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June 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elena Zavala, PhD Student, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Collection of sediment DNA samples in the Main Chamber of Denisova Cave. Bert Roberts, Author provided In the foothills of the Altai Mountains in southern Siberia lies Denisova Cave. It is the only site in the world ... <a title="Dirty secrets: sediment DNA reveals a 300,000-year timeline of ancient and modern humans living in Siberia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/24/dirty-secrets-sediment-dna-reveals-a-300-000-year-timeline-of-ancient-and-modern-humans-living-in-siberia-161585/" aria-label="Read more about Dirty secrets: sediment DNA reveals a 300,000-year timeline of ancient and modern humans living in Siberia">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Simpson, Senior Lecturer, University of South Australia As Aung San Suu Kyi finally faced court last week to defend herself against a litany of politically motivated charges, Myanmar is continuing its downward spiral into state failure. Suu Kyi was arrested following the February 1 coup by ... <a title="With Aung San Suu Kyi facing prison, Myanmar’s opposition is leaderless, desperate and ready to fight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/24/with-aung-san-suu-kyi-facing-prison-myanmars-opposition-is-leaderless-desperate-and-ready-to-fight-162428/" aria-label="Read more about With Aung San Suu Kyi facing prison, Myanmar’s opposition is leaderless, desperate and ready to fight">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vasso Apostolopoulos, Professor of Immunology and Associate Provost, Research Partnerships, Victoria University Shutterstock While widespread vaccination is key in our fight against COVID-19, people who are infected still need better treatment to improve their chance of survival and making a full recovery. Early on, the world had ... <a title="Stopping, blocking and dampening – how Aussie drugs in the pipeline could treat COVID-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/24/stopping-blocking-and-dampening-how-aussie-drugs-in-the-pipeline-could-treat-covid-19-162349/" aria-label="Read more about Stopping, blocking and dampening – how Aussie drugs in the pipeline could treat COVID-19">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martine Maron, ARC Future Fellow and Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland A growing global push to halt biodiversity decline, most recently agreed at the G7 on Sunday, leaves Australia out in the cold as the federal government walks away from critical reforms needed to ... <a title="The government’s idea of ‘national environment standards’ would entrench Australia’s global pariah status" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/24/the-governments-idea-of-national-environment-standards-would-entrench-australias-global-pariah-status-163082/" aria-label="Read more about The government’s idea of ‘national environment standards’ would entrench Australia’s global pariah status">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip D. Parker, Professor and Deputy Director, Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University Shutterstock We have all met the parent who thinks their kid is the next Picasso or Einstein regardless of the evidence. But it’s hard to know if these beliefs are helpful ... <a title="‘You’re the best!’ Your belief in your kids’ academic ability can actually improve their grades" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/24/youre-the-best-your-belief-in-your-kids-academic-ability-can-actually-improve-their-grades-161881/" aria-label="Read more about ‘You’re the best!’ Your belief in your kids’ academic ability can actually improve their grades">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia Transmission Films Review: Buckley’s Chance, directed by Tim Brown. It’s a classic trope of Australian cinema: a foreigner comes here and discovers a wild, rugged place, replete with dangerous and surreal animals and dangerous and ... <a title="Meat pies, desert, bloody dingoes: new Australian film Buckley’s Chance brims with dated cultural cliches" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/24/meat-pies-desert-bloody-dingoes-new-australian-film-buckleys-chance-brims-with-dated-cultural-cliches-162858/" aria-label="Read more about Meat pies, desert, bloody dingoes: new Australian film Buckley’s Chance brims with dated cultural cliches">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2021
By Timoci Vula in Suva Fiji has reported its highest daily total of positive covid-19 infections with 279 cases reported as of 8am today as the outbreak continues to soar. The ministry has also reported four deaths attributed to the virus. Health Secretary Dr James Fong announced these figures in the covid-19 update this evening. ... <a title="Covid infections in Fiji soar with record 279 cases – four deaths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/23/covid-infections-in-fiji-soar-with-record-279-cases-four-deaths/" aria-label="Read more about Covid infections in Fiji soar with record 279 cases – four deaths">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2021
RNZ News The Wellington region moved to alert level 2 at 6pm today after an Australian tourist who visited the New Zealand capital on the weekend tested positive for covid-19 on his return to Sydney. Wellington, Wairarapa and Kāpiti Coast are now at alert level 2 until 11.59pm on Sunday but the rest of the ... <a title="NZ’s capital moves to covid alert level 2 after Sydney tourist scare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/23/nzs-capital-moves-to-covid-alert-level-2-after-sydney-tourist-scare/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s capital moves to covid alert level 2 after Sydney tourist scare">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2021
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva Fiji’s covid19 case count broke records again yesterday as medical authorities recorded another two deaths at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital (CWM) in the capital Suva. Two men, a 68-year-old and a 42-year-old are the latest certified covid deaths. The CWM Hospital is investigating another two covid-positive ... <a title="Fiji records two covid deaths amid record 180 new cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/23/fiji-records-two-covid-deaths-amid-record-180-new-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji records two covid deaths amid record 180 new cases">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Three members of the Biloela Tamil family have been given bridging visas for three months, which will allow the parents work and study rights. Immigration Minister Alex Hawke has granted the visas to Nades and Priya Murugappan and their elder ... <a title="Bridging visas for three months granted to Tamil family" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/23/bridging-visas-for-three-months-granted-to-tamil-family-163285/" aria-label="Read more about Bridging visas for three months granted to Tamil family">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government’s response to the UNESCO recommendation that the Great Barrier Reef be listed as “in danger” was one of surprise and shock. The recommendation will be considered at UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee meeting next month. While the proposal calls ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sussan Ley and Terri Butler on the Great Barrier Reef being ‘in danger’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/23/politics-with-michelle-grattan-sussan-ley-and-terri-butler-on-the-great-barrier-reef-being-in-danger-163286/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sussan Ley and Terri Butler on the Great Barrier Reef being ‘in danger’">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The international source for these data calculates the percentage increase (decrease if negative) of deaths compared to ‘expected deaths’. There is a weakness in the data, in that ‘expected deaths’ is simply the average for 2015 to 2019. Thus, it does not account for rising populations in the various age cohorts. ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Excess Deaths by Age Cohort: New Zealand and comparator countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/23/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-excess-deaths-by-age-cohort-new-zealand-and-comparator-countries/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Excess Deaths by Age Cohort: New Zealand and comparator countries">Read more</a>
