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July 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warren Hogan, Industry Professor, University of Technology Sydney The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a dramatic surge in “mum and dad” retail investors playing stock exchanges across the world. In Australia, retail investors were net buyers of A$9 billion of Australian stocks between late February and mid-May, ... <a title="Gambling on the stock market: are retail investors even playing to win?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/28/gambling-on-the-stock-market-are-retail-investors-even-playing-to-win-143248/" aria-label="Read more about Gambling on the stock market: are retail investors even playing to win?">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2020
By Pia Ranada in Manila Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, for the third time, used his State of the Nation Address (SONA) to call on Congress to reinstate the death penalty for violators of the country’s anti-drugs law. “I reiterate the swift passage of a law reviving the death penalty by lethal injection for crimes specified ... <a title="Duterte again calls for return of death penalty by lethal injection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/28/duterte-again-calls-for-return-of-death-penalty-by-lethal-injection/" aria-label="Read more about Duterte again calls for return of death penalty by lethal injection">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Host Zoe Larsen Cumming had much to discuss on a new documentary, the exquisitely made Loimata – The Sweetest Tears, which was launched last Saturday to a full house at the ASB Waterfront Theatre as part of the international Whanau Marama film festival. She asked Pacific Media Watch contributing editor Sri Krishnamurthi ... <a title="Loimata – The Sweetest Tears is a spectacularly exquisite documentary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/27/loimata-the-sweetest-tears-is-a-spectacularly-exquisite-documentary/" aria-label="Read more about Loimata – The Sweetest Tears is a spectacularly exquisite documentary">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Peel, Professor of Environmental and Climate Law, University of Melbourne As the world warms, the value of “safe” investments might be at risk from inadequate climate change policies. This prospect is raised by a world-first climate change case, filed in the federal court last week. Katta ... <a title="‘A wake-up call’: why this student is suing the government over the financial risks of climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/27/a-wake-up-call-why-this-student-is-suing-the-government-over-the-financial-risks-of-climate-change-143359/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A wake-up call’: why this student is suing the government over the financial risks of climate change">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Judith Armstrong, Honorary Fellow of the School of Languages and Linguistics, University of Melbourne In our Art for Trying Times series, authors nominate a work they turn to for solace or perspective during this pandemic. That we are all spending more time at home these days goes ... <a title="Sense and Sensibility in a time of coronavirus: vicarious escape with Jane Austen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/27/sense-and-sensibility-in-a-time-of-coronavirus-vicarious-escape-with-jane-austen-142817/" aria-label="Read more about Sense and Sensibility in a time of coronavirus: vicarious escape with Jane Austen">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2020
By Lian Buan in Manila Manila Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa has denied the motion for partial reconsideration filed by Rappler journalists, and upheld the cyber libel conviction of Rappler CEO and executive editor Maria Ressa and former researcher-writer Reynaldo Santos Jr. “In view of the foregoing, the Motion for Partial Reconsideration filed by Accused Reynaldo Santos ... <a title="Manila court upholds Ressa cyber libel conviction, cites new 15-year period" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/27/manila-court-upholds-ressa-cyber-libel-conviction-cites-new-15-year-period/" aria-label="Read more about Manila court upholds Ressa cyber libel conviction, cites new 15-year period">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2020
A SPREP webinar about the Blue Pacific vision for the peoples of the Oceania region. By Sri Krishnamurthi, reporting for the Pacific Media Centre “Our journey to a bluer Pacific as we navigate through covid-19, we’ve all experienced the impact of covid-19 one way or another, our region has not been spared the adverse effects of covid-19. ... <a title="Eco-tourism is the way of the post-covid future for the ‘blue’ Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/27/eco-tourism-is-the-way-of-the-post-covid-future-for-the-blue-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Eco-tourism is the way of the post-covid future for the ‘blue’ Pacific">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Seale, Senior Lecturer, UNSW Victoria’s chief health officer Brett Sutton said recently there were good reasons why some people can’t wear a mask: A number […] are legitimately not able to wear masks so please don’t vilify individuals or don’t make the assumption they are simply ... <a title="It’s easy to judge. But some people really can’t wear a mask" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/27/its-easy-to-judge-but-some-people-really-cant-wear-a-mask-143258/" aria-label="Read more about It’s easy to judge. But some people really can’t wear a mask">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2020
OP-ED by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Kanni Wignaraja, Bambang Susantono. As lockdowns ease in countries across Asia and the Pacific in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, one thing is clear—a return to business as usual is unimaginable in a region that was already off track to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The virtual High-Level ... <a title="Submission – A Determined Path to the SDGs in 2030 Despite the COVID-19 Pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/27/submission-a-determined-path-to-the-sdgs-in-2030-despite-the-covid-19-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about Submission – A Determined Path to the SDGs in 2030 Despite the COVID-19 Pandemic">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Newshub-Reid Research Poll Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Judith Collins must take responsibility for National’s fall – but she’s not entirely to blame Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern still soaring as preferred Prime Minister – ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 27 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/27/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-27-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 27 2020">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Javaan Chahl, DST Group Joint Chair of Sensor Systems, University of South Australia We have developed four-winged bird-like robots, called ornithopters, that can take off and fly with the agility of swifts, hummingbirds and insects. We did this by reverse engineering the aerodynamics and biomechanics of these ... <a title="Learning from nature: a new flapping drone can take off, hover and swoop like a bird" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/27/learning-from-nature-a-new-flapping-drone-can-take-off-hover-and-swoop-like-a-bird-143343/" aria-label="Read more about Learning from nature: a new flapping drone can take off, hover and swoop like a bird">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Wolpe, Non-resident Senior Fellow, United States Study Centre, University of Sydney The Democratic National Convention is approaching — in virtual form — and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden will present his pick for vice president to the delegates for their affirmation. In 2008, then-Senator Barack Obama ... <a title="Joe Biden has a long list of qualified female VP candidates. So, who will he pick?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/27/joe-biden-has-a-long-list-of-qualified-female-vp-candidates-so-who-will-he-pick-143094/" aria-label="Read more about Joe Biden has a long list of qualified female VP candidates. So, who will he pick?">Read more</a>
