{"results":[{"title":"Despite its best efforts, Iran won't be able to toll the Strait of Hormuz","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/strait-of-hormuz-boats-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/june/despite-its-best-efforts-iran-wont-be-able-to-toll-the-strait-of-hormuz","publisheddate":"2026-06-29","summary":"
Tensions have again escalated in the Middle East, with the United States and Iran trading strikes around the Strait of Hormuz.","sxaTags":[{"title":"DSINews"},{"title":"Defence"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"International relations"}]},{"title":"Global surveys find carbon uptake in tropics overestimated","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/tropical-plants-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/june/global-surveys-find-carbon-uptake-in-tropics-overestimated","publisheddate":"2026-06-16","summary":"
An international team of researchers has found plants in the tropics absorb much less carbon dioxide than previous modelling had suggested, which has implications for management of ecosystems.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Mathematics"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Resilient environment and climate change"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"Peace deal may end Iran war but what was really achieved?","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/conversation-iran-peace-deal_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/june/peace-deal-may-end-iran-war-but-what-was-really-achieved","publisheddate":"2026-06-15","summary":"
After weeks of on-again, off-again negotiations, US President Donald Trump finally seems to have secured an agreement from the Iranian regime to end the war that has roiled the region – and global energy markets – since late February. Just what’s been agreed to, however, will likely remain contested until the deal is expected to be signed on Friday.","sxaTags":[{"title":"International"},{"title":"School of Social Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"}]},{"title":"Elusive deep-sea goblin shark seen alive for the first time","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/goblin-shark-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/june/elusive-deep-sea-goblin-shark-seen-alive-for-the-first-time","publisheddate":"2026-06-12","summary":"
The first live observations of the rare and elusive goblin shark in its natural deep ocean habitat have been recorded, extending their known depth and geographic range significantly.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Oceans Institute"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Resilient environment and climate change"},{"title":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"Ticket price fiasco for Fifa World Cup a spectacular own goal","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/fif-2026-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/june/ticket-price-fiasco-for-fifa-world-cup-a-spectacular-own-goal","publisheddate":"2026-06-12","summary":"
Attending the men’s Fifa World Cup 2026 will be much more expensive than any previous World Cup. And that’s not what fans were promised.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Business School"},{"title":"Data Science"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Business-and-law"}]},{"title":"Iran dragged out 1979 hostage crisis to humiliate US. It could be doing the same now","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/us-and-iran-fracture-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/june/iran-dragged-out-1979-hostage-crisis-to-humiliate-us-it-could-be-doing-the-same-now","publisheddate":"2026-06-09","summary":"
Strikes between Iran and Israel have put US President Donald Trump under even more pressure to end the unpopular war he launched with the Israeli Prime Minister more than three months ago.","sxaTags":[{"title":"International"},{"title":"School of Social Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"International relations"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"}]},{"title":"Why is Australia buying used submarines?","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/submerged-sub-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/june/why-is-australia-buying-used-submarines","publisheddate":"2026-06-05","summary":"
Following the recent announcement that Australia would acquire three submarines already in US service rather than two used submarines and one new one, AUKUS has again dominated headlines.","sxaTags":[{"title":"DSINews"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"International relations"}]},{"title":"How two ancient rivers gave birth to the Euphrates","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/ancient-rivers_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/june/how-two-ancient-rivers-gave-birth-to-the-euphrates","publisheddate":"2026-06-03","summary":"
Geoscientists have shed light on the enduring mystery of how the modern Euphrates River – central to the origins of human civilisation – came to exist.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Geography and Planning"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Our place culture and heritage"},{"title":"School of Earth Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"New partnership to transform healthcare in Vietnam","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/marshall-vinmec-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/may/new-partnership-to-transform-healthcare-in-vietnam","publisheddate":"2026-05-29","summary":"
A strategic partnership between The University of Western Australia's Marshall Centre for Infectious Diseases Research and Training and VinMec Healthcare System is set to transform how gastric cancer is detected and prevented across Vietnam. ","sxaTags":[{"title":"Global Engagement"},{"title":"Global Partnerships Office"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Marshall Centre for Infectious Diseases"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"International relations"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"}]},{"title":"Glacial cycles shape evolution of many species of Antarctic sea slug","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/sea-slug-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/may/glacial-cycles-shape-evolution-of-many-species-of-antarctic-sea-slug","publisheddate":"2026-05-21","summary":"
Marine scientists have discovered that what was once thought to be a single sea slug species is actually at least 75 distinct species that were shaped over millions of years by repeated Antarctic glacial cycles.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Oceans Institute"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Resilient environment and climate change"},{"title":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]}]}