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January 12, 2025
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk France’s naval flagship, the 261m aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, is to be deployed to the Pacific later this year, as part of an exercise codenamed “Clémenceau 25”. French Naval Command Etat-Major’s Commodore Jacques Mallard told a French media briefing that the main objective of the ... <a title="France plans to deploy flagship carrier Charles de Gaulle to Pacific this year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/12/france-plans-to-deploy-flagship-carrier-charles-de-gaulle-to-pacific-this-year/" aria-label="Read more about France plans to deploy flagship carrier Charles de Gaulle to Pacific this year">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Vaughan, PhD Researcher Sport Integrity, University of Canberra As the Australian Open gets under way in Melbourne, the sport is facing a crisis over positive doping tests involving two of the biggest stars in tennis. Last March, the top-ranked men’s player, Jannik Sinner, tested positive for ... <a title="Tennis is facing an existential crisis over doping. How will it respond?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/12/tennis-is-facing-an-existential-crisis-over-doping-how-will-it-respond-244516/" aria-label="Read more about Tennis is facing an existential crisis over doping. How will it respond?">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A Palestine solidarity advocate today appealed to New Zealanders to shed their feelings of powerlessness over the Gaza genocide and “take action” in support of an effective global strategy of boycott, divestment and sanctions. “Many of us have become addicted to ‘doom scrolling’ — reading or watching more and more articles on ... <a title="Palestinian solidarity activists call for ‘action’ in BDS boycott over Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/12/palestinian-solidarity-activists-call-for-action-in-bds-boycott-over-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Palestinian solidarity activists call for ‘action’ in BDS boycott over Gaza">Read more</a>
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January 11, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Anna Naupa Out of the rubble of last year’s 7.3 magnitude earthquake that hit Vanuatu’s capital Port Vila on December 17 and the snap election due next week on January 16, a new leadership is required to reset the country’s developmental trajectory. Persistent political turmoil has hampered the Pacific nation’s ability to deal ... <a title="Vanuatu election 2025: Earthquake aftershocks expose high cost of democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/11/vanuatu-election-2025-earthquake-aftershocks-expose-high-cost-of-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu election 2025: Earthquake aftershocks expose high cost of democracy">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2025
Dear Mr Zuckerberg, Nine years ago, we wrote to you about the real-world harms caused by false information on Facebook. In response, Meta created a fact-checking programme that helped protect millions of users from hoaxes and conspiracy theories. This week, you announced you’re ending that programme in the United States because of concerns about “too ... <a title="An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg from the world’s fact-checkers – nine years later" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/10/an-open-letter-to-mark-zuckerberg-from-the-worlds-fact-checkers-nine-years-later/" aria-label="Read more about An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg from the world’s fact-checkers – nine years later">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Moulds, Associate Professor in Law, University of South Australia The United Nations Human Rights Committee has ruled that Australia breached international human rights law by detaining a group of young asylum seekers in immigration detention in Nauru. The committee found the asylum seekers were subject to ... <a title="The UN says Australia violated human rights law, but it’s unlikely to change the way we treat refugees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/10/the-un-says-australia-violated-human-rights-law-but-its-unlikely-to-change-the-way-we-treat-refugees-247096/" aria-label="Read more about The UN says Australia violated human rights law, but it’s unlikely to change the way we treat refugees">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew King, Associate Professor in Climate Science, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, The University of Melbourne The year 2024 was the world’s warmest on record globally, and the first calendar year in which global temperatures exceeded 1.5°C above its pre-industrial levels. The official declaration ... <a title="As Los Angeles combusts, 2024 is declared Earth’s hottest on record" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/10/as-los-angeles-combusts-2024-is-declared-earths-hottest-on-record-246976/" aria-label="Read more about As Los Angeles combusts, 2024 is declared Earth’s hottest on record">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Murray, Senior Lecturer, Nutrition, Swinburne University of Technology Leah-Anne Thompson/Shutterstock This time of year, many of us love to get out and spend time in nature. This may include hiking through Australia’s many beautiful national parks. Walking in nature is a wonderful activity, supporting both physical ... <a title="Going for a bushwalk? 3 handy foods to have in your backpack (including muesli bars)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/10/going-for-a-bushwalk-3-handy-foods-to-have-in-your-backpack-including-muesli-bars-246968/" aria-label="Read more about Going for a bushwalk? 3 handy foods to have in your backpack (including muesli bars)">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Wei Zhou, Researcher in Ecology, Monash University By JJ Harrison – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0., CC BY Every year, tens of thousands of land birds make a long flight across Bass Strait – the stretch of water separating Tasmania from continental Australia. Well known for ... <a title="We tracked the Tasmanian boobook as it flew a remarkable 250 kilometres non-stop across Bass Strait" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/10/we-tracked-the-tasmanian-boobook-as-it-flew-a-remarkable-250-kilometres-non-stop-across-bass-strait-246135/" aria-label="Read more about We tracked the Tasmanian boobook as it flew a remarkable 250 kilometres non-stop across Bass Strait">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brett David Gartrell, Professor in Wildlife Health, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University Wikimedia Commons/Alexis Lours, CC BY-SA Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia and Pacific island nations are the only countries that remain free of highly pathogenic avian influenza. The deadly bird flu virus was first detected ... <a title="Why community volunteers will be essential for how NZ handles the arrival of bird flu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/10/why-community-volunteers-will-be-essential-for-how-nz-handles-the-arrival-of-bird-flu-246779/" aria-label="Read more about Why community volunteers will be essential for how NZ handles the arrival of bird flu">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2025
RNZ Pacific Solomon Islands has the highest-ranked passport of Pacific Island nations, at 37th equal globally. This is according to the Henley Passport Index. The index, organised by a consulting firm that describes itself as “the global leader in residence and citizenship by investment,” releases the list based on global travel freedoms using data from ... <a title="Solomon Islands tops passport index for region’s global rankings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/10/solomon-islands-tops-passport-index-for-regions-global-rankings/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Islands tops passport index for region’s global rankings">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tahlia Pollock, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Evans EvoMorph Laboratory, Monash University Fossil reconstruction of Smilodon, one of the largest sabre-toothed cats ever to have lived. Mardoz/Shutterstock Sabre teeth – the long, sharp, blade-like canines found in extinct predators such as Smilodon – represent one of the most extreme ... <a title="New research reveals why sabre-toothed predators evolved their deadly teeth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/10/new-research-reveals-why-sabre-toothed-predators-evolved-their-deadly-teeth-246783/" aria-label="Read more about New research reveals why sabre-toothed predators evolved their deadly teeth">Read more</a>
