MELBOURNE (Reuters) – The Australian Aboriginal group whose sacred rock shelters Rio Tinto (NYSE:) destroyed last year rejected a plan by mining company Fortescue’s founder Andrew Forrest to build dams along a river in the…
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The Turkish lira has once again made global headlines, with a steep drop of 15% on March 22, running from below 7.20 to the US dollar to over 8.28, before settling just below 8.00. This…
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About 50km outside South Africa’s biggest city, Johannesburg, lies one of the most important sites in human prehistory: the Cradle of Humankind. Here, at sites like the Sterkfontein Caves, Swartkrans, Drimolen and Kromdraai, researchers have…
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2/2 © Reuters. Digital illustration titled 2/2 BEIJING (Reuters) – A digital illustration by a prominent Chinese propaganda artist mocking Western governments, media and businesses critical of labour conditions in Xinjiang has gone viral on…
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Several thousand Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, are currently voting on whether to form the retailer’s first-ever union. The election has been contentious, with workers complaining that Amazon is using aggressive tactics to defeat the…
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Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. How does your brain understand things? – Shubhra S., age…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Night view shows Electricite de France nuclear power plant near Fessenheim By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Experts tasked with assessing whether the European Union should label nuclear power as a…
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This is a transcript of episode 8 of The Conversation Weekly podcast, The great remote work experiment – what happens next? In this episode, four experts dissect the impact a year of working from home…
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2/2 © Reuters. China’s State Councilor Wang Yi meets with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Guilin 2/2 DUBAI (Reuters) – Foreign ministers from China and Iran, which are both subject to U.S. sanctions, signed…
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Now that First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has survived the investigation over the handling of the case against Alex Salmond, Scotland’s attention is turning to the country’s May election. With the SNP seeking a clear mandate…
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