University News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on April 28, 2025.
MIL-OSI China: SCO health institutions to deepen telehealth collaboration
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News XI’AN, April 27 — Telehealth, powered by advances in information technology, came into sharp focus on Sunday as health leaders gathered in Xi’an, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, to discuss hospital collaboration among member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). The seventh SCO Hospital Cooperation Conference, […]
MIL-OSI Global: People trust legal advice generated by ChatGPT more than a lawyer – new study
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Eike Schneiders, Assistant Professor, School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton Alexander Supertramp / shutterstock People who aren’t legal experts are more willing to rely on legal advice provided by ChatGPT than by real lawyers – at least, when they don’t know which of the two […]
MIL-Evening Report: Vancouver SUV attack exposes crowd management falldowns and casts a pall on Canada’s election
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ali Asgary, Professor, Disaster & Emergency Management, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies & Director, CIFAL York, York University, Canada A car attack at a Filipino street festival in Vancouver just two days before Canada’s federal election has killed at least 11 people and injured many […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Digging up the past for Archaeology Week
Source: Auckland Council Sometimes to uncover Auckland’s past, you need to dig deep. Just ask Chris Mallows, Team Leader Cultural Heritage Implementation in Auckland Council’s Heritage Unit. He’s part of a team of archaeologists unearthing the fascinating history of Tāmaki Makaurau. Auckland’s rich and varied landscape – encompassing coastland, forest, wetlands, maunga and volcanic fields […]
MIL-OSI Global: Vancouver SUV attack exposes crowd management falldowns and casts a pall on Canada’s election
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Ali Asgary, Professor, Disaster & Emergency Management, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies & Director, CIFAL York, York University, Canada A car attack at a Filipino street festival in Vancouver just two days before Canada’s federal election has killed at least 11 people and injured many more. […]
MIL-OSI Australia: UniSA secures a box seat in $500 million research centres to help advance Australia’s manufacturing sector
Source: 28 April 2025 Future Industries Institute researchers Professor Colin Hall and Professor Allison Cowin. UniSA researchers are the big winners in a Federal Government announcement of two new industry-led collaborative research centres designed to strengthen Australia’s manufacturing sector. The Future Industries Institute will play a major role in both the Additive Manufacturing CRC and […]
MIL-Evening Report: Is Canada heading down a path that has caused the collapse of mighty civilizations in the past?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Hoyer, Senior Researcher, Historian and Complexity Scientist, University of Toronto Canada is, by nearly any measure, a large, advanced, prosperous nation. A founding member of the G7, Canada is one of the world’s most “advanced economies,” ranking fourth in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s […]
MIL-Evening Report: Rwanda’s genocide: why remembering needs to be free of politics – lessons from survivors
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Lakin, Lecturer, Clark University Memory and politics are inherently intertwined and can never be fully separated in post-atrocity and post-genocidal contexts. They are also dynamic and ever-changing. The interplay between memory and politics is, therefore, prone to manipulation, exaggeration or misuse by clever actors to meet […]
MIL-Evening Report: ‘I were but little happy, if I could say how much’: Shakespeare’s insights on happiness have held up for more than 400 years
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cora Fox, Associate Professor of English and Health Humanities, Arizona State University Joanna Vanderham as Desdemona and Hugh Quarshie as the title character in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of ‘Othello.’ Robbie Jack/Corbis via Getty Images What is “happiness” – and who gets to be happy? Since […]
MIL-Evening Report: What will the UK Supreme Court gender ruling mean in practice? A legal expert explains
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Maine, Senior Lecturer in Law, City St George’s, University of London jeep2499/Shutterstock The Supreme Court’s decision in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers will mean changes in how trans people in the UK access services and single-sex spaces. In the highly anticipated judgment announced […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Dangerous synthetic opioids and animal sedatives found in Australian wastewater
Source: 28 April 2025 University of South Australia scientists have developed a highly sensitive method to detect illegal opioids and a veterinary sedative in Australia’s wastewater system, providing a vital early warning tool to public health authorities. A new study published in Environmental Science and Pollution Research, funded by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission and […]
MIL-Evening Report: What are ‘penjamins’? Disguised cannabis vapes are gaining popularity among young people
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack Chung, PhD Candidate, National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research, The University of Queensland Stenko Vlad/Shutterstock E-cigarettes or vapes were originally designed to deliver nicotine in a smokeless form. But in recent years, vapes have been used to deliver other psychoactive substances, including cannabis concentrates and […]
MIL-Evening Report: Used EV batteries could power vehicles, houses or even towns – if their manufacturers share vital data
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryoush Habibi, Professor and Head, Centre for Green and Smart Energy Systems, Edith Cowan University EV batteries are made of hundreds of smaller cells. IM Imagery/Shutterstock Around the world, more and more electric vehicles are hitting the road. Last year, more than 17 million battery-electric and hybrid […]
MIL-Evening Report: Climate change and the housing crisis are a dangerous mix. So which party is grappling with both?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ehsan Noroozinejad, Senior Researcher and Sustainable Future Lead, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University Australia is running out of affordable, safe places to live. Rents and mortgages are climbing faster than wages, and young people fear they may never own a home. At the same time, […]
MIL-Evening Report: Why film and TV creators will still risk it all for the perfect long take shot
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristian Ramsden, PhD Candidate, University of Adelaide Apple TV In the second episode of Apple TV’s The Studio (2025–) – a sharp satirical take on contemporary Hollywood – newly-appointed studio head Matt Remick (Seth Rogen) visits the set of one of his company’s film productions. He finds […]
MIL-Evening Report: Is there a best way to peel a boiled egg? A food scientist explains
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paulomi (Polly) Burey, Professor in Food Science, University of Southern Queensland We’ve all been there – trying to peel a boiled egg, but mangling it beyond all recognition as the hard shell stubbornly sticks to the egg white. Worse, the egg ends up covered in chewy bits […]
MIL-Evening Report: Australia once had ‘immigration amnesties’ to grant legal status to undocumented people. Could we again?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Dehm, Senior Lecturer, International Migration and Refugee Law, University of Technology Sydney The year is 1972. The Whitlam Labor government has just been swept into power and major changes to Australia’s immigration system are underway. Many people remember this time for the formal end of the […]
MIL-OSI Global: Skilled migrants are leaving the U.S. for Canada — how can the north gain from the brain drain?
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Ashika Niraula, Senior Research Associate, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration & Integration Program, Toronto Metropolitan University Skilled migrants and international students are leaving the United States for Canada in growing numbers. A March 2025 report by Statistics Canada reveals a sharp rise in the numbers of American […]
MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Text of the Vice-President’s address to the Faculty and Students of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in Coimbatore (Excerpts)
Source: Government of India Posted On: 27 APR 2025 2:11PM by PIB Delhi Good afternoon, all of you. Distinguished audience, faculty and students. Fostering agri-education, innovation, entrepreneurship for Viksit Bharat. The theme could not have been more appropriate, more timely and the theme is at the right place. This is need of our times, this […]
MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: LCQ4: Implementation of increased admission quota of non-local students
Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region LCQ4: Implementation of increased admission quota of non-local students Question: Regarding the implementation of the increased admission quota of non-local students, will the Government inform this Council: (1) whether it has provided specific guidelines to various funded universities, self-financing post-secondary institutions, and the Vocational Training Council and its member institutions […]