Keywords: Turkey
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ENVIRONMENT
- Michele Gierck
- 28 February 2025
Dr. Paul Hardisty has spent years chronicling the Great Barrier Reef—not just its breathtaking beauty, but its battles for survival. In In Hot Water, he traces a century of near-misses and looming catastrophe, from oil drilling threats to climate-driven bleaching, revealing the fragile, high-stakes fight to save the world’s largest coral ecosystem.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Gillian Bouras
- 27 February 2025
Europe faces a moment of strategic recalibration as shifting U.S. priorities put transatlantic ties under strain, raising concerns about Europe’s defence standing. With war on its borders and internal divisions mounting, the European Union must rethink its role in an increasingly uncertain world.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Ali Almohammed
- 28 October 2024
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In war-torn Beirut, where schools now shelter families fleeing destruction, a doctor finds echoes of his own past displacement. Amidst the pain, he witnesses resilience, but also a deep fatigue, as families yearn for peace and normalcy.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Binoy Kampmark
- 01 May 2024
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For decades, the major powers of Israel, Iran and Saudi Arabia have kept a restraint on their hostile engagements, with preference given to battle waged via proxies. A recent Israeli air strike on Iranian offices in Syria and Iran's subsequent attack on Israel with 185 drones, 110 ballistic missiles and 36 cruise missiles suggested that calculated restraint had been finally abandoned.
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AUSTRALIA
- Peter Craven
- 24 April 2024
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For those born in the wake of World War II, war stories seemed the greatest fun on earth. But the pity of it is monumental and we come to take it – if not for granted – then at least as part of the fabric of minds that had met with all that was terrible in human experience and all that called out for reverence.
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AUSTRALIA
- Kerry Murphy
- 19 December 2023
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Accusing someone of being ‘un-Australian’ is easily done, but what crimes or potential threats to the security and safety of Australians should trigger the practice of stripping someone of their citizenship?
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ENVIRONMENT
- Gillian Bouras
- 26 July 2023
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With Southern Europe's relentless heatwave leading to ensuing wildfires and loss of life, what is the future of this region under such environmental duress? And how can individuals and communities respond to the urgent and pervasive threat of climate change?
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RELIGION
- Michele Frankeni
- 26 May 2023
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In a discussion with Michele Frankeni, Catholic scholar Dr Phyllis Zagano explores the question of whether there is a need for increased recognition of women in the Catholic Church, particularly regarding their potential in the diaconate. She investigates both the historical evidence for ordained female deacons and the modern arguments for their re-introduction.
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INTERNATIONAL
- William Gourlay
- 11 May 2023
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The celebration of Hıdrellez in Turkey unites secular, urbanized communities to honor the arrival of spring on 6 May. Marked by rituals rooted in diverse traditions, the mythical figure of Hıdrellez blends Islamic and Old Testament influences fusing cultures, religions, and customs in yearly observance.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael McGirr
- 14 April 2023
5 Comments
What are the implications of widespread use of Metformin, Pembrolizumab, or Nivolumab, and what do they say about us? Featuring a humourless pharmacist and a thick wad of prescriptions, the story of our complicated relationship with pharmaceuticals is a meandering map of the human condition.
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INTERNATIONAL
- William Gourlay
- 23 March 2023
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The tragic train crash in Greece that claimed 57 lives has sparked an unexpected show of solidarity from Turkey. This is not the first time these two nations have come together in times of crisis, and despite a history of conflict and mistrust, recent events have brought the Greeks and Turks closer together, and intercommunality may be on the rise.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Binoy Kampmark
- 22 March 2023
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Any sanctions regime produces uneven effects. Economic sanctions imposed on Russia are not only unlikely to end the conflict in Ukraine, but they are having unintended consequences, encouraging Moscow to be more resourceful and leading to a shift in global energy markets.
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