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Month: June 2024

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Adelaide Cabaret Festival understands how its audiences long for connection and community

June 25, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Campbell, Lecturer, Performing Arts, UniSA Creative, University of South Australia Kyham Ross/Adelaide Cabaret Festival Now in its 24th year, the Adelaide Cabaret Festival’s annual celebration of all things cabaret sparkles and shines, blazing a joyous and slightly scintillating trail through the wintry Adelaide nights. Under the ... <a title="Adelaide Cabaret Festival understands how its audiences long for connection and community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/adelaide-cabaret-festival-understands-how-its-audiences-long-for-connection-and-community-230422/" aria-label="Read more about Adelaide Cabaret Festival understands how its audiences long for connection and community">Read more</a>

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InsidePNG’s Sincha Dimara wins East-West ‘courage award’ for free press

June 25, 2024

Pacific Media Watch Papua New Guinean journalist Sincha Dimara, news editor at the online publication InsidePNG, is one of seven recipients of this year’s East-West Center Journalists of Courage Impact Award. Pakistani journalist Kamal Siddiqi, former news director at Aaj TV, also received the award last night at the EWC’s International Media Conference in Manila, ... <a title="InsidePNG’s Sincha Dimara wins East-West ‘courage award’ for free press" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/insidepngs-sincha-dimara-wins-east-west-courage-award-for-free-press/" aria-label="Read more about InsidePNG’s Sincha Dimara wins East-West ‘courage award’ for free press">Read more</a>

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How quickly does groundwater recharge? The answer is found deep underground

June 25, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andy Baker, Professor, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney chatchaiyo/Shutterstock You would have learned about the “water cycle” in primary school – water’s journey, from evaporation to rainfall to flowing in a stream or sinking into the ground to become groundwater. Despite how simple ... <a title="How quickly does groundwater recharge? The answer is found deep underground" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/how-quickly-does-groundwater-recharge-the-answer-is-found-deep-underground-230943/" aria-label="Read more about How quickly does groundwater recharge? The answer is found deep underground">Read more</a>

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With pressure mounting on the Biden administration, its pursuit of Assange was becoming both damaging and untenable

June 25, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University Today, in a surprise development likely weeks in the planning, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was able to leave the United Kingdom for the first time in more than a decade after reaching a ... <a title="With pressure mounting on the Biden administration, its pursuit of Assange was becoming both damaging and untenable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/with-pressure-mounting-on-the-biden-administration-its-pursuit-of-assange-was-becoming-both-damaging-and-untenable-233216/" aria-label="Read more about With pressure mounting on the Biden administration, its pursuit of Assange was becoming both damaging and untenable">Read more</a>

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My own prison ordeal gave me a taste of what Assange may be feeling. He’s out – but the chilling effect on press freedom remains

June 25, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Greste, Professor of Journalism and Communications, Macquarie University LapaiIrKrapai/Shutterstock Julian Assange is out of prison, after agreeing to plead guilty to violating the US Espionage Act. He is expected to be freed after appearing in a US courtroom on the Northern Mariana Islands this week. It ... <a title="My own prison ordeal gave me a taste of what Assange may be feeling. He’s out – but the chilling effect on press freedom remains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/my-own-prison-ordeal-gave-me-a-taste-of-what-assange-may-be-feeling-hes-out-but-the-chilling-effect-on-press-freedom-remains-233215/" aria-label="Read more about My own prison ordeal gave me a taste of what Assange may be feeling. He’s out – but the chilling effect on press freedom remains">Read more</a>

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A timeline of Julian Assange’s legal journey

June 25, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt Garrow, Editorial Web Developer Julian Assange has entered a plea deal with US government and is expected to be freed following a hearing in the US Federal Court in Saipan, in the Northern Mariana Islands. Assange’s convoluted legal woes have been ongoing since 2010 and involve ... <a title="A timeline of Julian Assange’s legal journey" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/a-timeline-of-julian-assanges-legal-journey-233222/" aria-label="Read more about A timeline of Julian Assange’s legal journey">Read more</a>

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Dollars and scents: how the right smells can encourage shoppers to buy healthier foods

June 25, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan Phillips, Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Marketing, Auckland University of Technology Westend61/Getty Images Imagine walking down the aisle of your local grocery store. The scent of mixed herbs catches your attention, mentally transporting you to a kitchen filled with the aroma of your favourite home-cooked meal. ... <a title="Dollars and scents: how the right smells can encourage shoppers to buy healthier foods" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/dollars-and-scents-how-the-right-smells-can-encourage-shoppers-to-buy-healthier-foods-232973/" aria-label="Read more about Dollars and scents: how the right smells can encourage shoppers to buy healthier foods">Read more</a>

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Is social media making you unhappy? The answer is not so simple

June 25, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Humphries, Senior Lecturer, School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, University of Adelaide DimaBerlin/Shutterstock You may have seen headlines that link social media to sadness and depression. Social media use goes up, happiness goes down. But recent studies suggest those findings might not be so straightforward. Although ... <a title="Is social media making you unhappy? The answer is not so simple" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/is-social-media-making-you-unhappy-the-answer-is-not-so-simple-232490/" aria-label="Read more about Is social media making you unhappy? The answer is not so simple">Read more</a>

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Julian Assange plea deal: what does it mean for the WikiLeaks founder, and what happens now?

June 25, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Cullen, Adjunct Professor in Law, The University of Western Australia After years of appeals and litigation, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has entered into a plea deal with the US government, according to court documents. He was facing one count of computer misuse and multiple counts of ... <a title="Julian Assange plea deal: what does it mean for the WikiLeaks founder, and what happens now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/julian-assange-plea-deal-what-does-it-mean-for-the-wikileaks-founder-and-what-happens-now-233207/" aria-label="Read more about Julian Assange plea deal: what does it mean for the WikiLeaks founder, and what happens now?">Read more</a>

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Julian Assange will be freed after striking plea deal with US authorities

June 25, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Julian Assange has reached a deal with the United States Department of Justice to allow him to return to Australia after pleading guilty to violating American espionage law. Assange, 52, was released from London’s Belmarsh Prison, where he has spent ... <a title="Julian Assange will be freed after striking plea deal with US authorities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/julian-assange-will-be-freed-after-striking-plea-deal-with-us-authorities-233210/" aria-label="Read more about Julian Assange will be freed after striking plea deal with US authorities">Read more</a>

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What is ‘breathwork’? And do I need to do it?

June 25, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Theresa Larkin, Associate professor of Medical Sciences, University of Wollongong Taras Grebinets/Shutterstock From “breathwork recipes” to breathing techniques, many social media and health websites are recommending breathwork to reduce stress. But breathwork is not new. Rather it is the latest in a long history of breathing techniques ... <a title="What is ‘breathwork’? And do I need to do it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/what-is-breathwork-and-do-i-need-to-do-it-231192/" aria-label="Read more about What is ‘breathwork’? And do I need to do it?">Read more</a>

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Fresh violence flares up in New Caledonia – 38 arrested

June 25, 2024

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Fresh violence has erupted in several parts of New Caledonia over the past three days, with more burning and destruction and at least one death connected to unrest. The renewed unrest comes after seven pro-independence figures from the CCAT (Field Action Coordination Cell, close to the ... <a title="Fresh violence flares up in New Caledonia – 38 arrested" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/fresh-violence-flares-up-in-new-caledonia-38-arrested/" aria-label="Read more about Fresh violence flares up in New Caledonia – 38 arrested">Read more</a>