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November 7, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis This morning, I am afraid. I am very afraid. I fear that by the time I go to bed democracy in the United States will be imperilled by a man, the nature of which the Founding Fathers could never envisage when creating the protective elements of the constitution. The risks will ... <a title="Gavin Ellis: A day to be gripped by fear – ‘freedom’ will lose its true meaning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/07/gavin-ellis-a-day-to-be-gripped-by-fear-freedom-will-lose-its-true-meaning/" aria-label="Read more about Gavin Ellis: A day to be gripped by fear – ‘freedom’ will lose its true meaning">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Prudence Flowers, Senior Lecturer in US History, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University Online, people predicted the 2024 US election would be Roevember. According to a 2024 Pew Research Center poll, 63% of Americans believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases, ... <a title="Abortion did not play as big a role in the US election as many anticipated. What might happen on this issue now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/07/abortion-did-not-play-as-big-a-role-in-the-us-election-as-many-anticipated-what-might-happen-on-this-issue-now-243047/" aria-label="Read more about Abortion did not play as big a role in the US election as many anticipated. What might happen on this issue now?">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2024
RNZ Pacific The Tongan and Fijian prime ministers are among the first Pacific Island leaders to congratulate US President-elect Donald Trump. Trump, 78, returned to the White House on Wednesday by securing more than the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the presidency, according to Edison Research projections. Tonga’s Hu’akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni, who is ... <a title="Pacific nation leaders look forward to strengthened US relations with Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/07/pacific-nation-leaders-look-forward-to-strengthened-us-relations-with-trump/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific nation leaders look forward to strengthened US relations with Trump">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Bowell, Lecturer of Sport Managmnet and Sociology, Swinburne University of Technology As sport and politics are ever more intertwined in 2024, so too are the number of nations and organisations turning to “sportswashing”. Sportswashing uses sport to improve the reputation of an authoritarian regime, nation-state or ... <a title="What can sport fans do if their team, or league, is being sportswashed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/07/what-can-sport-fans-do-if-their-team-or-league-is-being-sportswashed-241793/" aria-label="Read more about What can sport fans do if their team, or league, is being sportswashed?">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2024
By Te Aniwaniwa Paterson of Te Ao Māori News Over 30 years the French government tested 193 nuclear weapons in Māohi Nui and today Indigenous peoples still suffer the impacts through intergenerational cancers. In 1975, France stopped atmospheric tests and moved to underground testing. Hinamoeura Morgant-Cross was eight years old when the French nuclear tests ... <a title="Māohi Nui campaigner tackles French nuclear test legacy – cancer and limited compensation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/07/maohi-nui-campaigner-tackles-french-nuclear-test-legacy-cancer-and-limited-compensation/" aria-label="Read more about Māohi Nui campaigner tackles French nuclear test legacy – cancer and limited compensation">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brandon Robert Munn, Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Sydney whitehoune/Shutterstock The brain is a marvel of efficiency, honed by thousands of years of evolution so it can adapt and thrive in a rapidly changing world. Yet, despite decades of research, the mystery of how the brain achieves ... <a title="How do brains coordinate activity? From fruit flies to monkeys, we discovered this universal principle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/07/how-do-brains-coordinate-activity-from-fruit-flies-to-monkeys-we-discovered-this-universal-principle-242792/" aria-label="Read more about How do brains coordinate activity? From fruit flies to monkeys, we discovered this universal principle">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philippa Martyr, Lecturer, Pharmacology, Women’s Health, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia Korawat photo shoot/Shutterstock For millennia, humans had one obvious and reliable source of light – the Sun – and we knew the Sun was essential for our survival. This might be why ... <a title="Part science, part magic: an illuminating history of healing with light" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/07/part-science-part-magic-an-illuminating-history-of-healing-with-light-231179/" aria-label="Read more about Part science, part magic: an illuminating history of healing with light">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Biddle, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University Central to Australia’s cultural and political identity is the notion of a “fair go”. But recent elections, including in the United States, have highlighted the challenge of maintaining shared ... <a title="Australians who think inequality is high have less faith in democratic institutions: study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/07/australians-who-think-inequality-is-high-have-less-faith-in-democratic-institutions-study-242902/" aria-label="Read more about Australians who think inequality is high have less faith in democratic institutions: study">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shiori Shakuto, Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Sydney Redd F/Unsplash What makes a good retirement? I’ve been researching the lives of “silver backpackers”: Japanese seniors who embark on a later-life journey of self-discovery. Many experienced Japan’s high-growth economy, characterised by rigid gender roles. For many men who ... <a title="I spoke to 100 Japanese seniors, and learnt the secret to a good retirement is a good working life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/07/i-spoke-to-100-japanese-seniors-and-learnt-the-secret-to-a-good-retirement-is-a-good-working-life-238571/" aria-label="Read more about I spoke to 100 Japanese seniors, and learnt the secret to a good retirement is a good working life">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Myra Williamson, Senior Lecturer in Law, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images The decision by Israel’s parliament to designate the United Nations’ Palestinian relief agency UNRWA a “terrorist organisation” has been condemned by many governments, with claims it will create a “catastrophe in what is already an ... <a title="The NZ Super Fund has Israeli investments worth $35 million – could it divest?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/07/the-nz-super-fund-has-israeli-investments-worth-35-million-could-it-divest-241476/" aria-label="Read more about The NZ Super Fund has Israeli investments worth $35 million – could it divest?">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katrin Schreiter, Senior Lecturer in German and History, King’s College London The 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, an event that powerfully symbolised the collapse of communism in eastern Europe and signalled the end of the cold war, is an opportune moment to take ... <a title="Thirty-five years since the wall fell, Berlin is divided – over what to do with crumbling communist buildings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/07/thirty-five-years-since-the-wall-fell-berlin-is-divided-over-what-to-do-with-crumbling-communist-buildings-242662/" aria-label="Read more about Thirty-five years since the wall fell, Berlin is divided – over what to do with crumbling communist buildings">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Smith, Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney Donald Trump has been elected the 47th president of the United States. He is just the second president in US history to win a second non-consecutive term in office after being ... <a title="Americans have voted for Donald Trump to become president again, and the economy is the biggest reason" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/07/americans-have-voted-for-donald-trump-to-become-president-again-and-the-economy-is-the-biggest-reason-243035/" aria-label="Read more about Americans have voted for Donald Trump to become president again, and the economy is the biggest reason">Read more</a>
