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Mala, a Polish Orthodox Jewish woman, escaped the Warsaw ghetto early in the second world war and survived by passing as a Catholic. A new book tells her story.
As a child of Hungarian Jews, reading Eichmann in Jerusalem was a revelation to Peter Christoff. Yet might the ‘Eichmann problem’ of criminal disregard apply, today to those exploiting fossil fuels?
About a third of Victoria’s land-based plants, animals and ecological communities face extinction. We look at what the political parties have promised ahead of the state election.
Sebuah tulisan informasi tidak melayani pembelian obat sirop dipasang oleh petugas Dinas Kesehatan di sebuah apotek di Bandung, Jawa Barat, 26 Oktober 2022.
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Komunikasi risiko yang tidak empatik dan menyalahkan masyarakat berpotensi pada pengambilan keputusan yang enggan mengurai permasalahan untuk mencari solusi yang lebih sistemik.
Memakai earbuds atau headphone untuk memutar musik bersuara sangat keras serta pergi ke konser bisa jadi membuat hingga 1,35 miliar anak muda berisiko mengalami kehilangan pendengaran permanen.
When it comes to loss and damage, COP27 negotiations seem likely to reach a dead end. But as we enter the final days of the summit, anything can happen.
Using earbuds or headphones to play very loud music on devices and going to live gigs are putting up to 1.35 billion young people at risk of permanent hearing loss worldwide.
A ‘drastic shift to the left’: Greens candidate Max Chandler-Mather celebrates his win in the Brisbane seat of Griffith in the May federal election.
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Despite a huge investment in preschool funding, school readiness scores have remained flat for more than a decade.
US President Joe Biden shakes hands with Indonesian President and G20 host Joko Widodo at the 2022 summit in Nusa Dua, Bali.
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With “Recover Together, Recover Stronger” as its theme, the 2022 summit has global health, digital transformation, and a sustainable energy transition high on the agenda.
Critics of Jim Chalmers’ plan to use superannuation to pay for social housing say super holdings belong to members. But social housing is a reliable investment and benefits everyone.