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January 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carmen Lim, NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow, National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research, The University of Queensland Visualistka/Shutterstock A multi-million dollar business has developed in Australia to meet the demand for medicinal cannabis. Australians spent more than A$400 million on it in the first half of 2024 ... <a title="We looked at 54 medicinal cannabis websites to see if they followed the rules. Here’s what we found" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/13/we-looked-at-54-medicinal-cannabis-websites-to-see-if-they-followed-the-rules-heres-what-we-found-244932/" aria-label="Read more about We looked at 54 medicinal cannabis websites to see if they followed the rules. Here’s what we found">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darius von Guttner Sporzynski, Historian, Australian Catholic University Stained glass with a depiction of the martyred nuns, Saint Honoré d’Eylau Church, Paris. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA The Martyrs of Compiègne, a group of 16 Discalced Carmelite nuns executed during the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution, ... <a title="These 16 nuns were guillotined in the French Revolution. Now the Pope has declared them saints" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/13/these-16-nuns-were-guillotined-in-the-french-revolution-now-the-pope-has-declared-them-saints-246329/" aria-label="Read more about These 16 nuns were guillotined in the French Revolution. Now the Pope has declared them saints">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney Arthur Poulin/Unsplash A Victorian man is reportedly in a critical condition in hospital after contracting Japanese encephalitis from a mosquito bite. This news comes after both Victoria and New South Wales issued public health alerts ... <a title="Mozzies may be carrying Japanese encephalitis this summer. Here’s what to know if you’re spending time outdoors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/13/mozzies-may-be-carrying-japanese-encephalitis-this-summer-heres-what-to-know-if-youre-spending-time-outdoors-246781/" aria-label="Read more about Mozzies may be carrying Japanese encephalitis this summer. Here’s what to know if you’re spending time outdoors">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pavlina Jasovska, Senior Lecturer in International Business & Strategy, University of Technology Sydney Multiculturalism is central to Australia’s identity, with more than half the population coming from overseas or having parents who did. Most Australians view multiculturalism positively. However, many experience a declining sense of belonging and ... <a title="How Sydney’s cultural festivals cultivate a sense of hope and optimism for Australia’s future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/13/how-sydneys-cultural-festivals-cultivate-a-sense-of-hope-and-optimism-for-australias-future-244639/" aria-label="Read more about How Sydney’s cultural festivals cultivate a sense of hope and optimism for Australia’s future">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s Sunday “soft launch” of his campaign for election year was carefully calibrated to pitch to the party faithful while seeking to project enough nuance to avoid alienating centrist voters. It contained nothing new – there was ... <a title="View from The Hill: Dutton’s 2025 launch still leaves voters needing answers on key policies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/12/view-from-the-hill-duttons-2025-launch-still-leaves-voters-needing-answers-on-key-policies-247193/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Dutton’s 2025 launch still leaves voters needing answers on key policies">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2025
Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! As we continue our discussion of President Jimmy Carter’s legacy, we look at his policies in the Middle East and North Africa, in particular, Israel and Palestine. On Thursday during the state funeral in Washington, President Carter’s former adviser Stuart Eizenstat praised Carter’s work on facilitating the ... <a title="Why Jimmy Carter’s opposition to Israeli apartheid failed to secure peace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/12/why-jimmy-carters-opposition-to-israeli-apartheid-failed-to-secure-peace/" aria-label="Read more about Why Jimmy Carter’s opposition to Israeli apartheid failed to secure peace">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2025
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk France’s naval flagship, the 261m aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, is to be deployed to the Pacific later this year, as part of an exercise codenamed “Clémenceau 25”. French Naval Command Etat-Major’s Commodore Jacques Mallard told a French media briefing that the main objective of the ... <a title="France plans to deploy flagship carrier Charles de Gaulle to Pacific this year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/12/france-plans-to-deploy-flagship-carrier-charles-de-gaulle-to-pacific-this-year/" aria-label="Read more about France plans to deploy flagship carrier Charles de Gaulle to Pacific this year">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Vaughan, PhD Researcher Sport Integrity, University of Canberra As the Australian Open gets under way in Melbourne, the sport is facing a crisis over positive doping tests involving two of the biggest stars in tennis. Last March, the top-ranked men’s player, Jannik Sinner, tested positive for ... <a title="Tennis is facing an existential crisis over doping. How will it respond?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/12/tennis-is-facing-an-existential-crisis-over-doping-how-will-it-respond-244516/" aria-label="Read more about Tennis is facing an existential crisis over doping. How will it respond?">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A Palestine solidarity advocate today appealed to New Zealanders to shed their feelings of powerlessness over the Gaza genocide and “take action” in support of an effective global strategy of boycott, divestment and sanctions. “Many of us have become addicted to ‘doom scrolling’ — reading or watching more and more articles on ... <a title="Palestinian solidarity activists call for ‘action’ in BDS boycott over Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/12/palestinian-solidarity-activists-call-for-action-in-bds-boycott-over-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Palestinian solidarity activists call for ‘action’ in BDS boycott over Gaza">Read more</a>
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January 11, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Anna Naupa Out of the rubble of last year’s 7.3 magnitude earthquake that hit Vanuatu’s capital Port Vila on December 17 and the snap election due next week on January 16, a new leadership is required to reset the country’s developmental trajectory. Persistent political turmoil has hampered the Pacific nation’s ability to deal ... <a title="Vanuatu election 2025: Earthquake aftershocks expose high cost of democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/11/vanuatu-election-2025-earthquake-aftershocks-expose-high-cost-of-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu election 2025: Earthquake aftershocks expose high cost of democracy">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2025
Dear Mr Zuckerberg, Nine years ago, we wrote to you about the real-world harms caused by false information on Facebook. In response, Meta created a fact-checking programme that helped protect millions of users from hoaxes and conspiracy theories. This week, you announced you’re ending that programme in the United States because of concerns about “too ... <a title="An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg from the world’s fact-checkers – nine years later" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/10/an-open-letter-to-mark-zuckerberg-from-the-worlds-fact-checkers-nine-years-later/" aria-label="Read more about An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg from the world’s fact-checkers – nine years later">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Moulds, Associate Professor in Law, University of South Australia The United Nations Human Rights Committee has ruled that Australia breached international human rights law by detaining a group of young asylum seekers in immigration detention in Nauru. The committee found the asylum seekers were subject to ... <a title="The UN says Australia violated human rights law, but it’s unlikely to change the way we treat refugees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/10/the-un-says-australia-violated-human-rights-law-but-its-unlikely-to-change-the-way-we-treat-refugees-247096/" aria-label="Read more about The UN says Australia violated human rights law, but it’s unlikely to change the way we treat refugees">Read more</a>
