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February 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane McAdam, Scientia Professor and Director of the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW More than a year since COVID-19 emerged, there are nearly 40,000 Australians overseas who want to come home. Geoffrey Robertson QC. Lukas Coch/AAP Amid mounting stories of people desperate to return for ... <a title="Should Aussies stranded overseas go to the United Nations for help to get home?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/02/should-aussies-stranded-overseas-go-to-the-united-nations-for-help-to-get-home-154372/" aria-label="Read more about Should Aussies stranded overseas go to the United Nations for help to get home?">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2021
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Patricio Zamorano From Washington, DC “That is not who we are,” insists the U.S. political class after the grave events of January 6 when a mob of Trump supporters brutally invaded the Capitol here in Washington, DC, leading to the loss of five lives. An entire nation, ... <a title="Made in the USA: Tutelage Democracy Feeds Its Own Insurrection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/02/made-in-the-usa-tutelage-democracy-feeds-its-own-insurrection/" aria-label="Read more about Made in the USA: Tutelage Democracy Feeds Its Own Insurrection">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2021
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By COHA Editorial Board From Washington DC The Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) is pleased to announce its formal nomination of the Henry Reeve Brigade for the Nobel Peace Prize, in a formal submission delivered today January 22 to the Nobel Peace Prize Committee in Stockholm, Sweden. For ... <a title="COHA is honored to nominate the Cuban Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/02/coha-is-honored-to-nominate-the-cuban-henry-reeve-international-medical-brigade-for-the-2021-nobel-peace-prize/" aria-label="Read more about COHA is honored to nominate the Cuban Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2021
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Op-Ed By Frederick Mills and William Camacaro From Washington DC and New York Venezuela is a nation of people who fight battles even though they have no weapons, who triumph despite setbacks, who organize themselves in disasters, who exalt in the face of terror, who are offended by ... <a title="New Biden Administration: Time for U.S. Rapprochement with Venezuela" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/02/new-biden-administration-time-for-u-s-rapprochement-with-venezuela/" aria-label="Read more about New Biden Administration: Time for U.S. Rapprochement with Venezuela">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2021
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Lucy Pagoada-Quesada From New York Mr. President Joe Biden, As a Honduran-US citizen, I am writing to urge you to change course in U.S. policy towards Honduras so that my country recuperates its democracy. You were Vice President when in 2009, the government of your party led ... <a title="Open Letter from a Honduran Teacher to President Joe Biden" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/02/open-letter-from-a-honduran-teacher-to-president-joe-biden/" aria-label="Read more about Open Letter from a Honduran Teacher to President Joe Biden">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Māori wards in local government Richard Harman: Brash loses Maori wards campaign Audrey Young (Herald): Labour kept plans on divisive Māori wards under wraps (paywalled) David Farrar: Govt proposes to use urgency to cancel local referenda! Anna Whyte (1News): Government ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 02 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/02/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-02-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 02 2021">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Doherty, ARC DECRA Fellow, University of Sydney The COVID pandemic has shown us that disruptions to the way we move around, complete daily activities and interact with each other can shatter our wellbeing. This doesn’t apply only to humans. Wildlife across the globe find themselves in ... <a title="Humans force wild animals into tight spots, or send them far from home. We calculated just how big the impact is" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/02/humans-force-wild-animals-into-tight-spots-or-send-them-far-from-home-we-calculated-just-how-big-the-impact-is-152619/" aria-label="Read more about Humans force wild animals into tight spots, or send them far from home. We calculated just how big the impact is">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Merlin Crossley, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic and Professor of Molecular Biology, UNSW The day a muddled mob stormed the US Capitol building, a team of American researchers published a paper in Nature that signified a landmark in gene therapy. The head of the US National Institutes of Health, ... <a title="New CRISPR technology could revolutionise gene therapy, offering new hope to people with genetic diseases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/02/new-crispr-technology-could-revolutionise-gene-therapy-offering-new-hope-to-people-with-genetic-diseases-153641/" aria-label="Read more about New CRISPR technology could revolutionise gene therapy, offering new hope to people with genetic diseases">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety released new data overnight comparing hospitalisation rates from residential aged care facilities. The report found 36.9% of nursing home residents presented to an emergency department at least once in 2018-19. It’s ... <a title="New aged care data on hospitalisation rates show significant problem areas in residential aged care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/02/new-aged-care-data-on-hospitalisation-rates-show-significant-problem-areas-in-residential-aged-care-154365/" aria-label="Read more about New aged care data on hospitalisation rates show significant problem areas in residential aged care">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan C Evans, Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow, UNSW For many businesses, climate change is an existential threat. Extreme weather can disrupt operations and supply chains, spelling disaster for both small vendors and global corporations. It also leaves investment firms dangerously exposed. Businesses increasingly recognise climate change ... <a title="Taking care of business: the private sector is waking up to nature’s value" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/02/taking-care-of-business-the-private-sector-is-waking-up-to-natures-value-153786/" aria-label="Read more about Taking care of business: the private sector is waking up to nature’s value">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Holmes, Professor of History, La Trobe University This is a longer read. Enjoy The speed with which the COVID-19 virus infected the world and the dramatic nature of its fallout is without parallel. Individually and collectively we have struggled to understand and process it. Early on ... <a title="‘The stories a nation tells itself matter’: how will the COVID generation remember 2020?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/02/the-stories-a-nation-tells-itself-matter-how-will-the-covid-generation-remember-2020-154367/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The stories a nation tells itself matter’: how will the COVID generation remember 2020?">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Madison Bland, PhD Candidate, Cities Research Institute, Griffith University Shared mobility devices such as bicycles and electric scooters have experienced significant growth across the globe and Australia is no exception. In cities with such offerings, users are able to get around in more convenient and flexible ways. ... <a title="Why e-bikes can succeed where earlier bike-share schemes failed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/02/why-e-bikes-can-succeed-where-earlier-bike-share-schemes-failed-151844/" aria-label="Read more about Why e-bikes can succeed where earlier bike-share schemes failed">Read more</a>
