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April 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sharpe, Associate Professor in Philosophy, Australian Catholic University Hitler and Mussolini in Munich, Germany, June 18, 1940. Everett Collection/Shutterstock This Monday marks 80 years since Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was killed in an Italian village towards the end of the Second World War in 1945. The ... <a title="80 years after Benito Mussolini’s death, what can democracies today learn from his fascist rise?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/26/80-years-after-benito-mussolinis-death-what-can-democracies-today-learn-from-his-fascist-rise-251154/" aria-label="Read more about 80 years after Benito Mussolini’s death, what can democracies today learn from his fascist rise?">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2025
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific presenter The doors of St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican have now been closed and the coffin sealed, ahead of preparations for tonight’s funeral of Pope Francis. The Vatican says a quarter of a million people have paid respects to Pope Francis in the last three days. Sister Susana Vaifale ... <a title="Samoan nun tells of ‘like a blur’ awesome meeting with Pope Francis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/26/samoan-nun-tells-of-like-a-blur-awesome-meeting-with-pope-francis/" aria-label="Read more about Samoan nun tells of ‘like a blur’ awesome meeting with Pope Francis">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Nour Odeh There was faint hope that efforts to achieve a ceasefire deal in Gaza would succeed. That hope is now all but gone, offering 2.1 million tormented and starved Palestinians dismal prospects for the days and weeks ahead. Last Saturday, the Israeli Prime Minister once again affirmed he had no intention to ... <a title="Israel’s endgame for tormented Gaza is political and physical erasure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/25/israels-endgame-for-tormented-gaza-is-political-and-physical-erasure/" aria-label="Read more about Israel’s endgame for tormented Gaza is political and physical erasure">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2025
An ocean conservation non-profit has condemned the United States President’s latest executive order aimed at boosting the deep sea mining industry. President Donald Trump issued the “Unleashing America’s offshore critical minerals and resources” order on Thursday, directing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to allow deep sea mining. The order states: “It is the ... <a title="Trump signs ‘deeply dangerous’ order to fast-track deep sea mining" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/25/trump-signs-deeply-dangerous-order-to-fast-track-deep-sea-mining/" aria-label="Read more about Trump signs ‘deeply dangerous’ order to fast-track deep sea mining">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In this election, voters are more distrustful than ever of politicians, and the political heroes of 2022 have fallen from grace, swept from favour by independent players. A Roy Morgan survey has found, for the first time, that Australians are ... <a title="Election Diary: Dutton tops list of most distrusted, amid deepening voter cynicism about political leaders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/25/election-diary-dutton-tops-list-of-most-distrusted-amid-deepening-voter-cynicism-about-political-leaders-254995/" aria-label="Read more about Election Diary: Dutton tops list of most distrusted, amid deepening voter cynicism about political leaders">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2025
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor The former head of BenarNews’ Pacific bureau says a United States court ruling this week ordering the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) to release congressionally approved funding to Radio Free Asia and its subsidiaries “makes us very happy”. However, Stefan Armbruster, who has played a key role in ... <a title="Pacific editor welcomes US court ruling in favour of Radio Free Asia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/25/pacific-editor-welcomes-us-court-ruling-in-favour-of-radio-free-asia/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific editor welcomes US court ruling in favour of Radio Free Asia">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on April 25, 2025.
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April 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne With just eight days until the May 3 federal election, and with in-person early voting well under way, Labor has taken a seven-point lead in a national ... <a title="Labor takes large leads in YouGov and Morgan polls as surge continues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/25/labor-takes-large-leads-in-yougov-and-morgan-polls-as-surge-continues-255026/" aria-label="Read more about Labor takes large leads in YouGov and Morgan polls as surge continues">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Taneshka Kruger, UP ISMC: Project Manager and Coordinator, University of Pretoria Healthcare in Africa faces a perfect storm: high rates of infectious diseases like malaria and HIV, a rise in non-communicable diseases, and dwindling foreign aid. In 2021, nearly half of the sub-Saharan African countries relied on ... <a title="Beating malaria: what can be done with shrinking funds and rising threats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/25/beating-malaria-what-can-be-done-with-shrinking-funds-and-rising-threats-255126/" aria-label="Read more about Beating malaria: what can be done with shrinking funds and rising threats">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2025
Pacific Media Watch The Fijians for Palestine Solidarity Network today condemned the Fiji government’s failure to stand up for international law and justice over the Israeli war on Gaza in their weekly Black Thursday protest. “For the past 18 months, we have made repeated requests to our government to do the bare minimum and enforce ... <a title="Open letter to Fijians – ‘why is our country supporting Israel’s heinous crimes in Gaza?’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/25/open-letter-to-fijians-why-is-our-country-supporting-israels-heinous-crimes-in-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter to Fijians – ‘why is our country supporting Israel’s heinous crimes in Gaza?’">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Michelle Grattan and Amanda Dunn discuss the fourth week of the 2025 election campaign. While the death of Pope Francis interrupted campaigning for a while, the leaders had another debate on Tuesday night and the opposition (belatedly) put out its ... <a title="Scares and stunts in the home stretch: election special podcast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/24/scares-and-stunts-in-the-home-stretch-election-special-podcast-255224/" aria-label="Read more about Scares and stunts in the home stretch: election special podcast">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Whatever the result on May 3, even people within the Liberals think they have run a very poor national campaign. Not just poor, but odd. Nothing makes the point more strongly than this week’s release of the opposition’s defence policy. ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Coalition’s campaign lacks good planning and enough elbow grease" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/24/grattan-on-friday-coalitions-campaign-lacks-good-planning-and-enough-elbow-grease-254992/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Coalition’s campaign lacks good planning and enough elbow grease">Read more</a>
