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May 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sussex, Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University Prigozhin Press Service/AP As Russia’s disastrous war in Ukraine continues, another rant by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the bombastic chief of the paramilitary Wagner group, has laid bare the power struggle at the top of Russia’s military leadership. ... <a title="Putin under pressure: the military melodrama between the Wagner group and Russia’s armed forces" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/17/putin-under-pressure-the-military-melodrama-between-the-wagner-group-and-russias-armed-forces-205475/" aria-label="Read more about Putin under pressure: the military melodrama between the Wagner group and Russia’s armed forces">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Griffin, Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The University of Queensland Pexels/Marcus Aurelius After having low rates of influenza (flu) transmission in recent years thanks to our COVID control strategies, case numbers are now rising. So far this year, Australia has had more than 32,000 lab-confirmed ... <a title="Should I get a flu vaccine this year? Here’s what you need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/17/should-i-get-a-flu-vaccine-this-year-heres-what-you-need-to-know-203406/" aria-label="Read more about Should I get a flu vaccine this year? Here’s what you need to know">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cynthia Faye Barlow, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Housing Research, University of Adelaide Shutterstock Every winter we hear about soaring energy bills and people’s inability to stay warm. But, until now, we haven’t really known just how cold Australian homes are. Our newly published research suggests ... <a title="Feeling frozen? 4 out of 5 homes in southern Australia are colder than is healthy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/17/feeling-frozen-4-out-of-5-homes-in-southern-australia-are-colder-than-is-healthy-205293/" aria-label="Read more about Feeling frozen? 4 out of 5 homes in southern Australia are colder than is healthy">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bjorn Sturmberg, Senior Research Fellow, Battery Storage & Grid Integration Program, Australian National University Shutterstock To power Australia without fossil fuels will mean using batteries to store power from solar and wind. We often think this means home batteries – or large grid-scale installations. There’s another size too: ... <a title="Community batteries are popular – but we have to make sure they actually help share power" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/17/community-batteries-are-popular-but-we-have-to-make-sure-they-actually-help-share-power-202626/" aria-label="Read more about Community batteries are popular – but we have to make sure they actually help share power">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy W. Jones, Associate Professor in History, La Trobe University Drag queens around the world are currently being accused of “grooming children” through drag storytime events. These accusations curiously associate public book reading with child sex offending. We know from decades of research and inquiries the places ... <a title="Calling drag queens ‘groomers’ and ‘pedophiles’ is the latest in a long history of weaponising those terms against the LGBTIQA community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/17/calling-drag-queens-groomers-and-pedophiles-is-the-latest-in-a-long-history-of-weaponising-those-terms-against-the-lgbtiqa-community-205648/" aria-label="Read more about Calling drag queens ‘groomers’ and ‘pedophiles’ is the latest in a long history of weaponising those terms against the LGBTIQA community">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate C. Prickett, Director of the Roy McKenzie Centre for the Study of Families and Children, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images Budget 2023 marks “half-time” for the Labour government’s long-term child poverty targets. It’s an ideal point in the ten-year project to ... <a title="NZ is finally making progress on child poverty – but a ‘no frills’ budget puts that at risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/17/nz-is-finally-making-progress-on-child-poverty-but-a-no-frills-budget-puts-that-at-risk-205559/" aria-label="Read more about NZ is finally making progress on child poverty – but a ‘no frills’ budget puts that at risk">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Hillman, Senior Research Fellow, Australian Council for Educational Research Shutterstock Australia’s Year 4 students have not lost ground on their reading skills, despite all the disruptions to schooling during the pandemic. A major international test has found about 80% of students have “more than elementary” skills ... <a title="Australia’s Year 4 students have not lost ground on reading, despite pandemic disruptions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/16/australias-year-4-students-have-not-lost-ground-on-reading-despite-pandemic-disruptions-205644/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s Year 4 students have not lost ground on reading, despite pandemic disruptions">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2023
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Two American C-17 Globemaster transport planes will bring 20 vehicles to Papua New Guinea in the next few days as part of preparations for the arrival of US President Joe Biden next week. All eyes will be on APEC Haus as the President and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ... <a title="PNG beefs up security for visit of Biden, Modi, Pacific leaders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/16/png-beefs-up-security-for-visit-of-biden-modi-pacific-leaders/" aria-label="Read more about PNG beefs up security for visit of Biden, Modi, Pacific leaders">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2023
EDITORIAL: By The Fiji Times editor-in-chief Fred Wesley Sunday — May 14 — was an important date for Fiji. It is recorded in history as a day set aside to commemorate the Girmitiya. Sometimes we need a reminder to appreciate the importance of history, and what it means to us as a nation. THE FIJI ... <a title="Girmit Day – Shaping Fiji through hard work, blood, sweat and tears" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/16/girmit-day-shaping-fiji-through-hard-work-blood-sweat-and-tears/" aria-label="Read more about Girmit Day – Shaping Fiji through hard work, blood, sweat and tears">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2023
Pacific Media Watch More than 100 media leaders from around the world have joined Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in signing an unprecedented joint statement expressing support for detained Apple Daily founder and publisher Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong. They have called for his immediate release. Among the signatories are publishers, editors-in-chief, and senior editors from ... <a title="‘Free Jimmy Lai now’ plea by RSF and 100 global media leaders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/16/free-jimmy-lai-now-plea-by-rsf-and-100-global-media-leaders/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Free Jimmy Lai now’ plea by RSF and 100 global media leaders">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Miller, Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Newcastle Shutterstock Students from schools in low-income communities did not suffer significant “learning loss” during the pandemic years of 2020-2021, but instead improved in certain areas of study. That’s one key finding from our research, published recently in the ... <a title="A pandemic silver lining: how kids in some disadvantaged schools improved their results during COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/16/a-pandemic-silver-lining-how-kids-in-some-disadvantaged-schools-improved-their-results-during-covid-203047/" aria-label="Read more about A pandemic silver lining: how kids in some disadvantaged schools improved their results during COVID">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tessa Morris-Suzuki, Professor Emerita, Australian National University shutterstock During an official visit to Australia in 2016, US President Joe Biden assured America’s Pacific allies that “We’re not trying to contain China”. That assurance is looking very shaky now. The Biden administration’s energetic promotion of the Quad grouping ... <a title="Joe Biden has said the US wasn’t trying to ‘contain’ China, but the evidence suggests otherwise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/16/joe-biden-has-said-the-us-wasnt-trying-to-contain-china-but-the-evidence-suggests-otherwise-204809/" aria-label="Read more about Joe Biden has said the US wasn’t trying to ‘contain’ China, but the evidence suggests otherwise">Read more</a>
