leos before...