Many Russian speakers in Ukraine have switched language – but changing perceptions may be much harder

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After Russias full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, a lot of Ukrainians who would normally have used Russian as their first language started instead to speak only in Ukrainian. It was part of a cultural shift,...

Wales is overhauling its democracy – here’s what’s changing

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Next Mays Senedd (Welsh parliament) election wont just be another trip to the polls. It will mark a major change in how Welsh democracy works. The number of elected members is increasing from 60 to 96, and the voting...

Tornado: this samurai-western immigrant revenge tale tries to be many things – but runs out of ammo

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Tornado is many things: a British period drama, a western, a samurai film, a coming-of-age story and an origin story. Set in the windswept moorland of Britain in 1790, the film offers a lawless backdrop fit for a western,...

France’s final nuclear tests in the South Pacific, 30 years on

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In recent months, the viability of Frances nuclear arsenal has been making headlines with talk of a French nuclear umbrella that might shield its allies on the European continent. In the face of the Russia-Ukraine war, and...

Mitigating AI security threats: Why the G7 should embrace ‘federated learning’

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the world, from diagnosing diseases in hospitals to catching fraud in banking systems. But its also raising urgent questions. As G7 leaders prepare to meet in Alberta, one issue...

Friday essay: foggy, flirty and too much – Jane Austen’s menopausal women solicit compassion while making us laugh

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Was Jane Austen the first writer to show how it really feels to be a middle-aged woman? Before Austen, literatures iconic perimenopausal woman was the Wife of Bath in Chaucers Canterbury Tales, who regales the medieval...

Sunday Too Far Away at 50: how a story about Aussie shearers launched a local film industry

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Released 50 years ago, Sunday Too Far Away deals episodically with a group of shearers led by Foley (Jack Thompson), and the events leading up to the national shearers strike of 1956. The shearers are a ragtag group held...