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Year: 2024

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What can we expect from six more years of Vladimir Putin? An increasingly weak and dysfunctional Russia

March 13, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Partlett, Associate professor of public law, The University of Melbourne There is very little drama in Russia’s upcoming presidential election this weekend. We all know Vladimir Putin will win. The only real question is whether he will receive more than 75% of the vote. It could ... <a title="What can we expect from six more years of Vladimir Putin? An increasingly weak and dysfunctional Russia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/13/what-can-we-expect-from-six-more-years-of-vladimir-putin-an-increasingly-weak-and-dysfunctional-russia-224259/" aria-label="Read more about What can we expect from six more years of Vladimir Putin? An increasingly weak and dysfunctional Russia">Read more</a>

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An apple cider vinegar drink a day? New study shows it might help weight loss

March 13, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evangeline Mantzioris, Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Accredited Practising Dietitian, University of South Australia Shutterstock Made from fermented apples and naturally high in acetic acid, apple cider vinegar has been popular in recent years for its purported health benefits – from antibacterial properties to antioxidant ... <a title="An apple cider vinegar drink a day? New study shows it might help weight loss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/13/an-apple-cider-vinegar-drink-a-day-new-study-shows-it-might-help-weight-loss-225567/" aria-label="Read more about An apple cider vinegar drink a day? New study shows it might help weight loss">Read more</a>

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Pacific Islanders have long drawn wisdom from the Earth, the sky and the waves. Research shows the science is behind them

March 13, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick D. Nunn, Professor of Geography, School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast One afternoon last year, we sat in a village hall in Fiji chatting to residents about traditional ways of forecasting tropical cyclones. One man mentioned a black-winged storm bird known as ... <a title="Pacific Islanders have long drawn wisdom from the Earth, the sky and the waves. Research shows the science is behind them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/13/pacific-islanders-have-long-drawn-wisdom-from-the-earth-the-sky-and-the-waves-research-shows-the-science-is-behind-them-225088/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific Islanders have long drawn wisdom from the Earth, the sky and the waves. Research shows the science is behind them">Read more</a>

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All of Us Strangers buys into tropes of tragic queer lives – but there is hope there, too

March 13, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natalie Krikowa, Senior Lecturer in Communication, University of Technology Sydney This article contains spoilers and discussions of trauma and homophobia. On the surface, All of Us Strangers, directed by Andrew Haigh, is a dark and twisty love story. Underneath, there is the often-present storyline seen in queer ... <a title="All of Us Strangers buys into tropes of tragic queer lives – but there is hope there, too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/13/all-of-us-strangers-buys-into-tropes-of-tragic-queer-lives-but-there-is-hope-there-too-224853/" aria-label="Read more about All of Us Strangers buys into tropes of tragic queer lives – but there is hope there, too">Read more</a>

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New evidence for an unexpected player in Earth’s multimillion-year climate cycles: the planet Mars

March 13, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adriana Dutkiewicz, ARC Future Fellow, University of Sydney Dietmar Muller Our existence is governed by natural cycles, from the daily rhythms of sleeping and eating, to longer patterns such as the turn of the seasons and the quadrennial round of leap years. After looking at seabed sediment ... <a title="New evidence for an unexpected player in Earth’s multimillion-year climate cycles: the planet Mars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/13/new-evidence-for-an-unexpected-player-in-earths-multimillion-year-climate-cycles-the-planet-mars-225454/" aria-label="Read more about New evidence for an unexpected player in Earth’s multimillion-year climate cycles: the planet Mars">Read more</a>

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AI is creating fake legal cases and making its way into real courtrooms, with disastrous results

March 13, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – Authors: Michael Legg, Professor of Law, UNSW Sydney, and, Vicki McNamara Senior Research Associate, Centre for the Future of the Legal Profession, UNSW Sydney. We’ve seen deepfake, explicit images of celebrities, created by artificial intelligence (AI). AI has also played a hand in creating music, driverless race cars and spreading ... <a title="AI is creating fake legal cases and making its way into real courtrooms, with disastrous results" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/13/ai-is-creating-fake-legal-cases-and-making-its-way-into-real-courtrooms-with-disastrous-results-225080/" aria-label="Read more about AI is creating fake legal cases and making its way into real courtrooms, with disastrous results">Read more</a>

