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January 16, 2024
A security studies professor says China has been applying pressure to countries to switch diplomatic ties over from Taiwan, but Beijing says its “ready to work” with the Pacific island nation “to open new chapters” in the relations between the two countries. The Nauru government said that “in the best interests” of the country and ... <a title="China has ‘whittled down’ key Taiwan support with Nauru move, says scholar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/china-has-whittled-down-key-taiwan-support-with-nauru-move-says-scholar/" aria-label="Read more about China has ‘whittled down’ key Taiwan support with Nauru move, says scholar">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University Of course, on the day of the first nominating contest for the 2024 US presidential election, there was a storm. In Iowa over the weekend, blizzards described as “life-threatening” by the National Weather ... <a title="Donald Trump’s stroll to victory in Iowa was a foregone conclusion. This doesn’t make it any less shocking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/donald-trumps-stroll-to-victory-in-iowa-was-a-foregone-conclusion-this-doesnt-make-it-any-less-shocking-221207/" aria-label="Read more about Donald Trump’s stroll to victory in Iowa was a foregone conclusion. This doesn’t make it any less shocking">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University Of course, on the day of the first nominating contest for the 2024 US presidential election, there was a storm. In Iowa over the weekend, blizzards described as “life-threatening” by the National Weather ... <a title="Donald Trump’s stroll to victory in Iowa was a foregone conclusion. This doesn’t make it less shocking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/donald-trumps-stroll-to-victory-in-iowa-was-a-foregone-conclusion-this-doesnt-make-it-less-shocking-221207/" aria-label="Read more about Donald Trump’s stroll to victory in Iowa was a foregone conclusion. This doesn’t make it less shocking">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Georgie Russell, Senior Lecturer, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), Deakin University Foxys Forest Manufacture/Shutterstock In January, many people are setting new year’s resolutions around healthy eating. Achieving these is often challenging – it can be difficult to change our eating habits. But healthy diets can ... <a title="Our ‘food environments’ affect what we eat. Here’s how you can change yours to support healthier eating" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/our-food-environments-affect-what-we-eat-heres-how-you-can-change-yours-to-support-healthier-eating-220770/" aria-label="Read more about Our ‘food environments’ affect what we eat. Here’s how you can change yours to support healthier eating">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Scott, Professor in Law, University of Canterbury In 2023 the world witnessed a sustained attack on the very foundations of the international legal order. Russia, a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, continued its illegal invasion in Ukraine. Israel’s response to the October terrorist ... <a title="New Zealand can learn from South Africa, The Gambia and others when it comes to international accountability" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/new-zealand-can-learn-from-south-africa-the-gambia-and-others-when-it-comes-to-international-accountability-221114/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand can learn from South Africa, The Gambia and others when it comes to international accountability">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick O’Connor, Associate Professor, University of Adelaide Shutterstock Climate change and biodiversity loss are arguably the greatest environmental challenges the world faces. The way we use land is crucial in finding solutions to these problems. In theory, actions such as revegetation and avoiding land clearing can tackle ... <a title="Climate change and nature loss are our biggest environmental problems – so why isn’t the market tackling them together?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/climate-change-and-nature-loss-are-our-biggest-environmental-problems-so-why-isnt-the-market-tackling-them-together-219899/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change and nature loss are our biggest environmental problems – so why isn’t the market tackling them together?">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Kettlewell, Senior lecturer, Economics Department, University of Technology Sydney Still from You Are What You Eat. Netflix A new Netflix documentary, You Are What You Eat, showcases sets of identical twins as they adopt different diets. For eight weeks one twin follows a vegan diet while ... <a title="Netflix’s You Are What You Eat uses a twin study. Here’s why studying twins is so important for science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/netflixs-you-are-what-you-eat-uses-a-twin-study-heres-why-studying-twins-is-so-important-for-science-221012/" aria-label="Read more about Netflix’s You Are What You Eat uses a twin study. Here’s why studying twins is so important for science">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent The political fallout from the deadly riots in Papua New Guinea continues, including calls for a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister James Marape. Seven MPs in Marape’s government have resigned following last week’s riots in Port Moresby and Lae — dubbed “Black Wednesday” — and the ... <a title="PNG political fallout from deadly riots stirs call for vote over Marape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/png-political-fallout-from-deadly-riots-stirs-call-for-vote-over-marape/" aria-label="Read more about PNG political fallout from deadly riots stirs call for vote over Marape">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
EDITORIAL: By Fred Wesley, editor-in-chief of The Fiji Times The revelation that police have carried out what is believed to be one of Fiji’s biggest drug busts after a surprise raid in Nadi at the weekend is a wake-up call for us all. Acting Police Commissioner Juki Fong Chew yesterday confirmed the raid and that ... <a title="The Fiji Times: Drug bust a chilling wake-up call for Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/the-fiji-times-drug-bust-a-chilling-wake-up-call-for-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about The Fiji Times: Drug bust a chilling wake-up call for Fiji">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
PNG Post-Courier Gerehu, the sprawling suburban township to the north of Papua New Guinea’s capital Port Moresby, is now a “ghost town” for shoppers. All major shops in the central business district in the city’s biggest suburb — Papindo, Gmart, Total Energy service station, Desh Besh Motors, Pharmacy, Supermarket and the bakery which serve a ... <a title="PNG’s Gerehu became a ‘ghost town in the blink of an eye’ after riot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/pngs-gerehu-became-a-ghost-town-in-the-blink-of-an-eye-after-riot/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Gerehu became a ‘ghost town in the blink of an eye’ after riot">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Kirkland, Professor of Geochronology, Curtin University Ediacaran life as imagined by scientists in the 1980s. Ryan Somma/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA Some half a billion years ago, life on Earth went through a huge transformation. In what is called the Ediacaran period, after billions of years of single-celled ... <a title="565-million-years-old, some of the oldest UK fossils are eerily similar to famous Australian ones" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/565-million-years-old-some-of-the-oldest-uk-fossils-are-eerily-similar-to-famous-australian-ones-218128/" aria-label="Read more about 565-million-years-old, some of the oldest UK fossils are eerily similar to famous Australian ones">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Taucher, Lecturer in History, Murdoch University Following the October 7 attack by Hamas, Israeli forces have carried out sustained attacks on the Palestinian controlled territory, dividing the international community. Last week, the South African government presented a case to the International Court of Justice. They argued ... <a title="South Africa has made its genocide case against Israel in court. Here’s what both sides said and what happens next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/south-africa-has-made-its-genocide-case-against-israel-in-court-heres-what-both-sides-said-and-what-happens-next-221017/" aria-label="Read more about South Africa has made its genocide case against Israel in court. Here’s what both sides said and what happens next">Read more</a>
