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Pakistan’s
voters headed to the polls last Thursday hoping that an
election might deliver something that’s been sorely
missing in the country’s politics: stability.
It
didn’t. Instead, a surprisingly strong showing by PTI - the
party of jailed former prime minister and cricket hero Imran
Khan - has left the country with a fragmented parliament, with
no one party reaching the threshold to govern on their own.
The PTI has claimed victory and clearly thinks it has a
mandate. So too does rival party PMLN, which placed second in
the vote and has a chance of forming a coalition with third
place PPP.
If
it sounds a bit of a mess, that’s because it is. And as
Ayesha Jalal notes, it
is a mess with consequences. An unstable government will find
it harder to pass the kind of economic package needed to pull
the country out of its economic quagmire. Moreover, it plays
into the hands of Pakistan’s generals who are never that far
away from politics, and may relish the prospect of a weak
government that will be easier to manipulate.
In
a new scientific study, climate researchers René van Westen,
Henk Dijkstra and Michael Kliphuis show
that the Atlantic’s circulation slowdown is headed toward a
tipping point. Using high-tech models of the Earth’s climate,
they show what’s likely to happen in North America, Europe and
elsewhere if it reaches that point and starts a faster, likely
unstoppable shutdown. They also found a warning signal to
watch for. |
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Matt Williams
Senior International
Editor | |
Ayesha Jalal, Tufts University
The
PTI, the party of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, won
the most seats of any one party – but fell short of reaching
the threshold for a majority government. |
René van Westen, Utrecht University; Henk A.
Dijkstra, Utrecht University; Michael Kliphuis, Utrecht
University
Scientists
now have a better understanding of the risks ahead and a new
early warning signal to watch for. |
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Nicholas R. Longrich, University of Bath
Fossils
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coexisted in Morocco around 66 million years ago.
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Inderjeet Parmar, City, University of
London
The
US journalist has been an outspoken critic of the
Biden administration and has repeatedly justified
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Sarah G. Phillips, University of Sydney
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terror groups are a tool that Western-backed
oppressive regimes have long used to maintain
power.
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of London; Michael James Walsh, University of Canberra
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have featured in anti-vaccine messaging for centuries
and their power to spread harmful health
disinformation is growing.
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Sisanda Nkoala, University of the Western
Cape; Christina Chan-Meetoo, University of Mauritius;
Jacinta Mwende Maweu, University of Nairobi; Marissa
J. Moorman, Indiana University; Modestus Fosu, Ghana
Institute of Journalism; Stanley Tsarwe, University of
Namibia
With
a dramatic political history, radio is today the
number one source of news in Africa.
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Aoife Morrin, Dublin City University
The
science of smell is an exciting area of
research. | |
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Georgi Gardiner, University of Tennessee
Words
have power, and what vocabulary you have at your disposal to
describe your relationships with other people can shape what
directions those relationships can take. |
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