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January 31, 2025
Pacific Media Watch A West Papuan advocacy group is calling for an urgent international inquiry into allegations that Indonesian security forces have used the chemical weapon white phosphorus against West Papuans for a second time. The allegations were made in the new documentary, Frontier War, by Paradise Broadcasting. In the film, West Papuan civilians give ... <a title="Wenda calls for international inquiry into film claim that Indonesia is using chemical weapons in West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/31/wenda-calls-for-international-inquiry-into-film-claim-that-indonesia-is-using-chemical-weapons-in-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda calls for international inquiry into film claim that Indonesia is using chemical weapons in West Papua">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonti Horner, Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland Artist’s impression of an asteroid with Earth in the background. Buradaki / Shutterstock On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from Earth. Follow up observations have revealed ... <a title="Astronomers have spied an asteroid that may be heading for Earth. Here’s what we know so far" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/31/astronomers-have-spied-an-asteroid-that-may-be-heading-for-earth-heres-what-we-know-so-far-248753/" aria-label="Read more about Astronomers have spied an asteroid that may be heading for Earth. Here’s what we know so far">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Donald Rothwell, Professor of International Law, Australian National University One of United States President Donald Trump’s more startling claims since taking office for his second term – and there have been many – is his insistence that the US will take control of Greenland. Both prior to ... <a title="Trump says he wants to take Greenland. International law says otherwise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/31/trump-says-he-wants-to-take-greenland-international-law-says-otherwise-248682/" aria-label="Read more about Trump says he wants to take Greenland. International law says otherwise">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Mitchell, Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University MirasWonderland/Shutterstock Young people’s access to gender-affirming medical care has been making headlines this week. Today, federal Health Minister Mark Butler announced a review into health care for trans and gender-diverse children and adolescents. The National Health and Medical Research council ... <a title="Can a child legally take puberty blockers? What if their parents disagree?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/31/can-a-child-legally-take-puberty-blockers-what-if-their-parents-disagree-248651/" aria-label="Read more about Can a child legally take puberty blockers? What if their parents disagree?">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Kalafi Moala Long live the king and long may he reign, so goes the traditional proclamation. In Tonga, King Tupou VI has shown he has every intention of doing that. After a tumultuous and tense year of the chess board of politics, the monarch appears to have won, with ordinary citizens and democratic ... <a title="His Majesty’s pleasure: King reigns over Tongan government despite democratic reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/31/his-majestys-pleasure-king-reigns-over-tongan-government-despite-democratic-reform/" aria-label="Read more about His Majesty’s pleasure: King reigns over Tongan government despite democratic reform">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chrystal Zhang, Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering & Aviation, RMIT University On Wednesday night US time, a passenger jet and US Army helicopter collided at a low altitude near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, and crashed into the the Potomac River. A total of 60 passengers – including ... <a title="Planes have high-tech systems to stop midair crashes. So what went wrong in Washington?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/31/planes-have-high-tech-systems-to-stop-midair-crashes-so-what-went-wrong-in-washington-248744/" aria-label="Read more about Planes have high-tech systems to stop midair crashes. So what went wrong in Washington?">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharon McLennan, Senior Research and Teaching Fellow, School of Health, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington In the words of UNAIDS Asia Pacific Regional Director Eamonn Murphy, rising HIV infections in Fiji “put the entire Pacific region at risk”. Fiji’s minister of health declared an ... <a title="Fiji’s HIV crisis is a regional challenge that demands a regional response" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/31/fijis-hiv-crisis-is-a-regional-challenge-that-demands-a-regional-response-248536/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s HIV crisis is a regional challenge that demands a regional response">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanya Latty, Associate Professor, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney photosounds/Shutterstock As night falls over Australia’s forests, grasslands and backyards, the hidden world of nocturnal insects stirs to life. In many ecosystems, overall insect activity actually peaks at night, especially in warmer regions of ... <a title="While you sleep, these insects are working hard on the night shift to keep our environment healthy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/31/while-you-sleep-these-insects-are-working-hard-on-the-night-shift-to-keep-our-environment-healthy-246483/" aria-label="Read more about While you sleep, these insects are working hard on the night shift to keep our environment healthy">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2025
A NZ-born Kiribati member of Parliament, Ruth Cross Kwansing, has tried to bring in some Pacific common sense into the diplomatic tiff between her country and Aotearoa New Zealand. Her original title on her social media posting was “A storm in a teacup: Kiribati, New Zealand and a misunderstanding over diplomacy”. COMMENTARY: By Ruth Cross ... <a title="NZ- Kiribati fallout: A ‘Pacific way’ perspective on the Peters spat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/31/nz-kiribati-fallout-a-pacific-way-perspective-on-the-peters-spat/" aria-label="Read more about NZ- Kiribati fallout: A ‘Pacific way’ perspective on the Peters spat">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Norton, Professor of Sport and Exercise Science, UNSW Sydney If you scroll through YouTube and watch sporting contests from yesteryear, one of the first things you’ll likely notice is how slow the games are compared to modern sports. Not just the athletes’ speed (or lack of), ... <a title="Speed thrills: why are so many sports getting faster?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/31/speed-thrills-why-are-so-many-sports-getting-faster-247803/" aria-label="Read more about Speed thrills: why are so many sports getting faster?">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phil Edwards, Senior Research Scientist, Australia Telescope National Facility Science, CSIRO In February 1995, a small research organisation known as the SETI Institute launched what was then the most comprehensive search for an answer to a centuries-old question: are we alone in the universe? This Sunday marks ... <a title="One of the largest searches for alien life started 30 years ago. Its legacy lives on today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/31/one-of-the-largest-searches-for-alien-life-started-30-years-ago-its-legacy-lives-on-today-247097/" aria-label="Read more about One of the largest searches for alien life started 30 years ago. Its legacy lives on today">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shelley J. Walker, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Justice Health, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University Rob1037/Shutterstock January 25 marked five years since the first COVID case was recorded in Australia. Many of us have tried to move on quickly from the pandemic, putting lockdowns and restrictions far ... <a title="5 years after COVID began, outstanding fines mean marginalised Australians are still paying the highest price" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/31/5-years-after-covid-began-outstanding-fines-mean-marginalised-australians-are-still-paying-the-highest-price-247912/" aria-label="Read more about 5 years after COVID began, outstanding fines mean marginalised Australians are still paying the highest price">Read more</a>
