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Israel’s Rafah camp – ‘humanitarian city’ or crime against humanity?
Israel’s plan to eventually move all Palestinians in Gaza into a camp in the south of the Strip is being widely denounced as ...
Medicinal cannabis is big business. But the latest clampdown won’t curb unsafe prescribing
The latest announcement doesn’t tighten existing prescribing or marketing rules for medicinal cannabis. It just reminds ...
Doing business in conflict zones: what companies can learn from Lafarge’s exit from Syria
Leaders and managers must understand the complexity of armed conflicts to make responsible and ethical choices ...
How do coronial inquests work? Here’s what they can and can’t do
Coroners are in charge of finding out the who, what, when, where, why and how in the case of an unnatural death. Here’s how ...
NZ Post is the latest company to drop its climate targets – another sign business is struggling to decarbonise
A global initiative to encourage businesses to commit to science-backed climate targets may merely be giving the impression ...
XFG could become the next dominant COVID variant. Here’s what to know about ‘Stratus’
The WHO has classified XFG or ‘Stratus’ as a variant under monitoring. It may well become the dominant variant globally very ...
American science is in crisis. It’s a great opportunity for Australia to snap up top scientists
As the US cuts science funding and international cooperation, Australia and other countries see a chance to capitalise on ...
Scandal has erupted over bestselling memoir The Salt Path. In the ‘fake news’ era, what’s the standard for truth in memoir?
Allegations of untruth over The Salt Path raise questions of what we expect from truth in memoir, in this age of ‘fake news’. What is the contract with the reader?
Alcohol sales changed subtly after Canada legalized cannabis
Total alcohol sales didn’t change much in the first 17 months after Canada legalized recreational cannabis, but small changes ...