ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on July 4, 2026.
Gaza genocide – how many UN findings will the West ignore?
“No one living today ever imagined they would witness a genocide that would continue for 1000 days. Yet here we are. One thousand days of unbearable loss. One thousand days of children buried before their dreams could begin,” writes the Palestine Forum of New Zealand. ANALYSIS: By Hossam Shaker Once again, the United Nations reminds
Is your child devastated by the Socceroos lost? Here’s how to help
No parent likes seeing their child upset. But moments like these can also be opportunities to help kids build emotional skills.
The Pharaohs rule in Dallas as the Socceroos are knocked out
The Socceroos World Cup campaign is over. But there’s plenty to be optimistic about for the next one in four years’ time.
The new technologies in the UK defence investment plan
The Defence Investment Plan provides £5 billion for drone warfare.
Defence investment plan should make the UK more secure – but it will need to find the money from somewhere
Efficiency savings can be easier to find on paper than to achieve in real life.
Why Pope Leo has excommunicated a group of conservative Catholics
The schism reflects the deep divisions between conservative and progressive Catholics.
The cooling divide: how air conditioning is creating a new climate inequality
About 4% of UK homes have air conditioning, concentrated in wealthier households.
Ukraine war sparks fears of an organised crime resurgence in Russia
Ukraine war likely to reinforce transformation to criminal networks that are more professional, militarised and embedded within state structures.
A brief history of human pain
While pain may be universal, our experience of it is anything but.
Nanobubbles cleaned up the Lincoln reflecting pool: here’s how they could be used on dying seas and lakes
Made internationally famous by their use to clean up the Lincoln Memorial pool in Washington, this tech is starting to be used globally.
The politics of feeling: why did ‘boring’ prime minister Keir Starmer provoke such visceral reactions?
In the post-2008 world, the political climate is often determined by emotion rather than ideology.
70 years on from the killer smog: what clean air laws teach us about power, pollution and profit
Economic interests have shaped society’s response to pollution. Now, policy needs to align with the scientific evidence to clean up our air.
New research challenges the idea that memories of childhood maltreatment can’t be trusted
A major new analysis of nearly 40,000 people finds memories of childhood abuse and neglect stay remarkably stable over time.
Why Antarctica froze millions of years before the Arctic – new research
New solutions to two interlinked mysteries reveal how and why the Antarctic’s enormous ice sheet formed.
Digital poverty is holding university students back
Up to 19 million people in the UK face digital poverty — and digital access is now a human right universities can’t afford to ignore.
Are we finally about to get decent wifi on trains and planes?
The prospect of seamless wifi coverage, whichever way you travel, could soon be a reality.
How creative maps make air pollution more visible
Researchers have transformed air quality data into maps, visualisations and exhibitions to connect people to the issues in tangible ways.
Having a bad hair day? Don’t worry. My research will help you understand the problem
Psychologists have spent years studying how we feel about our bodies. Now research is turning to a part of us most people obsess over daily, but rarely examine – our hair.
How radical Victorian nuns pioneered education for poor girls
These schools were radical for their time as they countered the rigid Victorian association of women with domestic work.
How economic pressures are damaging Britain’s ‘zombie firms’
Some companies rely on expensive borrowing to stay afloat.