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Month: October 2025

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The Mona Lisa, a gold toilet and the now the Louvre’s royal jewels: a fascinating history of art heists

October 20, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Penelope Jackson, Adjunct Research Associate, School of Social Work and Arts, Charles Sturt University A heist has taken place at the Louvre, Paris. The world’s largest art museum, the Louvre has approximately half a million objects in its collection, with about 30,000 on display, and sees on ... <a title="The Mona Lisa, a gold toilet and the now the Louvre’s royal jewels: a fascinating history of art heists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/20/the-mona-lisa-a-gold-toilet-and-the-now-the-louvres-royal-jewels-a-fascinating-history-of-art-heists-267849/" aria-label="Read more about The Mona Lisa, a gold toilet and the now the Louvre’s royal jewels: a fascinating history of art heists">Read more</a>

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Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban avoid a deeper war for now, but how long can the peace hold?

October 20, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amin Saikal, Adjunct Professor of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia; Victoria University; Australian National University In recent weeks, Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban have engaged in the most serious military clashes between the two neighbours in several years. Qatar and Turkey mediated a ceasefire on ... <a title="Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban avoid a deeper war for now, but how long can the peace hold?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/20/pakistan-and-the-afghan-taliban-avoid-a-deeper-war-for-now-but-how-long-can-the-peace-hold-267843/" aria-label="Read more about Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban avoid a deeper war for now, but how long can the peace hold?">Read more</a>

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Artist Pat Hoffie’s prints are deeply etched expressions of humanity under duress

October 20, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Martin-Chew, Honorary Research Fellow, School of Communication and Arts, The University of Queensland Installation view of Pat Hoffie: I have loved/I love/I will love at Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 2025. Photograph: K Bennett Umek © QAGOMA Pat Hoffie’s I have loved/I love/I will love feels like ... <a title="Artist Pat Hoffie’s prints are deeply etched expressions of humanity under duress" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/20/artist-pat-hoffies-prints-are-deeply-etched-expressions-of-humanity-under-duress-267317/" aria-label="Read more about Artist Pat Hoffie’s prints are deeply etched expressions of humanity under duress">Read more</a>

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What is AI poisoning? A computer scientist explains

October 20, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Seyedali Mirjalili, Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Business and Hospitality, Torrens University Australia Sigismonda Drinking The Poison (1897). Joseph Edward Southall/Birmingham Museums Trust Poisoning is a term most often associated with the human body and natural environments. But it is also a growing problem in the ... <a title="What is AI poisoning? A computer scientist explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/20/what-is-ai-poisoning-a-computer-scientist-explains-267728/" aria-label="Read more about What is AI poisoning? A computer scientist explains">Read more</a>

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How France’s political dramas threaten more instability in violence-wracked New Caledonia

October 20, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denise Fisher, Visiting Fellow, ANU Centre for European Studies and Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University The unprecedented political crisis in France is increasingly being felt thousands of kilometres away in the South Pacific. On October 16, French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu survived two no-confidence motions ... <a title="How France’s political dramas threaten more instability in violence-wracked New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/20/how-frances-political-dramas-threaten-more-instability-in-violence-wracked-new-caledonia-267424/" aria-label="Read more about How France’s political dramas threaten more instability in violence-wracked New Caledonia">Read more</a>

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Why claims of ‘transformational’ school reading improvement are premature

October 20, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Milne, Senior Lecturer in Education, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images The government has made some bold claims for its school reading policies – including that early results have been “transformational”. But we should be careful about rushing to judgement this early. Following the release of ... <a title="Why claims of ‘transformational’ school reading improvement are premature" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/20/why-claims-of-transformational-school-reading-improvement-are-premature-267522/" aria-label="Read more about Why claims of ‘transformational’ school reading improvement are premature">Read more</a>

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Fiji deputy PM faces corruption-related charges

October 20, 2025

RNZ Pacific A Fiji deputy prime minister has been charged by the country’s anti-corruption office with perjury and providing false information in his capacity as a public servant, according to local news media reports. Manoa Kamikamica, who also serves as the Minister for Trade and Communications and a key part of Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka’s ... <a title="Fiji deputy PM faces corruption-related charges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/20/fiji-deputy-pm-faces-corruption-related-charges/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji deputy PM faces corruption-related charges">Read more</a>

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Bribing kids to eat vegetables might backfire. Here’s what to do instead

October 20, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Fuller, Clinical Trials Director, Department of Endocrinology, RPA Hospital, University of Sydney s0ulsurfing – Jason Swain/Getty Images It’s a tactic many parents know well: “eat two bites of broccoli, and then you can have dessert”. It seems like a practical solution for encouraging kids – especially ... <a title="Bribing kids to eat vegetables might backfire. Here’s what to do instead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/20/bribing-kids-to-eat-vegetables-might-backfire-heres-what-to-do-instead-257625/" aria-label="Read more about Bribing kids to eat vegetables might backfire. Here’s what to do instead">Read more</a>

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More than just good ethics: new research links corporate diversity to better investment decisions

October 20, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam G. Arian, Lecturer Accounting & Finance, Australian Catholic University skynesher/Getty When we talk about diversity in business, it’s usually in moral or social terms – fairness, inclusion and representation. But our new research suggests diversity also pays off in a very practical way: helping companies make ... <a title="More than just good ethics: new research links corporate diversity to better investment decisions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/20/more-than-just-good-ethics-new-research-links-corporate-diversity-to-better-investment-decisions-267324/" aria-label="Read more about More than just good ethics: new research links corporate diversity to better investment decisions">Read more</a>

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10 effective things citizens can do to make change in addition to attending a protest

October 20, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shelley Inglis, Senior Visiting Scholar with the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University A crowd gathered for a “No Kings” protest on October 18, 2025 in Anchorage, Alaska. Hasan Akbas/Anadolu via Getty Images What happens now? That may well be the question ... <a title="10 effective things citizens can do to make change in addition to attending a protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/20/10-effective-things-citizens-can-do-to-make-change-in-addition-to-attending-a-protest-266432/" aria-label="Read more about 10 effective things citizens can do to make change in addition to attending a protest">Read more</a>

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Sam Fender wins Mercury prize: ‘Geordie Springsteen’ is voice of a UK ravaged by industrial decline

October 20, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mike Jones, Course Director MA (Music Industries), University of Liverpool The Mercury prize almost always produces surprises – among them, Gomez not The Verve in 1998, and English Teacher not Charlie XCX in 2024 – but perhaps the biggest surprise is that the prize has survived for ... <a title="Sam Fender wins Mercury prize: ‘Geordie Springsteen’ is voice of a UK ravaged by industrial decline" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/20/sam-fender-wins-mercury-prize-geordie-springsteen-is-voice-of-a-uk-ravaged-by-industrial-decline-267767/" aria-label="Read more about Sam Fender wins Mercury prize: ‘Geordie Springsteen’ is voice of a UK ravaged by industrial decline">Read more</a>