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Could the Strait of Malacca be the next global flashpoint?
Source: The Conversation – UK Tanker ships off the coast of Singapore, a key port in the Strait of Malacca. Adwo / Shutterstock While recent global attention has focused on...
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Asha Bhosle: the bad sister whose singing opened up a world of queer possibility for me
Source: The Conversation – UK Asha Bhosle, the last surviving singing legend of the golden era of Hindi cinema, has died at 92. She debuted in the industry shortly after...
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Ukraine’s killer robots show how war is changing
Source: The Conversation – UK The Droid TW 12.7, made by Devdroid, has been used in many of the attacks involving ground robots in Ukraine. Devdroid, CC BY For the...
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Romeo and Juliet: a ‘Sliding Doors’ production that plays with time to explore what might have been
Source: The Conversation – UK Structurally, Romeo and Juliet is almost a Shakespearean comedy. The Bard’s comic plays tend to turn the world upside down and then neatly restore the...
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The BBC is axing Football Focus – here’s what it means for sports broadcasting
Source: The Conversation – UK The BBC has announced the end of one of its longest-running programmes, Football Focus. It’s been a fixture of Saturday lunchtimes since 1974. But the...
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Global supply chains cause environmental harm, but they can help repair it too
Source: The Conversation – Canada The COVID-19 pandemic drew attention to how central supply chains are to the global economy. It also exposed the human rights abuses that can occur...
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A new Welsh electoral landscape puts Plaid Cymru within reach of power
Source: The Conversation – UK Plaid Cymru’s electoral hopes for May’s Senedd election are high. Polls suggest the party is competing with Reform UK to emerge as the largest group...
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The cost of toxic leadership in the workplace – and how to avoid it
Source: The Conversation – UK You will probably recognise toxic leaders when you encounter them. They are the ones whose presence shifts the atmosphere, whose emails create unease, or whose...
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Does menopause cause a ‘collagen cliff’? What you need to know
Source: The Conversation – UK Fibroblast, collagen and elastin fibres. Olga Zinkevych/Shutterstock Collagen has become a staple of skincare advertising and social media wellness trends. But it is not just...
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Healthy life expectancy falls in the UK – and the decline is worse among women
Source: The Conversation – UK LittlePigPower/Shutterstock.com Healthy life expectancy in the UK – the years we can expect to live in good health – has fallen by more than two...