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January 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Reece, Principal Fellow, Melbourne School of Government, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock 2024 is going to be democracy’s biggest year ever. In a remarkable milestone in human history, over four billion people – more than half of the world’s population across more than 40 countries – ... <a title="More than 4 billion people are eligible to vote in an election in 2024. Is this democracy’s biggest test?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/15/more-than-4-billion-people-are-eligible-to-vote-in-an-election-in-2024-is-this-democracys-biggest-test-220837/" aria-label="Read more about More than 4 billion people are eligible to vote in an election in 2024. Is this democracy’s biggest test?">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan Lim, Head of Young People’s Health Research, Burnet Institute Shutterstock Unlike in previous generations, you’re unlikely to discover your adolescent’s first exposure to adult sexual content from finding a scrunched-up Playboy magazine under their mattress. With easy access to the internet and the use of tablets ... <a title="Help, I’ve just discovered my teen has watched porn! What should I do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/15/help-ive-just-discovered-my-teen-has-watched-porn-what-should-i-do-215892/" aria-label="Read more about Help, I’ve just discovered my teen has watched porn! What should I do?">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn McCormack, Marketing and Finance Academic, Bond University Karen Laårk Boshoff/ Pexels , CC BY Giving kids pocket money can be a really challenging decision for families. It raises questions about when to start it, how much to give and whether it should be tied to chores. ... <a title="When should you start? How much should you give? How to make sure pocket money teaches your kids financial skills" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/15/when-should-you-start-how-much-should-you-give-how-to-make-sure-pocket-money-teaches-your-kids-financial-skills-220279/" aria-label="Read more about When should you start? How much should you give? How to make sure pocket money teaches your kids financial skills">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Hook, Senior Lecturer in Law, Western Sydney University The earliest versions of Mickey and Minnie Mouse entered the public domain in the United States at the start of this year, 95 years since they were introduced to the public in the film Steamboat Willie. Many characters ... <a title="The first Mickey Mouse is now in the public domain. How can I use the Disney character?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/15/the-first-mickey-mouse-is-now-in-the-public-domain-how-can-i-use-the-disney-character-220656/" aria-label="Read more about The first Mickey Mouse is now in the public domain. How can I use the Disney character?">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Fiji human rights activists have paid tribute in a Suva vigil this week to the more than 100 journalists — most of them Palestinian — killed in Israel’s War on Gaza. The NGO Coalition on Human Rights (NGOCHR) staged a #ThursdaysInBlack vigil to remember the dead journalists, but only one local Fiji ... <a title="Fiji human rights activists pay tribute to slain Gaza journalists, but shunned by local media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/15/fiji-human-rights-activists-pay-tribute-to-slain-gaza-journalists-but-shunned-by-local-media/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji human rights activists pay tribute to slain Gaza journalists, but shunned by local media">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kai-Ping Huang, Associate Professor, National Taiwan University After months of intense campaigning, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) emerged victorious in the 2024 Taiwan presidential election, securing an historic third consecutive term. However, the party’s dominance has gone from absolute to relative; it secured only 40% of the ... <a title="In re-electing its government, Taiwan has kept the status quo, but the victory hides a transformed political landscape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/14/in-re-electing-its-government-taiwan-has-kept-the-status-quo-but-the-victory-hides-a-transformed-political-landscape-219810/" aria-label="Read more about In re-electing its government, Taiwan has kept the status quo, but the victory hides a transformed political landscape">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The US has carried out another air raid on Yemen, with targets reportedly including the international airport in the capital city of Sanaa. This comes a day after US and UK airstrikes on Yemen in retaliation for Houthi attacks on Red Sea commercial vessels. For weeks Yemen’s Houthi forces have been ... <a title="Peace doesn’t come by trying to bludgeon the Middle East into accepting the Gaza genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/13/peace-doesnt-come-by-trying-to-bludgeon-the-middle-east-into-accepting-the-gaza-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about Peace doesn’t come by trying to bludgeon the Middle East into accepting the Gaza genocide">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2024
Amnesty International is calling on Papua New Guinea authorities to protect human rights in response to the riots. Port Moresby is in a state of emergency for 14 days with at least 16 people confirmed dead following violent unrest on Wednesday. The violence broke out with shops and businesses being set alight after public servants ... <a title="‘Uphold right to life’ says watchdog in aftermath of deadly PNG unrest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/13/uphold-right-to-life-says-watchdog-in-aftermath-of-deadly-png-unrest/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Uphold right to life’ says watchdog in aftermath of deadly PNG unrest">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2024
Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst, assesses Israeli defence submitted at the ICJ over South Africa’s genocide allegations. Image: AJ Pacific Media Watch Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst Marwan Bishara says Israel’s legal team “started off weak” but made a few strong points near the end. Bishara said the lawyers’ efforts at the genocide ... <a title="Israel’s ‘illogical’ legal defence off to weak start, says analyst Bishara" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/13/israels-illogical-legal-defence-off-to-weak-start-says-analyst-bishara/" aria-label="Read more about Israel’s ‘illogical’ legal defence off to weak start, says analyst Bishara">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2024
Asia Pacific Report South Africa has accused Israel of “genocidal intent” over its war on the besieged enclave Gaza Strip, and pleaded with judges at the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) to issue an interim order demanding Israel halt its military offensive in the embattled territory, reports Middle East Eye. South African lawyer Adila ... <a title="South Africa’s genocide case against Israel over Gaza ‘chilling’ in detail" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/12/south-africas-genocide-case-against-israel-over-gaza-chilling-in-detail/" aria-label="Read more about South Africa’s genocide case against Israel over Gaza ‘chilling’ in detail">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Cornell, PhD Candidate, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock A man was airlifted to hospital last weekend after falling ten metres from a waterfall in Queensland’s Tamborine National Park, which was closed to due to storms. And last month, a major safety operation was launched ... <a title="Thousands of visitors flock to Australia’s national parks each year – and many take silly risks. How do we keep people safe?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/12/thousands-of-visitors-flock-to-australias-national-parks-each-year-and-many-take-silly-risks-how-do-we-keep-people-safe-220659/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands of visitors flock to Australia’s national parks each year – and many take silly risks. How do we keep people safe?">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2024
By Miriam Zarriga and Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Fires from the 24-hour spate of looting, rioting and mayhem in Papua New Guinea’s Port Moresby — the worst ever social unrest in the city — have all but subsided into skeletal remains of ash and buildings in National Capital District (NCD). The smoke has cleared ... <a title="Aftermath of Port Moresby looting, rioting – 14-day state of emergency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/12/aftermath-of-port-moresby-looting-rioting-14-day-state-of-emergency/" aria-label="Read more about Aftermath of Port Moresby looting, rioting – 14-day state of emergency">Read more</a>
