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July 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anja Krstic, Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management, York University, Canada Despite progress toward gender equity, many women continue to take on the majority of unpaid labour within their households, including housework and child care. On average, women spend twice as much time as men per week ... <a title="All women — not just mothers — could benefit from more workplace flexibility" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/29/all-women-not-just-mothers-could-benefit-from-more-workplace-flexibility-260889/" aria-label="Read more about All women — not just mothers — could benefit from more workplace flexibility">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olaoluwa Omoniyi Olarewaju, Honorary Research Fellow, University of KwaZulu-Natal Across most of Africa, rural communities grow their own food, relying on smallholder agriculture. But climate change is threatening this way of life. Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall and degraded soils are already shrinking harvests. This is pushing millions ... <a title="Africa’s smallholder farmers are using bright ideas to adapt to climate change: G20 countries should fund their efforts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/29/africas-smallholder-farmers-are-using-bright-ideas-to-adapt-to-climate-change-g20-countries-should-fund-their-efforts-261404/" aria-label="Read more about Africa’s smallholder farmers are using bright ideas to adapt to climate change: G20 countries should fund their efforts">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gwen Ansell, Associate of the Gordon Institute for Business Science, University of Pretoria It’s 100 years since the birth of reedman Jeremiah Morolong “Kippie” Moeketsi on 27 July 1925. He was one of the most influential saxophonists shaping South Africa’s modern jazz style. His death in poverty ... <a title="Kippie Moeketsi at 100: the soul-stirring story of a South African jazz legend" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/29/kippie-moeketsi-at-100-the-soul-stirring-story-of-a-south-african-jazz-legend-262045/" aria-label="Read more about Kippie Moeketsi at 100: the soul-stirring story of a South African jazz legend">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mathelinda Nabugodi, Lecturer in Comparative Literature, UCL Portrait of Madeleine by Marie-Guillemine Benoist (1800). Louvre According to one strand of history, slavery was abolished when Europeans found their conscience. According to another, it was abolished when it stopped being profitable. Both approaches tend to underplay the significance ... <a title="My new history of romanticism shows how enslavement shaped European culture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/29/my-new-history-of-romanticism-shows-how-enslavement-shaped-european-culture-261780/" aria-label="Read more about My new history of romanticism shows how enslavement shaped European culture">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rennie Naidoo, Professor of Information Systems, University of the Witwatersrand Protesters blocking roads in Johannesburg, demanding a reliable water supply. Photo: Silver Sibiya GroundUp, CC BY-NC-ND African cities are growing at an incredible pace. With this growth comes a mix of opportunity and challenge. How do we ... <a title="Smart cities start with people, not technology: lessons from Westbury, Johannesburg" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/29/smart-cities-start-with-people-not-technology-lessons-from-westbury-johannesburg-260346/" aria-label="Read more about Smart cities start with people, not technology: lessons from Westbury, Johannesburg">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Smith, Research Scientist in Earth & Environment, Boston University Trees like these in Boston can help keep neighborhoods cooler on hot days. Yassine Khalfalli/Unsplash, CC BY When summer turns up the heat, cities can start to feel like an oven, as buildings and pavement trap the ... <a title="Urban trees vs. cool roofs: What’s the best way for cities to beat the heat?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/29/urban-trees-vs-cool-roofs-whats-the-best-way-for-cities-to-beat-the-heat-260188/" aria-label="Read more about Urban trees vs. cool roofs: What’s the best way for cities to beat the heat?">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Jasim Al-Azzawi For the past few years, governments across the world have paid close attention to conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. There, it is said, we see the first glimpses of what warfare of the future will look like, not just in terms of weaponry, but also in terms of new ... <a title="Iran’s plan to abandon GPS is more about a looming new ‘tech cold war’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/29/irans-plan-to-abandon-gps-is-more-about-a-looming-new-tech-cold-war/" aria-label="Read more about Iran’s plan to abandon GPS is more about a looming new ‘tech cold war’">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2025
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Roger D. Harris and John Perry With the Trump imperium passing the half-year mark, the posture of the US empire is ever clearer. Whether animated by “America First” or globalism, the objective remains “full spectrum dominance.” And now with the neocon capture of the Democrats, there are ... <a title="Trump’s Latin American Policies Go South" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/28/trumps-latin-american-policies-go-south/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s Latin American Policies Go South">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Russell Mullett, Traditional Custodian — Kurnai, Indigenous Knowledge Mal and Dylan Siely examine finger grooves at Waribruk with GunaiKurnai Elder Uncle Russell Mullett. Photo by Jess Shapiro, courtesy of GunaiKurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation Australia’s First Nations history stretches back many tens of thousands of years, ... <a title="Precious finger traces from First Nations ancestors revealed in a glittering mountain cave in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/28/precious-finger-traces-from-first-nations-ancestors-revealed-in-a-glittering-mountain-cave-in-australia-260932/" aria-label="Read more about Precious finger traces from First Nations ancestors revealed in a glittering mountain cave in Australia">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Banks, Professor of Conservation Biology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney Ken Griffiths/Shutterstock An introduced black rat scratches through leaf litter, looking for food. Nearby, a native water rat watches on, its beady eyes shining. The native rat pounces out from the shadows, ... <a title="Australia’s rat uprising: footage provides first evidence of native rakali attacking introduced black rat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/28/australias-rat-uprising-footage-provides-first-evidence-of-native-rakali-attacking-introduced-black-rat-261559/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s rat uprising: footage provides first evidence of native rakali attacking introduced black rat">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trevor Evans, Associate Professor, History and Archaeology, Macquarie University If you believe the hype, generative artificial intelligence (AI) is the future. However, new research suggests the technology may also improve our understanding of the past. A team of computer scientists from Google DeepMind, working with classicists and ... <a title="AI for the ancient world: how a new machine learning system can help make sense of Latin inscriptions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/28/ai-for-the-ancient-world-how-a-new-machine-learning-system-can-help-make-sense-of-latin-inscriptions-260448/" aria-label="Read more about AI for the ancient world: how a new machine learning system can help make sense of Latin inscriptions">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dan Weijers, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Co-editor International Journal of Wellbeing, University of Waikato Getty Images Happiness has many social benefits. Happy people tend to be healthier and more successful. They are also more helpful and others often view them more positively, making it easier for them ... <a title="Showing happiness brings social rewards, but the opposite can happen if people feel pressured to appear happy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/28/showing-happiness-brings-social-rewards-but-the-opposite-can-happen-if-people-feel-pressured-to-appear-happy-261752/" aria-label="Read more about Showing happiness brings social rewards, but the opposite can happen if people feel pressured to appear happy">Read more</a>
