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August 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabriel da Silva, Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, University of Melbourne The Lebanese capital Beirut was rocked on Tuesday evening local time by an explosion that has killed at least 78 people and injured thousands more. The country’s prime minister Hassan Diab said the blast was caused ... <a title="What is ammonium nitrate, the chemical that exploded in Beirut?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/what-is-ammonium-nitrate-the-chemical-that-exploded-in-beirut-143979/" aria-label="Read more about What is ammonium nitrate, the chemical that exploded in Beirut?">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David McCooey, Professor of Writing and Literature, Deakin University In our series Art for Trying Times, authors nominate a work they turn to for solace or perspective during this pandemic. One day in 1984, a friend and I went to have lunch with my friend’s aunt. She ... <a title="Simplicity and quiet: my isolation playlist from ECM Records" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/simplicity-and-quiet-my-isolation-playlist-from-ecm-records-143595/" aria-label="Read more about Simplicity and quiet: my isolation playlist from ECM Records">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Jeffrey, Director and CEO of the Australia India Institute; Professor of Development Geography, University of Melbourne In recent days, the Indian government approved a new education policy — the first for 34 years. The policy comes after an expert group produced a draft report last year. ... <a title="India’s impressive new education policy could create opportunities for Australian universities and young people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/indias-impressive-new-education-policy-could-create-opportunities-for-australian-universities-and-young-people-143893/" aria-label="Read more about India’s impressive new education policy could create opportunities for Australian universities and young people">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Elliott, Executive Director, National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce, and Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University With cases of COVID-19 on the rise, many Australians are asking: what happens if I test positive? With no known cure and no vaccine, what are ... <a title="Tested positive for COVID-19? Here’s what happens next – and why day 5 is crucial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/tested-positive-for-covid-19-heres-what-happens-next-and-why-day-5-is-crucial-143687/" aria-label="Read more about Tested positive for COVID-19? Here’s what happens next – and why day 5 is crucial">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Professor Marcia Langton, Foundation Chair in Australian Indigenous Studies, University of Melbourne This is an edited transcript of the 2020 Thea Astley Address delivered by Marcia Langton at the Byron Writers Festival. It’s a longer read at 4,500 words. You can listen to the the speech here. ... <a title="Why the Black Lives Matter protests must continue: an urgent appeal by Marcia Langton" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/why-the-black-lives-matter-protests-must-continue-an-urgent-appeal-by-marcia-langton-143914/" aria-label="Read more about Why the Black Lives Matter protests must continue: an urgent appeal by Marcia Langton">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage John PerryFrom Masaya, Nicaragua An extraordinary leaked document gives a glimpse of the breadth and complexity of the US government’s plan to interfere in Nicaragua’s internal affairs up to and after its presidential election in 2021. The plan,[1] a 14-page extract from a much longer document, dates from ... <a title="The US contracts out its regime change operation in Nicaragua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/the-us-contracts-out-its-regime-change-operation-in-nicaragua/" aria-label="Read more about The US contracts out its regime change operation in Nicaragua">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andreas Ortmann, Professor, UNSW Sweden has become something of a cautionary tale for what happens when you attempt to tackle coronavirus without lockdowns. In The Conversation last week The Grattan Institute’s Stephen Duckett and Will Mackey said its freer approach caused almost as much economic damage as ... <a title="Sweden eschewed lockdowns. It’s too early to be certain it was wrong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/sweden-eschewed-lockdowns-its-too-early-to-be-certain-it-was-wrong-143829/" aria-label="Read more about Sweden eschewed lockdowns. It’s too early to be certain it was wrong">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Hazel, Senior Lecturer, School of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Adelaide What does a pandemic smell like? If dogs could talk, they might be able to tell us. We’re part of an international research team, led by Dominique Grandjean at France’s National Veterinary School of ... <a title="These dogs are trained to sniff out the coronavirus. Most have a 100% success rate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/these-dogs-are-trained-to-sniff-out-the-coronavirus-most-have-a-100-success-rate-143756/" aria-label="Read more about These dogs are trained to sniff out the coronavirus. Most have a 100% success rate">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Smith, Senior Lecturer in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney Americans were alarmed last week when their president suggested on Twitter that the November 3 presidential election should be delayed because mail-in ballots would be fraudulent. The president has no authority ... <a title="Trump can’t delay the election, but he can try to delegitimise it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/trump-cant-delay-the-election-but-he-can-try-to-delegitimise-it-143747/" aria-label="Read more about Trump can’t delay the election, but he can try to delegitimise it">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Judy Mullan, Associate Professor, School of Medicine, University of Wollongong According to 2016 Census data, 3.5% of Australians have limited English proficiency. When they’re receiving health care, it’s essential these Australians have access to interpreters. Research has shown professional interpreters facilitate effective communication between the patient and ... <a title="Remote interpreting services are essential for people with limited English — during COVID-19 and beyond" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/remote-interpreting-services-are-essential-for-people-with-limited-english-during-covid-19-and-beyond-143531/" aria-label="Read more about Remote interpreting services are essential for people with limited English — during COVID-19 and beyond">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aliza Werner-Seidler, Senior Research Fellow in Mental Health & Clinical Psychologist, UNSW Access to mental health support has never been more important, as Melburnians are hit with a stage 4 lockdown and much of the rest of Australia braces for a potential second wave of COVID-19. This ... <a title="5 ways to get mental health help without having to talk on the phone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/5-ways-to-get-mental-health-help-without-having-to-talk-on-the-phone-143491/" aria-label="Read more about 5 ways to get mental health help without having to talk on the phone">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Osman, Scientist, Energy Efficiency & Renewables, CSIRO Yesterday, Australia’s eastern states felt a vicious cold snap, and these wintry blasts make hunkering down in isolation at home a little easier. But as the temperature rises at home, so does our carbon footprint and energy bills. Heating ... <a title="After the vicious cold snap, here are our tips to warm up while keeping your environmental footprint down" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/after-the-vicious-cold-snap-here-are-our-tips-to-warm-up-while-keeping-your-environmental-footprint-down-143458/" aria-label="Read more about After the vicious cold snap, here are our tips to warm up while keeping your environmental footprint down">Read more</a>
