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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yasmin Mowat, Clinical Project Manager, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney AnnaStills/Getty Images Many gay and bisexual men have been excluded from donating blood and plasma (the liquid portion of blood) for decades because of rules developed during the HIV crisis in the 1980s. The Australian Red Cross’ blood ... <a title="Gay and bisexual men will soon be able to donate blood and plasma" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/gay-and-bisexual-men-will-soon-be-able-to-donate-blood-and-plasma-259136/" aria-label="Read more about Gay and bisexual men will soon be able to donate blood and plasma">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amin Saikal, Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies, Australian National University; and Vice Chancellor’s Strategic Fellow, Victoria University Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has gone beyond his initial aim of destroying Iran’s ability to produce nuclear weapons. He has called on the Iranian people ... <a title="Iran’s long history of revolution, defiance and outside interference – and why its future so uncertain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/irans-long-history-of-revolution-defiance-and-outside-interference-and-why-its-future-so-uncertain-259270/" aria-label="Read more about Iran’s long history of revolution, defiance and outside interference – and why its future so uncertain">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shannon Bosch, Associate Professor (Law), Edith Cowan University Israel’s major military operation against Iran has targeted its nuclear program, including its facilities and scientists, as well as its military leadership. In response, the United Nations Security Council has quickly convened an emergency sitting. There, the Israeli ambassador ... <a title="Are Israel’s actions in Iran illegal? Could it be called self-defence? An international law expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/are-israels-actions-in-iran-illegal-could-it-be-called-self-defence-an-international-law-expert-explains-259259/" aria-label="Read more about Are Israel’s actions in Iran illegal? Could it be called self-defence? An international law expert explains">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jaime Simpson, Doctoral Researcher, Domestic Family Violence Counsellor, University of Newcastle Paul shuang/Shutterstock The Victorian parliament has launched a long-overdue inquiry into abuse and coercive control within cults and religious fringe groups. It is a welcome acknowledgement of the damage that can flourish under the guise of ... <a title="Victoria is looking into religious cults – here’s what it should examine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/victoria-is-looking-into-religious-cults-heres-what-it-should-examine-259152/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria is looking into religious cults – here’s what it should examine">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Pacific Media Watch The Big Picture Podcast host, New Zealand-Egyptian journalist and author Mohamed Hassan, interviews Middle East Eye editor-in-chief David Hearst about the rapidly unfolding war between Israel and Iran, why the West supports it, and what it threatens to unleash on the global order. What does Israel really want to achieve, what options ... <a title="Israel-Iran war ‘more dangerous than we imagine’, says Middle East Eye editor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/israel-iran-war-more-dangerous-than-we-imagine-says-middle-east-eye-editor/" aria-label="Read more about Israel-Iran war ‘more dangerous than we imagine’, says Middle East Eye editor">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University On The Back Of Camera/Shutterstock Earlier today, Iranian officials urged the country’s citizens to remove the messaging platform WhatsApp from their smartphones. Without providing any supporting evidence, they alleged the app gathers user information to send ... <a title="Can a foreign government hack WhatsApp? A cybersecurity expert explains how that might work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/can-a-foreign-government-hack-whatsapp-a-cybersecurity-expert-explains-how-that-might-work-259261/" aria-label="Read more about Can a foreign government hack WhatsApp? A cybersecurity expert explains how that might work">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick Finnerty, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in conservation and wildlife management, University of Sydney Fidel Fernando / Unsplash Ever since modern environmentalism took off in the 1960s, people have tried to undo the damage humans have caused to nature. Efforts have ranged from reducing threats, to restoring habitats, ... <a title="‘Guerrilla rewilding’ aims for DIY conservation – but it may do more harm than good" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/guerrilla-rewilding-aims-for-diy-conservation-but-it-may-do-more-harm-than-good-258818/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Guerrilla rewilding’ aims for DIY conservation – but it may do more harm than good">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Murray, Professor in Screen Media and Creative Arts, Macquarie University Photograph by Robert Walker, Eric Smith in the studio, c.1973 black and white photograph, 52cmx42cm. Barbara Smith Collection. Used with permission There are many routes to artistic obscurity. The surest path, of course, is to have ... <a title="Artist Eric Smith won 3 Archibalds, then vanished. A new show reveals his unseen works" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/artist-eric-smith-won-3-archibalds-then-vanished-a-new-show-reveals-his-unseen-works-255957/" aria-label="Read more about Artist Eric Smith won 3 Archibalds, then vanished. A new show reveals his unseen works">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Umbers, Associate Professor in Zoology, Western Sydney University Atlas Moth (_Attacus wardi_) Garry Sankowsky/flickr, CC BY When we think about animals, we tend to think of furry four-legged mammals. But 95% of all animal species are invertebrates – bees, butterflies, beetles, snails, worms, octopuses, starfish, corals, ... <a title="Saving species starts at home: how you can help Australia’s 1,000 threatened invertebrates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/saving-species-starts-at-home-how-you-can-help-australias-1-000-threatened-invertebrates-258285/" aria-label="Read more about Saving species starts at home: how you can help Australia’s 1,000 threatened invertebrates">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shea Esterling, Senior Lecturer Above the Bar, University of Canterbury Zhang Jianyong/Xinhua via Getty Images This week, Aotearoa New Zealand officially celebrates Matariki for the fourth time, marked by the reappearance in the night sky of the star cluster also known as the Pleiades. Yet, ironically, the ... <a title="Matariki and our diminishing night sky: light pollution from cities and satellites is making stars harder to see" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/matariki-and-our-diminishing-night-sky-light-pollution-from-cities-and-satellites-is-making-stars-harder-to-see-258169/" aria-label="Read more about Matariki and our diminishing night sky: light pollution from cities and satellites is making stars harder to see">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James D Metzger, Senior Lecturer in Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney Composite image: Arrington Watkins Architects / AI avatar: YouTube/StaceyWales, CC BY In November 2021, in the city of Chandler, Arizona, Chris Pelkey was shot and killed by Gabriel Horcasitas in a road rage altercation. Horcasitas was ... <a title="Why a US court allowed a dead man to deliver his own victim impact statement – via an AI avatar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/why-a-us-court-allowed-a-dead-man-to-deliver-his-own-victim-impact-statement-via-an-ai-avatar-259045/" aria-label="Read more about Why a US court allowed a dead man to deliver his own victim impact statement – via an AI avatar">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Ho, Associate Professor and Clinical Academic Gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock If you’ve got a dodgy tummy, diarrhoea and have been vomiting, it’s easy to blame a “tummy bug” or “off food”. But which is it? Gastro or food poisoning? What’s the difference anyway? What’s gastroenteritis? ... <a title="What’s the difference between food poisoning and gastro? A gut expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/whats-the-difference-between-food-poisoning-and-gastro-a-gut-expert-explains-252730/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between food poisoning and gastro? A gut expert explains">Read more</a>
