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Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation on Monday after months languishing in opinion polls and amid increasing pressure from his party. Parliament will be prorogued until March 24 and a spring federal election seems increasingly likely after a new Liberal leader is chosen.
We have two insightful stories from Canadian academics on Trudeau’s decision to step down – one by Thomas Klassen of York University, Canada, on the prime minister’s legacy in terms of social policy, and another by Theodore Christou of Queen’s University and Louis Volante of Brock University on the Liberal Party’s woes.
Also from Canada, we have an excellent piece on how Donald Trump’s threats to make the country a 51st state would likely result in electoral disaster for the Republican Party in the United States. All three stories touch on the tendency of politicians to focus on fleeting wins rather than broad solutions that would truly improve the lives of citizens and strengthen societies.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces his resignation outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Jan.6, 2025.
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Thomas Klassen, York University, Canada
Justin Trudeau leaves office never having tasted electoral defeat despite his low poll numbers. He leaves an indelible mark on Canada — especially when it comes to social policy.
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Tartu in Estonia: European capital of culture, 2024.
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Juliette Bretan, University of Cambridge
Insights from working on an Estonian cultural festival.
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Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian, University of Cambridge; Christelle Langley, University of Cambridge; Chun Shen, Fudan University; Jianfeng Feng, Fudan University
People who feel lonely tend to have higher levels of five key proteins.
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Allen Cheng, Monash University
For most people, hMPV will cause symptoms similar to a cold or flu.
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Milo Gough, University of Manchester
Sherbro Island City’s vision of an elite urban development brings to mind some of the colonial thinking around the construction of Freetown’s Hill Station enclave a century ago.
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Andrea Caputo, University of Lincoln; Christian Sarfo, University of Lincoln; Mohammad Fakhar Manesh, University of Lincoln
These firms often have fewer resources – but they offer lessons on how to make business greener.
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Aaron Ettinger, Carleton University
Canada as the 51st state would doom the Republican Party. If Donald Trump cannot understand he’s taunting useful U.S. allies with annexation threats, he could at least follow his electoral instincts.
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Muhammad Usman, CSIRO
You’ll be hearing a lot about quantum computing in 2025. Here’s where the field is at – and where it’s all going.
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Leticia Jeeval Pala, Nottingham Trent University
While the princess was often powerless, the snippets of evidence that we have about her present the life of a young woman with the resolve and tenacity to survive and thrive.
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