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China’s green steel push could crush Australia’s dirty iron ore exports

March 13, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charlie Huang, Co-leader, Sustainable Global Business Operations and Development Research Group, School of Management, RMIT University Zhao Jian Kang/Shutterstock Australia’s largest export, iron ore, has long been a powerhouse of economic growth. Over the past two decades, its contribution to our national income has surged from just ... <a title="China’s green steel push could crush Australia’s dirty iron ore exports" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/13/chinas-green-steel-push-could-crush-australias-dirty-iron-ore-exports-219299/" aria-label="Read more about China’s green steel push could crush Australia’s dirty iron ore exports">Read more</a>

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‘Applying for a home felt harder than applying for a job’: NZ private rentals won’t solve need for emergency housing

March 13, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Terruhn, Senior Research Fellow, University of Waikato The number of people living in emergency housing in Aotearoa New Zealand has grown exponentially over the last eight years – but plans to rely on the private rental sector ignore fundamental realities of renting. Established in 2016, the ... <a title="‘Applying for a home felt harder than applying for a job’: NZ private rentals won’t solve need for emergency housing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/13/applying-for-a-home-felt-harder-than-applying-for-a-job-nz-private-rentals-wont-solve-need-for-emergency-housing-225459/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Applying for a home felt harder than applying for a job’: NZ private rentals won’t solve need for emergency housing">Read more</a>

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Warning signs have been flashing, PNG police housing needs ignored

March 13, 2024

By Scott Waide in Lae, Papua New Guinea Ten days into 2024, Port Moresby descended into chaos as opportunists looted and burned shops in Waigani, Gerehu and other suburbs. That morning, police, military and correctional service personnel gathered at the Unagi Oval in protest over deductions made to their pays that fortnight. Unsatisfied with the ... <a title="Warning signs have been flashing, PNG police housing needs ignored" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/13/warning-signs-have-been-flashing-png-police-housing-needs-ignored/" aria-label="Read more about Warning signs have been flashing, PNG police housing needs ignored">Read more</a>

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Activist criticises Western feminist ‘silence’ on Palestine’s brave women

March 13, 2024

Jana Fayyad, a Palestinian activist, had some sharp words about “the silence of Western feminists” at International Women’s Day, asking in her address to the Palestine rally in Sydney last Saturday: “Are you only progressive until Palestine?” No Palestinian speaker had been asked to address the annual protest the previous day and Fayyad did not mince her ... <a title="Activist criticises Western feminist ‘silence’ on Palestine’s brave women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/13/activist-criticises-western-feminist-silence-on-palestines-brave-women/" aria-label="Read more about Activist criticises Western feminist ‘silence’ on Palestine’s brave women">Read more</a>

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‘The Forever War’ – ABC Four Corners reports on the assault on Gaza

March 12, 2024

The War on Gaza will be etched in the memories of generations to come — the brutality of Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack, and the ferocity of Israel’s retaliation. In this Four Corners investigative report, The Forever War, broadcast in Australia last night, ABC’s global affairs editor John Lyons asks the tough questions — challenging ... <a title="‘The Forever War’ – ABC Four Corners reports on the assault on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/12/the-forever-war-abc-four-corners-reports-on-the-assault-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The Forever War’ – ABC Four Corners reports on the assault on Gaza">Read more</a>

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View from the Hill: Dutton sledges Bowen as today’s Rex Connor – but who remembers Rex?

March 12, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In his strongest speech yet on the Coalition’s commitment to pursuing nuclear power, Peter Dutton dug deep into the past to try to discredit Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen. “Our nation is diminished in having Chris Bowen as ... <a title="View from the Hill: Dutton sledges Bowen as today’s Rex Connor – but who remembers Rex?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/12/view-from-the-hill-dutton-sledges-bowen-as-todays-rex-connor-but-who-remembers-rex-225563/" aria-label="Read more about View from the Hill: Dutton sledges Bowen as today’s Rex Connor – but who remembers Rex?">Read more</a>