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June 10, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. These charts plot seven-day rolling averages. It means that the most recent death and case incidences of Covid19 is the average of new cases for the seven days ended 9 June 2020. The New Zealand data looks incomplete, but that’s because it is now zero; New Zealand is recovered, not recovering. Contrast ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Cases and Deaths over Time for Recovering and High-Incidence Countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/10/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-cases-and-deaths-over-time-for-recovering-and-high-incidence-countries/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Cases and Deaths over Time for Recovering and High-Incidence Countries">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2020
“Covid-free” New Zealand has moved early today to its lowest restrictions – alert level 1. The change happened at midnight after New Zealanders had done something “remarkable” by uniting in the fight against covid-19, says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. After praising New Zealand’s response to the virus yesterday, she revealed the country would be moving ... <a title="New Zealand relaxes covid restrictions after ‘remarkable’ virus fight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/09/new-zealand-relaxes-covid-restrictions-after-remarkable-virus-fight/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand relaxes covid restrictions after ‘remarkable’ virus fight">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
By Michael Plank of the University of Canterbury; Alex James of the University of Canterbury; Audrey Lustig of Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research; Nicholas Steyn; Rachelle Binny of Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research, and Shaun Hendy There is now a 95 percent chance covid-19 has been eliminated in New Zealand, according to our modelling, based ... <a title="NZ hits 95% chance of eliminating covid – but new cases will emerge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/nz-hits-95-chance-of-eliminating-covid-but-new-cases-will-emerge/" aria-label="Read more about NZ hits 95% chance of eliminating covid – but new cases will emerge">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2020
By RNZ News Thousands of people were protesting across Australia today to oppose the deaths of Indigenous people in police custody. It comes as Black Lives Matter protests are held around the world after the death of George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer in the US state of Minneapolis. Rallies kicked ... <a title="Thousands rally across Australia to protest against Indigenous deaths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/06/thousands-rally-across-australia-to-protest-against-indigenous-deaths/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands rally across Australia to protest against Indigenous deaths">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The conversation around the 2020 covid19 pandemic has been widely framed as ‘health versus the economy’. It has been quite political, with people leaning to the left emphasising ‘health’, and people leaning to the right emphasising ‘the economy’. A couple of weeks ago (27 May), on RNZ I heard outspoken British ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Economic Impacts of Pandemics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/keith-rankin-analysis-economic-impacts-of-pandemics/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Economic Impacts of Pandemics">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2020
By RNZ News The organisers of Black Lives Matter protests in several main centres will not be prosecuted. On Monday, thousands gathered at several events around the country for Black Lives Matter marches in solidarity with protesters in the United States after the police killing of George Floyd. The protests prompted calls from Deputy Prime ... <a title="Police rule out legal action against NZ black solidarity protest organisers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/03/police-rule-out-legal-action-against-nz-black-solidarity-protest-organisers/" aria-label="Read more about Police rule out legal action against NZ black solidarity protest organisers">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Philip Russo of Monash University The death of African-American man George Floyd at the hands of police has sparked protests across the United States and inspired many people to reflect on our own history of police violence against Indigenous people in Australia and New Zealand. After thousands marched across New Zealand on Monday, ... <a title="Black Lives Matter dilemma: How to protest in a covid pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/03/black-lives-matter-dilemma-how-to-protest-in-a-covid-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about Black Lives Matter dilemma: How to protest in a covid pandemic">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2020
Pacific Media Centre The Vanuatu Council of Ministers has agreed at its meeting held in Luganville, Santo, to postpone the hosting of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting due in August 2020, reports the Vanuatu Daily Post. The decision followed the recommendations of the National Task Force based on the “uncertainty and the economic ... <a title="Covid, cyclone force Vanuatu to postpone Pacific Islands Forum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/03/covid-cyclone-force-vanuatu-to-postpone-pacific-islands-forum/" aria-label="Read more about Covid, cyclone force Vanuatu to postpone Pacific Islands Forum">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Support this progressive voice and be a part of it. Donate to COHA today. Click here By Marcia CuryFrom Brazil A Le Monde editorial put it in Shakespearean language on May 19, saying “something is rotten in the state of Brazil.”[1] That appears to be accurate. Added to this ... <a title="Under Bolsonaro, has Brazil become Unmoored?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/03/under-bolsonaro-has-brazil-become-unmoored/" aria-label="Read more about Under Bolsonaro, has Brazil become Unmoored?">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The large western economies account for by far the most covid19 deaths in the world. Even Germany, with a covid19 death incidence of 100 per million is well above the world average to date of 50 deaths per million people. Of these large countries, only the United States looks likely to ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Deaths and Cases to the end of May 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/31/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-deaths-and-cases-to-the-end-of-may-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Deaths and Cases to the end of May 2020">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Support this progressive voice and be a part of it. Donate to COHA today. Click here By John Perry From Masaya, Nicaragua Every country in the world is trying to balance its fight against the virus with the need to have a functioning economy, and there is plenty ... <a title="Nicaragua battles COVID-19 and a Disinformation Campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/31/nicaragua-battles-covid-19-and-a-disinformation-campaign/" aria-label="Read more about Nicaragua battles COVID-19 and a Disinformation Campaign">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2020
By Amanda Siddharta in Jakarta Six activists charged with treason in Jakarta for organising a protest rally for independence last August outside the presidential palace have been freed from prison. Five of the activists known as the Jakarta Six – Paulus Suryanta Ginting, Ambrosius Mulait, Charles Kosay, and Dano Anes Tabuni, along with the only ... <a title="Jakarta Six activists for Papua freedom convicted of treason set free" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/30/jakarta-six-activists-for-papua-freedom-convicted-of-treason-set-free/" aria-label="Read more about Jakarta Six activists for Papua freedom convicted of treason set free">Read more</a>
