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October 21, 2023
Pacific Media Watch Global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Israeli authorities to end military pactices that “violate international law” with the deaths of civilians, including journalists. This came in the wake of seven journalists being killed by Israeli security forces in the space of a week — six in the ... <a title="RSF condemns Middle East ‘bloody week’ with seven journalists killed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/21/rsf-condemns-middle-east-bloody-week-with-seven-journalists-killed/" aria-label="Read more about RSF condemns Middle East ‘bloody week’ with seven journalists killed">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Strangio, Emeritus professor of politics, Monash University Who have been Australia’s most accomplished federal opposition leaders? The conventional answer to this question is Robert Menzies and Gough Whitlam, both renowned for rejuvenating their respective sides of politics and galvanising new constituencies of support. But what of ... <a title="Bill Hayden’s remarkable contribution to public life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/21/bill-haydens-remarkable-contribution-to-public-life-95853/" aria-label="Read more about Bill Hayden’s remarkable contribution to public life">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Loukas Koungoulos, Postdoctoral research fellow, Australian National University Shutterstock Dingoes are an iconic Australian wild animal, with close links to Australia’s First Peoples throughout the mainland. Yet the origins and history of these animals are shrouded in obscurity. The question of whether dingoes are a truly wild ... <a title="Did Australia’s First Peoples domesticate dingoes? They certainly buried them with great care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/21/did-australias-first-peoples-domesticate-dingoes-they-certainly-buried-them-with-great-care-205994/" aria-label="Read more about Did Australia’s First Peoples domesticate dingoes? They certainly buried them with great care">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2023
RNZ News Te Pāti Māori wants the incoming and outgoing governments of Aotearoa New Zealand to use the country’s strong international voice to insist on an urgent ceasefire between Israel and Gaza. And they say the government should be prepared to “kick the Israeli ambassador out” if the fighting does not stop and humanitarian aid ... <a title="Te Pāti Māori calls for NZ to insist on Israel-Gaza ceasefire, ‘absolute peace’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/20/te-pati-maori-calls-for-nz-to-insist-on-israel-gaza-ceasefire-absolute-peace/" aria-label="Read more about Te Pāti Māori calls for NZ to insist on Israel-Gaza ceasefire, ‘absolute peace’">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Webb, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology NASA ODPO Reports this week suggest a near-collision between an Australian satellite and a suspected Chinese military satellite. Meanwhile, earlier this month, the US government issued the first ever space junk fine. The ... <a title="Space is getting crowded with satellites and space junk. How do we avoid collisions?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/20/space-is-getting-crowded-with-satellites-and-space-junk-how-do-we-avoid-collisions-215545/" aria-label="Read more about Space is getting crowded with satellites and space junk. How do we avoid collisions?">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Victoria Cooper, Research Editor, United States Study Centre, University of Sydney Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is due in Washington next week. He will be the fourth of US President Joe Biden’s international guests treated to the pomp and ceremony of an official state visit to the United ... <a title="As Albanese heads to Washington, what can he hope to bring home?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/20/as-albanese-heads-to-washington-what-can-he-hope-to-bring-home-214834/" aria-label="Read more about As Albanese heads to Washington, what can he hope to bring home?">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sant-Rayn Pasricha, Division Head, Population Health and Immunity, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Shutterstock After a bump, we can expect a bruise. But what if we find ourselves bruising without any noticeable cause? What might be behind it? Should we worry? Around 18% of adults report easy ... <a title="Why do I bruise so easily? Could it be something serious?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/20/why-do-i-bruise-so-easily-could-it-be-something-serious-207736/" aria-label="Read more about Why do I bruise so easily? Could it be something serious?">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wellett Potter, Lecturer in Law, University of New England Shutterstock Love it or loathe it, it’s almost Halloween. While it’s traditionally seen as an American holiday, more Australians are preparing to celebrate it this year. Many jump at the chance to dress up as their favourite fictional ... <a title="Dressing up for Halloween? You could be in breach of copyright law, but it’s unlikely you’ll be sued" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/20/dressing-up-for-halloween-you-could-be-in-breach-of-copyright-law-but-its-unlikely-youll-be-sued-215538/" aria-label="Read more about Dressing up for Halloween? You could be in breach of copyright law, but it’s unlikely you’ll be sued">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2023
By Selwyn Manning, editor of Evening Report As we prepared for this podcast, representatives of Arab states have presented a united front at the United Nations, criticising the UN Security Council of doing nothing to protect civilians from Israeli bombing and missile attacks on Gazan civilians and locations. Since then, the UN Security Council has ... <a title="When all the world’s failings end in Gaza – Selwyn Manning, Paul Buchanan assess the crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/20/when-all-the-worlds-failings-end-in-gaza-selwyn-manning-paul-buchanan-assess-the-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about When all the world’s failings end in Gaza – Selwyn Manning, Paul Buchanan assess the crisis">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karin Kvale, Senior Scientist, Carbon Cycle Modeller, GNS Science The dual pressures of climate change and plastic pollution are frequently conflated in the media, in peer-reviewed research and other environmental reporting. This is understandable. Plastics are largely derived from fossil fuels and the burning of fossil fuels ... <a title="The climate impact of plastic pollution is negligible – the production of new plastics is the real problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/20/the-climate-impact-of-plastic-pollution-is-negligible-the-production-of-new-plastics-is-the-real-problem-207813/" aria-label="Read more about The climate impact of plastic pollution is negligible – the production of new plastics is the real problem">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2023
By Dionisia Tabureguci in Suva The political superpowers of the world have been gently reminded this week of Fiji’s intention to turn the Pacific islands region into a zone of peace and not be pawns in geopolitics. In his address at a Lowy Institute event in Canberra on Tuesday afternoon, Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka ... <a title="Rabuka calls for Pacific peace zone – ‘We don’t want to be caught in struggle’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/20/rabuka-calls-for-pacific-peace-zone-we-dont-want-to-be-caught-in-struggle/" aria-label="Read more about Rabuka calls for Pacific peace zone – ‘We don’t want to be caught in struggle’">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ryan Shannon, Associate Professor, Swinburne University of Technology, Swinburne University of Technology Every day and night, hundreds of thousands of intense, brief flashes of radiation suddenly flicker on and then off all across the sky. These “fast radio bursts” are invisible to the naked eye, but to ... <a title="We traced a powerful radio signal to the most distant source yet – a galaxy billions of lightyears away" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/20/we-traced-a-powerful-radio-signal-to-the-most-distant-source-yet-a-galaxy-billions-of-lightyears-away-214553/" aria-label="Read more about We traced a powerful radio signal to the most distant source yet – a galaxy billions of lightyears away">Read more</a>
