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February 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Felicity Deane, Professor of Trade Law and Taxation, Queensland University of Technology US President Donald Trump has announced the United States will increase baseline tariffs on all foreign imports to 15%, as the fallout continues from a seismic Supreme Court ruling on Friday. Trump had imposed sweeping ... <a title="Trump hikes global tariffs to 15% as the fallout from Supreme Court loss continues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/22/trump-hikes-global-tariffs-to-15-as-the-fallout-from-supreme-court-loss-continues-273105/" aria-label="Read more about Trump hikes global tariffs to 15% as the fallout from Supreme Court loss continues">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Francesca Jackson, PhD candidate, Lancaster Law School, Lancaster University Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. The arrest comes after the US government released files that appeared to indicate he had shared official information with financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey ... <a title="Why has Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor been arrested, and what legal protections does the royal family have?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/why-has-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-been-arrested-and-what-legal-protections-does-the-royal-family-have-276466/" aria-label="Read more about Why has Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor been arrested, and what legal protections does the royal family have?">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jo Coghlan, Associate Professor, Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, University of New England When a royal faces scrutiny, it can feel like a rupture with tradition. Yet across the ages, British royals have repeatedly fallen under suspicion. What makes the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor so striking is ... <a title="Could Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest bring down the British monarchy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/could-andrew-mountbatten-windsors-arrest-bring-down-the-british-monarchy-276508/" aria-label="Read more about Could Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest bring down the British monarchy?">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin D. Muir, Casual Academic, School of Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University Emily Brontë died of tuberculosis 177 years ago, yet this adaptation is still the worst thing that has ever happened to her. This is how one Letterbox’d user described writer-director Emerald Fennell’s film ... <a title="Wuthering Heights looks lush – but it’s a bad film and a worse adaptation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/wuthering-heights-looks-lush-but-its-a-bad-film-and-a-worse-adaptation-276179/" aria-label="Read more about Wuthering Heights looks lush – but it’s a bad film and a worse adaptation">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Swain, Associate Lecturer in Theatre, The University of Melbourne This story oscillates and swells around a glass outdoor table, on the porch of a family home on Larrakia land. A table almost identical to the one on my porch back home. I point this out to ... <a title="A love letter to Country: grief, motherhood and loss in Jada Alberts’ Black Light" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/a-love-letter-to-country-grief-motherhood-and-loss-in-jada-alberts-black-light-275802/" aria-label="Read more about A love letter to Country: grief, motherhood and loss in Jada Alberts’ Black Light">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Goodall, Emeritus Professor, Writing and Society Research Centre, Western Sydney University Anyone who engages in serious dialogue with a Large Language Model (LLM) may get the impression they are interacting with an intelligence. But many experts in the field argue the impression is just that. In ... <a title="Is AI really ‘intelligent’? This philosopher says yes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/is-ai-really-intelligent-this-philosopher-says-yes-271721/" aria-label="Read more about Is AI really ‘intelligent’? This philosopher says yes">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Simpson, Associate Professor in Criminology, Macquarie University Australian policing has been in the spotlight in the past few weeks. There were concerning scenes in New South Wales during protests against Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit, while Queensland Police’s commitment to curtailing domestic and family violence was ... <a title="Australia’s masculine policing culture is failing women and children" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/australias-masculine-policing-culture-is-failing-women-and-children-276176/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s masculine policing culture is failing women and children">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University The stunning arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor by UK police on suspicion of misconduct in public office must have chilled many powerful American men to the bone. They may now wonder: could something like ... <a title="Andrew’s arrest: will anything like this now happen in the US? Why hasn’t it so far?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/andrews-arrest-will-anything-like-this-now-happen-in-the-us-why-hasnt-it-so-far-276512/" aria-label="Read more about Andrew’s arrest: will anything like this now happen in the US? Why hasn’t it so far?">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Novitz, Senior Lecturer, Writing, Department of Media and Communication, Swinburne University of Technology What do our reading choices say about us? When teaching creative writing and literature classes, I always ask my students about their favourite genres and current reading in the first week. It is ... <a title="Friday essay: ‘red flags’ and ‘performative reading’ – what do our reading choices say about us?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/friday-essay-red-flags-and-performative-reading-what-do-our-reading-choices-say-about-us-268388/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: ‘red flags’ and ‘performative reading’ – what do our reading choices say about us?">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2026
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 A South Australian Newspoll has given the Liberals just 14% of the primary vote, four weeks before the state election. And in a Victoria Morgan poll, One ... <a title="SA Newspoll shows Liberal wipeout likely; Victorian Morgan poll puts One Nation first on primaries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/sa-newspoll-shows-liberal-wipeout-likely-victorian-morgan-poll-puts-one-nation-first-on-primaries-276152/" aria-label="Read more about SA Newspoll shows Liberal wipeout likely; Victorian Morgan poll puts One Nation first on primaries">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eduardo B. Sandoval, Scientia Researcher, Social Robotics, UNSW Sydney Last year, Norwegian-US tech company 1X announced a strange new product: “the world’s first consumer-ready humanoid robot designed to transform life at home”. Standing 168 centimetres tall and weighing in at 30 kilograms, the US$20,000 Neo bot promises ... <a title="Humanoid home robots are on the market – but do we really want them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/humanoid-home-robots-are-on-the-market-but-do-we-really-want-them-270370/" aria-label="Read more about Humanoid home robots are on the market – but do we really want them?">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Priscilla Dunk-West, Professor of Social Work, Victoria University Should we do couples counselling? Are we happy? Are we both pulling in the same direction? How can we get our spark back? These kinds of questions are normal in a society that places such importance on coupledom, despite ... <a title="Is couples counselling right for me and will the therapist take sides? An expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/is-couples-counselling-right-for-me-and-will-the-therapist-take-sides-an-expert-explains-275431/" aria-label="Read more about Is couples counselling right for me and will the therapist take sides? An expert explains">Read more</a>
