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July 31, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called on the international community to immediately suspend Indonesia from the UN Human Rights Council over a shocking assault on a young deaf indigenous Papuan that has been likened to the George Floyd tragedy in the United States. The treatment of Steven ... <a title="ULMWP calls for suspension of Indonesia from UN rights council over assault on deaf Papuan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/31/ulmwp-calls-for-suspension-of-indonesia-from-un-rights-council-over-assault-on-deaf-papuan/" aria-label="Read more about ULMWP calls for suspension of Indonesia from UN rights council over assault on deaf Papuan">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Conley Tyler, Research Associate, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne ANU Bell School This piece is part of a new series in collaboration with the ABC’s Saturday Extra program. Each week, the show will have a “who am I” quiz for listeners about influential figures who ... <a title="Coral Bell: the ‘accidental academic’ who wanted to stop armageddon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/31/coral-bell-the-accidental-academic-who-wanted-to-stop-armageddon-156302/" aria-label="Read more about Coral Bell: the ‘accidental academic’ who wanted to stop armageddon">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2021
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist As with much of Indonesia, the country’s easternmost provinces of Papua and West Papua are struggling to contain the spread of covid-19, with the delta variant on the loose. In their latest update, health authorities in Papua province reported 33,826 confirmed cases of the virus to date, as well ... <a title="Vaccine resistance in West Papua as covid-19 pandemic rages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/31/vaccine-resistance-in-west-papua-as-covid-19-pandemic-rages/" aria-label="Read more about Vaccine resistance in West Papua as covid-19 pandemic rages">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand’s first mass vaccination event is getting under way in Manukau where 16,000 people are due to receive a covid-19 vaccine in the next three days. The Vodafone Events Centre in Manukau has been set up with 242 booths, and people will file in at their allotted time to take a seat ... <a title="NZ covid-19 mass vaccination event starts in Auckland – long delays" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/31/nz-covid-19-mass-vaccination-event-starts-in-auckland-long-delays/" aria-label="Read more about NZ covid-19 mass vaccination event starts in Auckland – long delays">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2021
Opinion by Chris Leitch, Leader of Social Credit party. As the Reserve Bank winds down its money creation programme (Quantitative Easing) some economists and commentators are calling for a return to orthodoxy – as if the economic regime that was being followed in the run up to 2020 was somehow delivering better results for the ... <a title="Opinion by Chris Leitch – Return to orthodoxy the last thing we need" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/31/opinion-by-chris-leitch-return-to-orthodoxy-the-last-thing-we-need/" aria-label="Read more about Opinion by Chris Leitch – Return to orthodoxy the last thing we need">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2021
RNZ Pacific After previous calls for the Samoan Parliament to convene so a national budget can be passed, the ruling FAST Party now says there is no real need to rush to convene Parliament. Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa said last Saturday that Parliament would meet “in the first opportunity” this week to pass a ... <a title="FAST now says it needs to delay Samoa’s Parliament convening" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/31/fast-now-says-it-needs-to-delay-samoas-parliament-convening/" aria-label="Read more about FAST now says it needs to delay Samoa’s Parliament convening">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has warned the news media that the country’s emergency powers enable the government to target “yellow journalism” and the spreading of misinformation, reports the Solomon Islands Herald. Speaking in Parliament on a motion to extend the covid pandemic State of Public Emergency by a further ... <a title="Solomons PM warns journalists against ‘yellow journalism’ rumours" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/31/solomons-pm-warns-journalists-against-yellow-journalism-rumours/" aria-label="Read more about Solomons PM warns journalists against ‘yellow journalism’ rumours">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Seven in ten people aged 16 and over will need to be fully vaccinated for COVID restrictions to begin to be eased, under targets agreed in principle by national cabinet on Friday. Further relaxation and opening beyond that, including a ... <a title="Vaccination rate needs to hit 70% to trigger easing of restrictions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/30/vaccination-rate-needs-to-hit-70-to-trigger-easing-of-restrictions-165407/" aria-label="Read more about Vaccination rate needs to hit 70% to trigger easing of restrictions">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rajib Dasgupta, Chairperson, Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University Some 6 months after India began what is said to be the largest COVID-19 vaccination drive in the world, equitable distribution has been a challenge. A recent instance from a remote area in one ... <a title="India’s vaccine rollout is ignoring the many inequities in its society" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/30/indias-vaccine-rollout-is-ignoring-the-many-inequities-in-its-society-165080/" aria-label="Read more about India’s vaccine rollout is ignoring the many inequities in its society">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cathy Foley, Australia’s Chief Scientist, Office of the Chief Scientist Prajval Shastri, Author provided All around the world, there is an extreme gender imbalance in physics, in both academia and industry. Examples are all too easy to find. In Burkina Faso’s largest university, the University of Ouagadougou, ... <a title="We must include more women in physics — it would help the whole of humanity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/30/we-must-include-more-women-in-physics-it-would-help-the-whole-of-humanity-165096/" aria-label="Read more about We must include more women in physics — it would help the whole of humanity">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Marie Muscat, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Sydney from www.shutterstock.com As Sydney’s COVID-19 outbreak continues to grow, the message has shifted to urgently “get the jab”. And people’s motivation to get vaccinated is increasing. But with ever-changing advice, many people are confused about which vaccine they’re ... <a title="No wonder people are confused. Most official COVID vaccine advice is way too complex" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/30/no-wonder-people-are-confused-most-official-covid-vaccine-advice-is-way-too-complex-165307/" aria-label="Read more about No wonder people are confused. Most official COVID vaccine advice is way too complex">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Belinda Cannell, Research fellow, Research Associate, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock Do penguins fly underwater? – Rhys, age 7, Perth. Indeed they do. They can’t fly through the air but they can fly underwater. In other words, a penguin uses the muscles in its chest to ... <a title="Curious Kids: do penguins fly underwater?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/30/curious-kids-do-penguins-fly-underwater-162994/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: do penguins fly underwater?">Read more</a>
