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January 12, 2024
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist A political crisis is starting to brew in Papua New Guinea as calls are made for Prime Minster James Marape to step down in the wake of deadly riots in parts of the country. Violence broke out with shops and businesses being set alight late yesterday, after public servants, ... <a title="PNG’s Marape under pressure to resign as 6 MPs quit after Moresby riots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/12/pngs-marape-under-pressure-to-resign-as-6-mps-quit-after-moresby-riots/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Marape under pressure to resign as 6 MPs quit after Moresby riots">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Theresa Larkin, Associate professor of Medical Sciences, University of Wollongong Orawan Pattarawimonchai/Shutterstock Head hair comes in many colours, shapes and sizes, and hairstyles are often an expression of personal style or cultural identity. Many different genes determine our hair texture, thickness and colour. But some people’s hair ... <a title="From straight to curly, thick to thin: here’s how hormones and chemotherapy can change your hair" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/12/from-straight-to-curly-thick-to-thin-heres-how-hormones-and-chemotherapy-can-change-your-hair-219329/" aria-label="Read more about From straight to curly, thick to thin: here’s how hormones and chemotherapy can change your hair">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruno Alves Buzatto, Lecturer, Flinders University Mark Newton/iNaturalist, CC BY-NC Scorpions are among the most ancient of land animals. Fossils indicate they were roaming the Earth more than 400 million years ago. For perspective, the non-bird dinosaurs became extinct about 65 million years ago. Scorpions trivialise the ... <a title="Less than 10% of Australian scorpions are known to science. We’ve added two new species to the list" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/12/less-than-10-of-australian-scorpions-are-known-to-science-weve-added-two-new-species-to-the-list-220330/" aria-label="Read more about Less than 10% of Australian scorpions are known to science. We’ve added two new species to the list">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hunter Fujak, Lecturer in Sport Management, Deakin University From relatively humble beginnings, the Australian Open has emerged as a centrepiece in both the global tennis and Australian sporting calendar. With the 2024 tournament approaching, the event is now a centurion – it’s been 101 years since it ... <a title="A short history of the Australian Open – from a Perth Zoo sideshow to economic juggernaut" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/12/a-short-history-of-the-australian-open-from-a-perth-zoo-sideshow-to-economic-juggernaut-217443/" aria-label="Read more about A short history of the Australian Open – from a Perth Zoo sideshow to economic juggernaut">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cher McGillivray, Assistant Professor Psychology Department, Bond University DC Studio/Shutterstock Problems with focus and impulse control can be common developmental stages through which children and adolescents naturally progress. But they can also be symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a chronic condition. ADHD is a pattern of ... <a title="What is ‘parent training’ for families of children with ADHD?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/12/what-is-parent-training-for-families-of-children-with-adhd-217381/" aria-label="Read more about What is ‘parent training’ for families of children with ADHD?">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ehsan Noroozinejad, Senior Researcher, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University Sergey Nivens/Shutterstock The world faces an increasing shortage of housing and an escalating climate emergency. These urgent global issues call for quick action and innovative solutions. The numbers show us how stark things are. Construction activities ... <a title="A prefab building revolution can help resolve both the climate and housing crises" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/12/a-prefab-building-revolution-can-help-resolve-both-the-climate-and-housing-crises-220290/" aria-label="Read more about A prefab building revolution can help resolve both the climate and housing crises">Read more</a>
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January 11, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia verbaska/Shutterstock Do you have family members or friends sick with a respiratory infection? If so, there’s a good chance it’s COVID, caused by the JN.1 variant currently circulating in Australia. In particular, New South Wales is ... <a title="COVID is surging in Australia – and only 1 in 5 older adults are up to date with their boosters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/11/covid-is-surging-in-australia-and-only-1-in-5-older-adults-are-up-to-date-with-their-boosters-220839/" aria-label="Read more about COVID is surging in Australia – and only 1 in 5 older adults are up to date with their boosters">Read more</a>
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January 11, 2024
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent At least 10 people are dead and dozens injured after 24 hours of looting in Papua New Guinea, during which several buildings were torched. Chaos broke out in Port Moresby as looters and opportunists took advantage of a protest by the country’s police and military. People have been ... <a title="At least 10 dead after looting, fires on Port Moresby’s ‘darkest day’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/11/at-least-10-dead-after-looting-fires-on-port-moresbys-darkest-day/" aria-label="Read more about At least 10 dead after looting, fires on Port Moresby’s ‘darkest day’">Read more</a>
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January 11, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Goldsworthy, Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO fizkes/Shutterstock Despite so many people having air conditioning at home now, many are still unsure how to use it efficiently. And air conditioning uses a lot of energy. For example, running all the lights in an average home all day and ... <a title="How do I use air conditioning efficiently? Is it better to blast it briefly throughout the day, or just leave it on?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/11/how-do-i-use-air-conditioning-efficiently-is-it-better-to-blast-it-briefly-throughout-the-day-or-just-leave-it-on-220130/" aria-label="Read more about How do I use air conditioning efficiently? Is it better to blast it briefly throughout the day, or just leave it on?">Read more</a>
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January 11, 2024
Asia Pacific Report The pro-independence United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has declared a boycott of the Indonesian elections next month and has called on Papuans to “not bow down to the system or constitution of your Indonesian occupier”. The movement’s president Benny Wenda and prime minister Edison Waromi have announced in a joint ... <a title="West Papuan call to boycott Indonesian elections and ‘reclaim sovereignty’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/11/west-papuan-call-to-boycott-indonesian-elections-and-reclaim-sovereignty/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan call to boycott Indonesian elections and ‘reclaim sovereignty’">Read more</a>
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January 11, 2024
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent Shops have been set on fire or looted in parts of Papua New Guinea’s capital Port Moresby as unrest broke out during a police and military strike. The protest over unexplained pay deductions to salaries of police, military, and correctional services has ... <a title="Looting breaks out in PNG capital during police and military strike" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/11/looting-breaks-out-in-png-capital-during-police-and-military-strike/" aria-label="Read more about Looting breaks out in PNG capital during police and military strike">Read more</a>
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January 11, 2024
The usually festive Christmas season in West Papua was marred by the death of beloved Papua Governor and Chief Lukas Enembe in an Indonesian military hospital on Boxing Day. The author personally witnessed the emotional village scenes of his burial and accuses the Indonesian authorities of driving him to his death through draconian treatment. Today ... <a title="Revered Papuan chief Lukas Enembe ‘tortured to death like a boiling frog’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/11/revered-papuan-chief-lukas-enembe-tortured-to-death-like-a-boiling-frog/" aria-label="Read more about Revered Papuan chief Lukas Enembe ‘tortured to death like a boiling frog’">Read more</a>
