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ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for May 11, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on May 11, 2025.
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Indonesia’s Pacific manoeuvres – money, military, and silencing West Papua
ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin On April 24, 2025, Indonesia made a masterful geopolitical move. Jakarta granted Fiji US$6 million in financial aid and offered to cooperate with them on military training — a seemingly benign act of diplomacy that conceals a darker purpose. This strategic manoeuvre is the latest in Indonesia’s efforts to neutralise Pacific ... <a title="Indonesia’s Pacific manoeuvres – money, military, and silencing West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/11/indonesias-pacific-manoeuvres-money-military-and-silencing-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia’s Pacific manoeuvres – money, military, and silencing West Papua">Read more</a>
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Who killed Shireen Abu Akleh? Film names Israeli soldier but Biden, Israel ‘did best to cover up’
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – NERMEEN SHAIKH: We begin today’s show looking at Israel’s ongoing targeting of Palestinian journalists. A recent report by the Costs of War Project at Brown University described the war in Gaza as the “worst ever conflict for reporters” in history. By one count, Israel has killed ... <a title="Who killed Shireen Abu Akleh? Film names Israeli soldier but Biden, Israel ‘did best to cover up’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/11/who-killed-shireen-abu-akleh-film-names-israeli-soldier-but-biden-israel-did-best-to-cover-up/" aria-label="Read more about Who killed Shireen Abu Akleh? Film names Israeli soldier but Biden, Israel ‘did best to cover up’">Read more</a>
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Who killed Shireen Abu Akleh? Film names Israeli soldier but Israel ‘did best to cover up’
Democracy Now! NERMEEN SHAIKH: We begin today’s show looking at Israel’s ongoing targeting of Palestinian journalists. A recent report by the Costs of War Project at Brown University described the war in Gaza as the “worst ever conflict for reporters” in history. By one count, Israel has killed 214 Palestinian journalists in Gaza over the ... <a title="Who killed Shireen Abu Akleh? Film names Israeli soldier but Israel ‘did best to cover up’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/10/who-killed-shireen-abu-akleh-film-names-israeli-soldier-but-israel-did-best-to-cover-up/" aria-label="Read more about Who killed Shireen Abu Akleh? Film names Israeli soldier but Israel ‘did best to cover up’">Read more</a>
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Pacific region hopes for ‘climate-conscious’ pope, says PCC leader
By Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor The leader of the Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) has reacted to the election of the new pope. Pope Leo XIV was elected by his fellow cardinals in the Conclave on Thursday evening, Rome time. Leo, 69, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, is originally from Chicago, and has spent ... <a title="Pacific region hopes for ‘climate-conscious’ pope, says PCC leader" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/10/pacific-region-hopes-for-climate-conscious-pope-says-pcc-leader/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific region hopes for ‘climate-conscious’ pope, says PCC leader">Read more</a>
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Absurd attack on free speech by Israel Institute over social media comment
By Gordon Campbell The calls by the Israel Institute of New Zealand for Peter Davis to resign from the Helen Clark Foundation because of comments he made with regard to an ugly, hateful piece of graffiti are absurd. The graffiti in question said “I hated Jews before it was cool!” On social media, Davis made ... <a title="Absurd attack on free speech by Israel Institute over social media comment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/10/absurd-attack-on-free-speech-by-israel-institute-over-social-media-comment/" aria-label="Read more about Absurd attack on free speech by Israel Institute over social media comment">Read more</a>
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ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for May 10, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on May 10, 2025.
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Tracing radiation through the Marshall Islands: Reflections from a veteran Greenpeace nuclear campaigner
SPECIAL REPORT: By Shaun Burnie of Greenpeace We’ve visited Ground Zero. Not once, but three times. But for generations, before these locations were designated as such, they were the ancestral home to the people of the Marshall Islands. As part of a team of Greenpeace scientists and specialists from the Radiation Protection Advisers team, we ... <a title="Tracing radiation through the Marshall Islands: Reflections from a veteran Greenpeace nuclear campaigner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/10/tracing-radiation-through-the-marshall-islands-reflections-from-a-veteran-greenpeace-nuclear-campaigner/" aria-label="Read more about Tracing radiation through the Marshall Islands: Reflections from a veteran Greenpeace nuclear campaigner">Read more</a>
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USP World Press Freedom Day warnings over AI, legal reform and media safety
World Press Freedom Day is not just a celebration of the vital role journalism plays — it is also a moment to reflect on the pressures facing the profession and Pacific governments’ responsibility to protect it. This was one of the key messages delivered by two guest speakers at The University of the South Pacific ... <a title="USP World Press Freedom Day warnings over AI, legal reform and media safety" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/09/usp-world-press-freedom-day-warnings-over-ai-legal-reform-and-media-safety/" aria-label="Read more about USP World Press Freedom Day warnings over AI, legal reform and media safety">Read more</a>
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The Kiwi heart surgeon, his wife and the film maker in Palestine
Auckland film maker Paula Whetu Jones has spent nearly two decades working pro bono on a feature film about the Auckland cardiac surgeon Alan Kerr, which is finally now in cinemas. She is best known for co-writing and directing Whina, the feature film about Dame Whina Cooper. She filmed Dr Kerr and his wife Hazel ... <a title="The Kiwi heart surgeon, his wife and the film maker in Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/09/the-kiwi-heart-surgeon-his-wife-and-the-film-maker-in-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about The Kiwi heart surgeon, his wife and the film maker in Palestine">Read more</a>
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Keith Rankin Analysis – Make Deficits Great Again: Maintaining a Pragmatic Balance
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Donald Trump is a mercantilist, as noted in Trump’s tariffs: Short-term damage or long-term ruin? ‘The Bottom Line’, Al Jazeera, 11 April 2025 (or here on YouTube). But the United States, in today’s world, is not a mercantilist country. Or at least not a successful mercantilist country, though it is inhabited ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Make Deficits Great Again: Maintaining a Pragmatic Balance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/09/keith-rankin-analysis-make-deficits-great-again-maintaining-a-pragmatic-balance/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Make Deficits Great Again: Maintaining a Pragmatic Balance">Read more</a>
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ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for May 9, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on May 9, 2025.