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January 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Ordway, Associate Professor Sport Management and Sport Integrity Lead, University of Canberra Women cheer and wave the Afghanistan flag during a cricket game in 2023 Vector and photos/Shutterstock A Twenty20 cricket contest featuring a women’s team made up of refugees from Afghanistan who now live in ... <a title="After fleeing the Taliban, the Afghan women’s cricket team is finally playing together – in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/29/after-fleeing-the-taliban-the-afghan-womens-cricket-team-is-finally-playing-together-in-australia-248445/" aria-label="Read more about After fleeing the Taliban, the Afghan women’s cricket team is finally playing together – in Australia">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wanning Sun, Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, University of Technology Sydney The release of the new DeepSeek-R1 artificial intelligence (AI) model has shocked the tech world. Launched on January 20 with little fanfare, the Chinese AI model was reportedly developed at only a fraction of the ... <a title="DeepSeek’s success challenges assumptions about Chinese tech companies – and the US-China competition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/29/deepseeks-success-challenges-assumptions-about-chinese-tech-companies-and-the-us-china-competition-248531/" aria-label="Read more about DeepSeek’s success challenges assumptions about Chinese tech companies – and the US-China competition">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A national Palestine advocacy group has hit back at critics of its “genocide hotline” campaign against soldiers involved in Israel’s war against Gaza, saying New Zealand should be actively following international law. The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) dismissed a “predictable lineup of apologists for Israel” for their criticisms of the PSNA ... <a title="PSNA’s Minto hits back at Gaza ‘genocide hotline’ critics, insists NZ should deny Israeli soldier visas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/29/psnas-minto-hits-back-at-gaza-genocide-hotline-critics-insists-nz-should-deny-israeli-soldier-visas/" aria-label="Read more about PSNA’s Minto hits back at Gaza ‘genocide hotline’ critics, insists NZ should deny Israeli soldier visas">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra ChameleonsEye/Shutterstock Australia’s headline inflation rate dropped to a three-year low of 2.4% in the December quarter, according to the Consumer Price Index, adding to pressure for an interest rate cut by the Reserve ... <a title="Lower inflation in the December quarter boosts chances of an interest rate cut" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/29/lower-inflation-in-the-december-quarter-boosts-chances-of-an-interest-rate-cut-246987/" aria-label="Read more about Lower inflation in the December quarter boosts chances of an interest rate cut">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Hurley, Lecturer in Criminology. Police and policing. Dept of Security Studies & Criminology, Macquarie University When you watch the news, one phrase usually comes up as soon as crime is mentioned: “police have established a crime scene”. If you’re a fan of the forensics crime drama ... <a title="What is a ‘crime scene’, really? An expert explains how it’s more than just blue police tape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/29/what-is-a-crime-scene-really-an-expert-explains-how-its-more-than-just-blue-police-tape-245369/" aria-label="Read more about What is a ‘crime scene’, really? An expert explains how it’s more than just blue police tape">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Miranda Stewart, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne US President Franklin D. Roosevelt. National Archives and Records Administration/Wikimedia Commons US President Donald Trump isn’t happy about the way some countries are taxing American citizens and companies. He has made clear he’s willing to retaliate, threatening to ... <a title="What is the 90-year-old tax rule Trump could use to double US taxes on foreigners?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/29/what-is-the-90-year-old-tax-rule-trump-could-use-to-double-us-taxes-on-foreigners-248154/" aria-label="Read more about What is the 90-year-old tax rule Trump could use to double US taxes on foreigners?">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Stanley, Professor of Ecology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images Do schools and trees mix? You may have memories of shady playing areas and shelter belts by playing fields, but our recent study suggests this is increasingly an exception rather than a rule. Trees ... <a title="Does your school have enough trees? Here’s why they’re great for kids and their learning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/29/does-your-school-have-enough-trees-heres-why-theyre-great-for-kids-and-their-learning-246411/" aria-label="Read more about Does your school have enough trees? Here’s why they’re great for kids and their learning">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2025
What will happen to Australia — and New Zealand — once the superpower that has been followed into endless battles, the United States, finally unravels? COMMENTARY: By Michelle Pini, managing editor of Independent Australia With President Donald Trump now into his second week in the White House, horrific fires have continued to rage across Los ... <a title="Trump 2.0 chaos and destruction — what it means Down Under" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/29/trump-2-0-chaos-and-destruction-what-it-means-down-under/" aria-label="Read more about Trump 2.0 chaos and destruction — what it means Down Under">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Harrison, Lecturer in Digital Communications, Flinders University Mart Production/Pexels It all begins innocently – a late-night peek at your favourite social media site before bed. You catch a headline that grabs your attention with “breaking news” you can’t afford to miss. Like following digital breadcrumbs, one ... <a title="When news is stressful, how do you balance staying informed with ‘doomscrolling’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/29/when-news-is-stressful-how-do-you-balance-staying-informed-with-doomscrolling-248017/" aria-label="Read more about When news is stressful, how do you balance staying informed with ‘doomscrolling’?">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eylem Altuntas, Postdoctoral Researcher, Speech & Language Development, The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University Colin Maynard/Unsplash Babies are like little detectives, constantly piecing together clues about the world around them. If you’ve ever noticed your baby staring at you while you talk, ... <a title="Babies as young as 4 months can tell how the sounds of different languages are made – new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/29/babies-as-young-as-4-months-can-tell-how-the-sounds-of-different-languages-are-made-new-research-248225/" aria-label="Read more about Babies as young as 4 months can tell how the sounds of different languages are made – new research">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Simpson, Senior Lecturer, International Studies, University of South Australia It has now been four years since the Myanmar military launched its cataclysmic coup against the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1 2021, starting a civil war that has devastated the country. ... <a title="As the Myanmar junta’s hold on power weakens, could the devastating war be nearing a conclusion?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/29/as-the-myanmar-juntas-hold-on-power-weakens-could-the-devastating-war-be-nearing-a-conclusion-247987/" aria-label="Read more about As the Myanmar junta’s hold on power weakens, could the devastating war be nearing a conclusion?">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Macquarie University Christian Moro/Shutterstock With one in four Australian adults experiencing problems with incontinence, some people look to supplements for relief. With ingredients such as pumpkin seed oil and soybean extract, a range of products promise relief from frequent bathroom trips. ... <a title="What’s in the supplements that claim to help you cut down on bathroom breaks? And do they work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/29/whats-in-the-supplements-that-claim-to-help-you-cut-down-on-bathroom-breaks-and-do-they-work-245755/" aria-label="Read more about What’s in the supplements that claim to help you cut down on bathroom breaks? And do they work?">Read more</a>
