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July 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Maley, Emeritus Professor, Australian National University Militiamen join Afghan security forces during a gathering in Kabul last month. Together, they are trying to stem the tide of the latest Taliban gains. Rahmat Gul/AP Afghanistan is teetering on the brink of an almost unimaginable disaster. The withdrawal ... <a title="On the brink of disaster: how decades of progress in Afghanistan could be wiped out in short order" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/08/on-the-brink-of-disaster-how-decades-of-progress-in-afghanistan-could-be-wiped-out-in-short-order-164087/" aria-label="Read more about On the brink of disaster: how decades of progress in Afghanistan could be wiped out in short order">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Victoria Plekhanova, Lecturer, Massey University www.shutterstock.com Australia, New Zealand and many other countries are losing hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue each year by not adequately taxing the profits of digital giants doing business in their jurisdictions. Australia has opted not to impose a digital services ... <a title="Australia and New Zealand are signing up for an international tax on the tech giants — but will it be enough?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/08/australia-and-new-zealand-are-signing-up-for-an-international-tax-on-the-tech-giants-but-will-it-be-enough-162507/" aria-label="Read more about Australia and New Zealand are signing up for an international tax on the tech giants — but will it be enough?">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heidi Norman, Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney Ranger David Wongway on Angas Downs, Northern Territory. Wikimedia Commons/JennyKS, CC BY-SA Anthropologist Peter Sutton and archaeologist Keryn Walshe, recently published a book titled Farmers or Hunter-gatherers? The Dark Emu Debate. This book offers ... <a title="How the Dark Emu debate limits representation of Aboriginal people in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/08/how-the-dark-emu-debate-limits-representation-of-aboriginal-people-in-australia-163006/" aria-label="Read more about How the Dark Emu debate limits representation of Aboriginal people in Australia">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2021
Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan present this week’s podcast, A View from Afar, where they analyse: Revelations that the People's Republic of China has further developed missile silos in its north-west desert. How does this fit with proliferation of nuclear silos in the west? How do great powers enforce their nuclear deterrence dogma and strategy in 2021 compared to when the first Cold War was chilling the world's expectations of longevity?
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July 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lara Herrero, Research Leader in Virology and Infectious Disease, Griffith University Shutterstock When a COVID cluster includes people who are vaccinated against the virus, we inevitably hear rumblings of complaint from people who wonder what the point is of vaccination. But when you read past the headlines, ... <a title="Yes, you can still get COVID after being vaccinated, but you’re unlikely to get as sick" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/08/yes-you-can-still-get-covid-after-being-vaccinated-but-youre-unlikely-to-get-as-sick-163870/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, you can still get COVID after being vaccinated, but you’re unlikely to get as sick">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Black, PhD Candidate, School of History, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University James Ross/AAP Political memoirs in Australia often create splashy headlines and controversy. But we should not dismiss the publication of former Liberal MP Julia Banks’ book, Power Play, as just the latest in ... <a title="Julia Banks’ new book is part of a 50-year tradition of female MPs using memoirs to fight for equality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/08/julia-banks-new-book-is-part-of-a-50-year-tradition-of-female-mps-using-memoirs-to-fight-for-equality-163888/" aria-label="Read more about Julia Banks’ new book is part of a 50-year tradition of female MPs using memoirs to fight for equality">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2021
RNZ Pacific The Fiji government’s response to the covid-19 pandemic outbreak is an utter failure, but it is not too late to follow New Zealand’s lockdown example, an opposition leader says. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told media her advice was that the lockdown strategy had saved lives. Fiji is in the grip of ... <a title="Fiji government ‘useless’, warns Prasad – Ardern touts lockdown benefits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/08/fiji-government-useless-warns-prasad-ardern-touts-lockdown-benefits/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji government ‘useless’, warns Prasad – Ardern touts lockdown benefits">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2021
By Josefa Babitu in Suva Fiji’s fight against the covid-19 pandemic seems to have no light at the end of the tunnel after the Pacific nation has recorded 636 cases and six deaths in the past day alone. Yesterday’s number makes 5776 people battling the virus in total while the Health Ministry expects more cases ... <a title="Almost 6000 people battle covid-19 in Fiji – fears of new pandemic spike" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/08/almost-6000-people-battle-covid-19-in-fiji-fears-of-new-pandemic-spike/" aria-label="Read more about Almost 6000 people battle covid-19 in Fiji – fears of new pandemic spike">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2021
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has published a gallery of grim portraits — those of 37 heads of state or government who crack down massively on press freedom, reports RSF. Some of these “predators of press freedom” have been operating for more than two decades while others have just joined the blacklist, which for the first ... <a title="RSF’s 2021 ‘Press freedom predators’ gallery includes old tyrants, 2 women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/08/rsfs-2021-press-freedom-predators-gallery-includes-old-tyrants-2-women/" aria-label="Read more about RSF’s 2021 ‘Press freedom predators’ gallery includes old tyrants, 2 women">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Yong, Academic, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University NASA/WikiCommons Until recently it was thought neutron star mergers were the only way heavy elements (heavier than Zinc) could be produced. These mergers involve the mashup of the remnants of two massive stars in a ... <a title="We found a new type of stellar explosion that could explain a 13-billion-year-old mystery of the Milky Way’s elements" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/08/we-found-a-new-type-of-stellar-explosion-that-could-explain-a-13-billion-year-old-mystery-of-the-milky-ways-elements-163986/" aria-label="Read more about We found a new type of stellar explosion that could explain a 13-billion-year-old mystery of the Milky Way’s elements">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Keith Rathbone, Lecturer, Modern European History and Sports History, Macquarie University British runner Albert Hill winning the 800-meter run at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics. Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Estampes et photographie, EI-13 (727) Since the global pandemic began, debate has raged over whether Tokyo should go ... <a title="Sardines for breakfast, hypothermia rescues: the story of the cash-strapped, post-pandemic 1920 Olympics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/08/sardines-for-breakfast-hypothermia-rescues-the-story-of-the-cash-strapped-post-pandemic-1920-olympics-162246/" aria-label="Read more about Sardines for breakfast, hypothermia rescues: the story of the cash-strapped, post-pandemic 1920 Olympics">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margie Danchin, Paediatrician at the Royal Childrens Hospital and Associate Professor and Clinician Scientist, University of Melbourne and MCRI, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Shutterstock The Delta variant is surging across the globe, and the World Health Organization warns it will rapidly become the world’s dominant strain of ... <a title="Is it more infectious? Is it spreading in schools? This is what we know about the Delta variant and kids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/08/is-it-more-infectious-is-it-spreading-in-schools-this-is-what-we-know-about-the-delta-variant-and-kids-163724/" aria-label="Read more about Is it more infectious? Is it spreading in schools? This is what we know about the Delta variant and kids">Read more</a>
