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February 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Humphery-Jenner, Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW Sydney Sam Shere/Wikimedia Commons A few weeks ago, Gautam Adani was indisputably India’s richest man. Now his fortune is slipping away as the stocks of his many companies crash, thanks to the efforts of a relatively obscure US company named ... <a title="Short selling Adani: how an obscure US firm profited from triggering the Indian giant’s price plunge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/03/short-selling-adani-how-an-obscure-us-firm-profited-from-triggering-the-indian-giants-price-plunge-198991/" aria-label="Read more about Short selling Adani: how an obscure US firm profited from triggering the Indian giant’s price plunge">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Divna Haslam, Senior Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock Have you ever found yourself scrolling through social media and noticed you felt a bit down? Maybe a little envious? Why aren’t you on a yacht? Running a startup? Looking amazing 24/7? The good news is you ... <a title="Why social media makes you feel bad – and what to do about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/03/why-social-media-makes-you-feel-bad-and-what-to-do-about-it-197691/" aria-label="Read more about Why social media makes you feel bad – and what to do about it">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2023
Airstrikes ordered against civilian targets, destruction of thousands of buildings, millions displaced, nearly 3000 civilians murdered, more than 13,000 jailed, the country’s independent media banished, and the country locked in a deadly nationwide civil war. Myanmar civilians now ask what else must happen before they receive international support in line with Ukraine, writes Phil Thornton. ... <a title="Myanmar’s military has ‘turned whole country into a prison’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/03/myanmars-military-has-turned-whole-country-into-a-prison/" aria-label="Read more about Myanmar’s military has ‘turned whole country into a prison’">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2023
By Nick Young of Greenpeace My family and I are lucky to have come through it unscathed, but my neighbourhood in Titirangi has been ravaged. Many people here and around the wider region have lost their homes altogether. I’ve seen people’s belongings out on the streets in piles ruined beyond repair, houses swamped and whole ... <a title="Nick Young: NZ’s climate floods expose stark truth – people paying price of corporate greed crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/03/nick-young-nzs-climate-floods-expose-stark-truth-people-paying-price-of-corporate-greed-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Nick Young: NZ’s climate floods expose stark truth – people paying price of corporate greed crisis">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2023
By Jonty Dine, RNZ News reporter While Auckland residents enjoy a brief reprieve from the rain, the rubbish continues to pile up as the full cost of the New Zealand flash floods continues to be counted. Some streets in Auckland are littered with items damaged and discarded from Friday’s freak flooding — causing a health ... <a title="NZ flash floods: Residents slam council inaction over rubbish disposal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/02/nz-flash-floods-residents-slam-council-inaction-over-rubbish-disposal/" aria-label="Read more about NZ flash floods: Residents slam council inaction over rubbish disposal">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2023
By Wata Shaw in Suva Former Fijian Broadcasting Corporation chief executive Riyaz Sayed-Khaiyum was paid $224,792 in bonuses during his term at FBC which began in 2008, the new board chair has claimed. He was due for a $30,000 bonus this year. FBC chair Ajai Bhai Amrit also revealed Sayed-Khaiyum, brother of former attorney-general Aiyaz ... <a title="Former FBC chief Riyaz paid almost $225k in bonuses, claims chair" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/02/former-fbc-chief-riyaz-paid-almost-225k-in-bonuses-claims-chair/" aria-label="Read more about Former FBC chief Riyaz paid almost $225k in bonuses, claims chair">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zahid Shahab Ahmed, Senior research fellow, Deakin University Muhammad Sajjad/AP Earlier this week, a suicide blast ruptured the relative calm that had returned to Pakistan in recent years. The attack at a mosque in the northwestern city of Peshawar killed more than 100 people and stunned many ... <a title="Is terrorism returning to Pakistan?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/02/is-terrorism-returning-to-pakistan-198995/" aria-label="Read more about Is terrorism returning to Pakistan?">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eric Nordberg, Senior Lecturer (Applied Ecology and Landscape Management), University of New England Shutterstock Australia’s renewable energy transition has prompted the construction of dozens of large-scale solar farms. The boom helps reduce Australia’s reliance on fossil fuels, but requires large areas of land to be converted to ... <a title="Win-win: how solar farms can double as havens for our wildlife" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/02/win-win-how-solar-farms-can-double-as-havens-for-our-wildlife-194920/" aria-label="Read more about Win-win: how solar farms can double as havens for our wildlife">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Dyer, Associate Professor, Monash University Stephen Buckle/iNaturalist, CC BY-NC If you’ve ever compared a frozen pizza to the photo on the box, you know the feeling of being duped by appetising looks. In our latest study we show that animals – in this case, bees – ... <a title="This strange donkey orchid uses UV light to trick bees into thinking it has food" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/02/this-strange-donkey-orchid-uses-uv-light-to-trick-bees-into-thinking-it-has-food-198980/" aria-label="Read more about This strange donkey orchid uses UV light to trick bees into thinking it has food">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicola Helps, Research fellow, Monash University Shutterstock Identifying perpetrators of domestic and family violence is critical to ending violence against women. Practitioners across different sectors, including mental health, alcohol and drug services, have a vital opportunity to “screen” clients to identify if they’ve experienced or perpetrated domestic ... <a title="We’re missing opportunities to identify domestic violence perpetrators. This is what needs to change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/02/were-missing-opportunities-to-identify-domestic-violence-perpetrators-this-is-what-needs-to-change-198071/" aria-label="Read more about We’re missing opportunities to identify domestic violence perpetrators. This is what needs to change">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University As we enter the fourth year of living with COVID, we are all asking the predictable question: when will the pandemic be over? To answer this question, it’s worth reminding ourselves that a pandemic involves the worldwide spread of a ... <a title="COVID remains a global emergency, the World Health Organization says, but we’re at a transition point. What does this mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/02/covid-remains-a-global-emergency-the-world-health-organization-says-but-were-at-a-transition-point-what-does-this-mean-198876/" aria-label="Read more about COVID remains a global emergency, the World Health Organization says, but we’re at a transition point. What does this mean?">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Brook, Associate Professor of Applied Geology, University of Auckland Getty Images The January 27 storm that hit Auckland broke all previous rainfall records and has caused widespread damage, mostly from flooding and landslides. But while climate change helps explain the intensity of the rainfall, the way ... <a title="Slippery slopes: why the Auckland storm caused so many landslides – and what can be done about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/02/slippery-slopes-why-the-auckland-storm-caused-so-many-landslides-and-what-can-be-done-about-it-198984/" aria-label="Read more about Slippery slopes: why the Auckland storm caused so many landslides – and what can be done about it">Read more</a>
