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As the week began, Iran launched a barrage of missiles towards Israel, hours after the Israelis struck a Hezbollah target in Beirut. After several rounds of retaliatory attacks, and a public call by Donald Trump for restraint, both sides announced they would halt hostilities.
For Andy Gawthorpe of Leiden University, this episode was an attempt by Iran to establish a new regional order in which it dictates to Israel and the US what they may and may not do. One feature of this new order, he cautions, is that it makes peace impossible to imagine.
“Netanyahu cannot accept an Iranian veto over Israel’s actions in Lebanon. Trump cannot get his peace deal with Iran while Israel is bombing Lebanon. And Iran has the incentive to keep pushing for more, inflicting more costs on its opponents, because in the new regional order it can do so without many consequences.”
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An Israeli man looks at the remains of an Iranian ballistic missile that landed in a field next to the West Bank settlement of Mevo'ot Yericho on June 8.
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Andrew Gawthorpe, Leiden University
Iran and Israel have attacked each other for the first time since April.
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A fierce look has little to do with luxury designers and their exorbitant price tags.
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Eileen G'Sell, Washington University in St. Louis
Glamour isn’t just for the rich and famous. As the ‘Ball Without Billionaires’ showed, the blue collar can bedazzle.
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The Beach at Trouville by Claude Monet (1870).
The National Gallery, London
Sally Shuttleworth, University of Oxford
Victorians were acutely aware of the health problems which could come from devotion to the ‘gospel of work’.
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Morocco had more foreign-born players than any other nation at the 2022 Fifa World Cup.
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Ben Brindle, University of Oxford
There is some evidence to suggest that national teams with more migrant players perform better on the pitch.
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Toby Mündel, Brock University; Samuel Penna Wanner, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
The heat stress players may face during the 2026 FIFA World Cup could negatively affect their performance and pose a threat to their health.
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Bernd Stahl, University of Nottingham
Generative AI systems show signs of being addictive, but the evidence is still at an early stage.
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Senuri Wijenayake, RMIT University; Anastasia Powell, RMIT University; Dana McKay, RMIT University; Madhuka Thisuri De Silva, RMIT University
Australia’s proposed digital duty of care will ask social media platforms to actively prevent harm.
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Wellett Potter, University of New England
In some ways, the new film has been four decades in the making. And it all comes down to Mattel’s savvy franchising strategy, starting in the 1980s.
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Will Smith, University of Nottingham
Why pigeons deserve more respect.
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