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June 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caroline Fisher, Associate Professor of Communication, University of Canberra Shutterstock There has been a lot of hype about the emergence of generative AI products such as ChatGPT. Organisations, including news outlets, are rapidly adopting artificial intelligence technologies to boost productivity and creativity. Some news organisations are also ... <a title="Australians say AI shouldn’t produce political news, but it’s OK for sport: new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/17/australians-say-ai-shouldnt-produce-political-news-but-its-ok-for-sport-new-research-231369/" aria-label="Read more about Australians say AI shouldn’t produce political news, but it’s OK for sport: new research">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne A national Resolve poll for Nine newspapers, conducted June 11–15 from a sample of 1,607, gave the Coalition 36% of the primary vote (steady since the May ... <a title="Dutton snatches preferred PM lead in Resolve poll as draft redistributions finished" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/17/dutton-snatches-preferred-pm-lead-in-resolve-poll-as-draft-redistributions-finished-232378/" aria-label="Read more about Dutton snatches preferred PM lead in Resolve poll as draft redistributions finished">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Graves, Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Vice Chancellor’s Fellow, La Trobe University Untitled Tamer A Soliman / Shutterstock Neanderthals, the closest cousins of modern humans, lived in parts of Europe and Asia until their extinction some 30,000 years ago. Genetic studies are revealing ever more about ... <a title="Modern human DNA contains bits from all over the Neanderthal genome – except the Y chromosome. What happened?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/17/modern-human-dna-contains-bits-from-all-over-the-neanderthal-genome-except-the-y-chromosome-what-happened-230984/" aria-label="Read more about Modern human DNA contains bits from all over the Neanderthal genome – except the Y chromosome. What happened?">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra James, Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University SeventyFour/Shutterstock Globally, more than 1 million curable sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are contracted every day in people aged 15–49. These include chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis, among others. In Australia, it’s estimated one in ... <a title="Why don’t people disclose STIs to a sexual partner? Stigma has a lot to do with it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/17/why-dont-people-disclose-stis-to-a-sexual-partner-stigma-has-a-lot-to-do-with-it-231914/" aria-label="Read more about Why don’t people disclose STIs to a sexual partner? Stigma has a lot to do with it">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tyler Rohr, Lecturer in Southern Ocean Biogeochemical Modelling, IMAS, University of Tasmania ESA, CC BY-SA As the world struggles to decarbonise, it’s becoming increasingly clear we’ll need to both rapidly reduce emissions and actively remove carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ... <a title="Marine CO₂ removal technologies could depend on the appetite of the ocean’s tiniest animals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/17/marine-co-removal-technologies-could-depend-on-the-appetite-of-the-oceans-tiniest-animals-227156/" aria-label="Read more about Marine CO₂ removal technologies could depend on the appetite of the ocean’s tiniest animals">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Vlcek, Lecturer in inclusive education, RMIT University Karolina Grabowska/Pexels, CC BY We know children often miss more school days in the winter months, as sickness sets in. But at this time of year, parents and teachers can also notice children disengaging from preferred activities and finding ... <a title="Is your child experiencing ‘winter burnout’? Here’s what to look out for" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/17/is-your-child-experiencing-winter-burnout-heres-what-to-look-out-for-231830/" aria-label="Read more about Is your child experiencing ‘winter burnout’? Here’s what to look out for">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Supporters of Yang Hengjun, the Australian citizen incarcerated in China, have urged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to ask Chinese Premier Li Qiang to have the ailing author released “on medical parole” or otherwise transferred to Australia. Ahead of the Albanese-Li ... <a title="Anthony Albanese to raise differences while stressing positives in talks with Chinese premier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/17/anthony-albanese-to-raise-differences-while-stressing-positives-in-talks-with-chinese-premier-232569/" aria-label="Read more about Anthony Albanese to raise differences while stressing positives in talks with Chinese premier">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2024
PNG Post-Courier New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will stop over in Port Moresby today for a quick bilateral with Prime Minister James Marape before setting off to Japan. Luxon hosted Chinese Premier Li Qiang in New Zealand this week before flying off to Japan through Port Moresby. Luxon has recently returned from a trip ... <a title="NZ’s Luxon briefly stopping over to see Marape in Port Moresby" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/16/nzs-luxon-briefly-stopping-over-to-see-marape-in-port-moresby/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Luxon briefly stopping over to see Marape in Port Moresby">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2024
Asia Pacific Report New Zealand activists Youssef Sammour and Rana Hamida have been selected to join the volunteer crew on the international Freedom Flotilla ship Handala, currently visiting European ports and heading to break Israel’s siege of Gaza. Youssef Sammour at a recent Auckland rally for Palestine. Image: Kia Ora Gaza They will be farewelled ... <a title="Latest Kiwi crew to join Gaza Freedom Flotilla leaves on Sunday" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/16/latest-kiwi-crew-to-join-gaza-freedom-flotilla-leaves-on-sunday/" aria-label="Read more about Latest Kiwi crew to join Gaza Freedom Flotilla leaves on Sunday">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2024
The new secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum, Baron Waqa, is “well equipped” for the role, Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says. Waqa, a former Nauru president is the first Nauruan national to assume the top job at the Forum. He began his tenure last week and was welcomed during a special ceremony on Thursday ... <a title="Baron Waqa ‘more than able’ to lead Pacific Islands Forum, says Rabuka" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/15/baron-waqa-more-than-able-to-lead-pacific-islands-forum-says-rabuka/" aria-label="Read more about Baron Waqa ‘more than able’ to lead Pacific Islands Forum, says Rabuka">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Israel’s targeting of educational institutes across Gaza is “shameful” and contributing to a global crisis for students, says the head of an educational foundation. Talal al-Hathal, director of the Al Fakhoora Programme at Education Above All foundation in Qatar, said: “War has exacerbated the plight of Gaza’s educational sector.” Israel’s targeting of ... <a title="Education head condemns Israel’s ‘shameful’ ruin of UN schools in Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/15/education-head-condemns-israels-shameful-ruin-of-un-schools-in-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Education head condemns Israel’s ‘shameful’ ruin of UN schools in Gaza">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2024
COMMENTARY: By John Hobbs The New Zealand government remains disturbingly quiet on the unfolding genocide in Gaza. New Zealand’s silence is clearly undermining its self-image as a principled and independent state within the United Nations. It is following its Anglosphere English-speaking partners (United States, UK, Canada, and Australia) in avoiding putting in place any sanctions ... <a title="Why is NZ being so obstinate over its weak position on Gaza and Palestine? " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/15/why-is-nz-being-so-obstinate-over-its-weak-position-on-gaza-and-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about Why is NZ being so obstinate over its weak position on Gaza and Palestine? ">Read more</a>
