After 30 years on the outer, unions could soon return to the Pilbara. Here’s why that’s a big deal
Workers in the Pilbara generate a significant portion of Australia’s mining wealth, but often face insecure work, mental ...
Who are the Baloch Liberation Army? Pakistan train hijacking was fuelled by decades of neglect and violence
The train hijacking in south-western Pakistan represents a major escalation in the region’s long-running insurgency.
Why are suicide rates so high in bipolar disorder, and what can we do about it?
Bipolar disorder is a severe mental illness characterised by episodes of mania (high energy, impulsivity) and depression ...
The White House press pool became a way to control journalists – Trump is taking this to new levels
The work of Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in exposing the Watergate scandal during the 1970s is ...
China’s dwindling marriage rate is fuelling demand for brides trafficked from abroad
China’s marriage rate is in steep decline. There were 6.1 million marriage registrations nationwide in 2024, down from 7.7 ...
As Mark Carney is sworn in, America’s democratic decline has critical lessons for Canadian voters
Democracy is fragile. As a federal election approaches in Canada, it’s important to know the warning signs of extremism and ...
People in this career are better at seeing through optical illusions
According to current theories of expertise, this shouldn’t happen. Becoming an expert in chess, for example, makes you better ...
Keir Starmer promises more ‘democratic control’ of the NHS – how do other European countries do it?
We don’t know, but we know lots of smart people. They’re standing by to explain whatever happens. We will help them share the ...
Abolishing NHS England could shift power from the centre – but health service overhauls rarely go well
The NHS is the largest public sector organisation in England, seeing 1.7 million people each day including in patients’ own ...
Waiting lists, crumbling buildings, staff burnout: five years on, COVID is still hurting the financial health of the NHS
And although the NHS workforce has actually grown over the past five years, it has not been sufficient to reduce waiting ...
The government has revealed its plans to get Britain building again. Some of them might just work
The UK government has published its planning and infrastructure bill, a cornerstone of its strategy for growth. The bill aims ...
Cuts and caps to benefits have always harmed people, not helped them into work
Many of the measures already implemented to reduce government spending have actually pushed people further away from the ...