Sophia Smith Galler’s How to Kill a Language introduces the many methods that are used to coerce people into taking up dominant languages at the expense of their own. These include massacres, dispossession, forced relocation, criminalisation and public humiliation, as well as more subtle techniques, like economic pressure and political…
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Spider-Man has been around for a very long time – since 1962, to be exact. So, how does the publisher keep sexagenarians like Spider-Man still feeling relevant and reinvigorated after all this…
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The latest update of nationwide flood maps, to be released next year, will give communities across New Zealand the clearest picture yet of the regional risk of flooding. But as it stands, this…
On June 22, Western Australian police became the nation’s first law enforcement agency to use live facial recognition technology to find persons of interest. The trial involves a clearly marked van…
Dozens of reptiles stolen from Virginia Petco stores Suspects allegedly cleaned out the reptile sections of three Petco stores in Fairfax County last May.
Japan PM says Putin's visit to disputed islands 'absolutely unacceptable' - Published Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has criticised Vladimir Putin's first-ever visit to the disputed Kuril…
Australia is famous for its coral reefs, including the Great Barrier Reef on the east coast and Ningaloo Reef in the west.