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January 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Carson, Senior Research Fellow, School of Medicine, The University of Western Australia Over the past several days, the world has watched on in shock as wildfires have devastated large parts of Los Angeles. Beyond the obvious destruction – to landscapes, homes, businesses and more – fires ... <a title="Wildfires ignite infection risks, by weakening the body’s immune defences and spreading bugs in smoke" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/16/wildfires-ignite-infection-risks-by-weakening-the-bodys-immune-defences-and-spreading-bugs-in-smoke-247332/" aria-label="Read more about Wildfires ignite infection risks, by weakening the body’s immune defences and spreading bugs in smoke">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rose Cairns, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy, NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow, University of Sydney AtlasStudio/Shutterstock TikTok and Instagram influencers have been peddling the “Barbie drug” to help you tan. But melanotan-II, as it’s called officially, is a solution that’s too good to be true. Just like tanning, this ... <a title="No, you don’t need the ‘Barbie drug’ to tan, whatever TikTok says. Here’s why melanotan-II is so risky" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/16/no-you-dont-need-the-barbie-drug-to-tan-whatever-tiktok-says-heres-why-melanotan-ii-is-so-risky-247445/" aria-label="Read more about No, you don’t need the ‘Barbie drug’ to tan, whatever TikTok says. Here’s why melanotan-II is so risky">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paula Jarzabkowski, Professor in Strategic Management, The University of Queensland A series of wildfires in Los Angeles County have caused widespread devastation in California, including at least 24 deaths and the destruction of more than 12,000 homes and structures. Thousands of residents have been evacuated, and the ... <a title="The LA fires have prompted a reckoning for the insurance industry – Australian premiums could soar as a result" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/16/the-la-fires-have-prompted-a-reckoning-for-the-insurance-industry-australian-premiums-could-soar-as-a-result-247207/" aria-label="Read more about The LA fires have prompted a reckoning for the insurance industry – Australian premiums could soar as a result">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chelsea Watego, Professor of Indigenous Health, Executive Director, Carumba Institute, Queensland University of Technology Just before universities closed for the year in 2024, the Australian Human Rights Commission released its Interim Report on Racism at Australian Universities. The timing of the report’s release resulted in little news ... <a title="The Human Rights Commission has handed down a report on racism at Australian universities. Here’s why it fails" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/16/the-human-rights-commission-has-handed-down-a-report-on-racism-at-australian-universities-heres-why-it-fails-246422/" aria-label="Read more about The Human Rights Commission has handed down a report on racism at Australian universities. Here’s why it fails">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Monika Singh The lack of women representation in parliaments across the world remains a vexed and contentious issue. In Fiji, this problem has again surfaced for debate in response to Deputy Prime Minister Manoa Kamikamica’s call for a quota system to increase women’s representation in Parliament. Kamikamica was speaking at the “Capacity Building ... <a title="Fiji quota proposal sparks debate on women’s representation in politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/16/fiji-quota-proposal-sparks-debate-on-womens-representation-in-politics/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji quota proposal sparks debate on women’s representation in politics">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jian Xu, Associate Professor in Communication, Deakin University Ti Vla/Shutterstock Social media giant TikTok is preparing to shut down its app in the United States this Sunday – the day that legislation signed by President Joe Biden last year banning the app takes effect. There is a ... <a title="US ‘TikTok refugees’ are fleeing to Chinese app RedNote. It’s a new phase of the digital cold war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/16/us-tiktok-refugees-are-fleeing-to-chinese-app-rednote-its-a-new-phase-of-the-digital-cold-war-247342/" aria-label="Read more about US ‘TikTok refugees’ are fleeing to Chinese app RedNote. It’s a new phase of the digital cold war">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kath Albury, Professor of Media and Communication and Associate Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making + Society, Swinburne University of Technology natamrli/Shutterstock Last week, social media giant Meta announced major changes to its content moderation practices. This includes an end to its fact-checking program, starting ... <a title="Meta’s shift to ‘community notes’ risks hurting online health info providers more than ever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/16/metas-shift-to-community-notes-risks-hurting-online-health-info-providers-more-than-ever-247331/" aria-label="Read more about Meta’s shift to ‘community notes’ risks hurting online health info providers more than ever">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Effie Karageorgos, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Newcastle Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy SEARCH Foundation, CC BY Journalist Simon Townsend has died aged 79 only a few months after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. A statement released by ... <a title="Remembering Simon Townsend as a conscientious objector and fearless anti-Vietnam War activist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/16/remembering-simon-townsend-as-a-conscientious-objector-and-fearless-anti-vietnam-war-activist-247457/" aria-label="Read more about Remembering Simon Townsend as a conscientious objector and fearless anti-Vietnam War activist">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marta Andhov, Associate Professor, Law School, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Iconic Bestiary/Shutterstock They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But in the world of legal contracts, pictures can be worth even more by making complicated concepts more accessible to people without expertise. Traditional ... <a title="Say it with a picture: overcoming legalese in public procurement contracts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/16/say-it-with-a-picture-overcoming-legalese-in-public-procurement-contracts-244924/" aria-label="Read more about Say it with a picture: overcoming legalese in public procurement contracts">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2025
Asia Pacific Report The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Egyptian, Palestinian and Israeli authorities to allow foreign journalists into Gaza in the wake of the three-phase ceasefire agreement set to to begin on Sunday. The New York-based global media watchdog urged the international community “to independently investigate the deliberate targeting of journalists ... <a title="Global watchdog calls for ‘open’ probe into crimes against Gaza media as ceasefire agreed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/16/global-watchdog-calls-for-open-probe-into-crimes-against-gaza-media-as-ceasefire-agreed/" aria-label="Read more about Global watchdog calls for ‘open’ probe into crimes against Gaza media as ceasefire agreed">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marika Sosnowski, Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Melbourne After 467 days of violence, a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel has been reached and will come into effect on Sunday, pending Israeli government approval. This agreement will not end the war or bring about peace. Ceasefires ... <a title="Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire. It doesn’t guarantee a peaceful end to a devastating war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/16/israel-and-hamas-have-agreed-to-a-ceasefire-it-doesnt-guarantee-a-peaceful-end-to-a-devastating-war-247338/" aria-label="Read more about Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire. It doesn’t guarantee a peaceful end to a devastating war">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Cornell, PhD Candidate, UNSW Beach Safety Research Group + School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney byvalet/Shutterstock Australia is considered a nation of beach lovers. But with all this water surrounding us, drownings remain tragically common. At least 55 people have drowned in waterways in Australia so ... <a title="Despite decades of beach safety ads, at least 55 people have drowned in Australia this summer. It’s time to change tack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/16/despite-decades-of-beach-safety-ads-at-least-55-people-have-drowned-in-australia-this-summer-its-time-to-change-tack-245747/" aria-label="Read more about Despite decades of beach safety ads, at least 55 people have drowned in Australia this summer. It’s time to change tack">Read more</a>
