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January 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Maynard, Associate Professor, School of Communication and the Arts, The University of Queensland State Library Victoria Sunglasses, or dark glasses, have always guarded against strong sunlight, but is there more to “shades” than we think? The pupils of our eyes are delicate and react immediately to ... <a title="Sunglasses reflect more than the light: a brief history of shades, from Ancient Rome to Hollywood" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/06/sunglasses-reflect-more-than-the-light-a-brief-history-of-shades-from-ancient-rome-to-hollywood-244399/" aria-label="Read more about Sunglasses reflect more than the light: a brief history of shades, from Ancient Rome to Hollywood">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2025
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor The fate of Palestinian Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, who was “arrested” by Israeli forces last month after defiantly staying with his patients when his hospital was being attacked, featured strongly at yesterday’s medical professionals solidarity rally in Auckland. The Israeli government bears full ... <a title="Abducted Gaza doctor’s life in danger due to torture – call for immediate international intervention" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/05/abducted-gaza-doctors-life-in-danger-due-to-torture-call-for-immediate-international-intervention/" aria-label="Read more about Abducted Gaza doctor’s life in danger due to torture – call for immediate international intervention">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2025
Fijivillage News A man has been charged with the rape and sexual assault of one of the Virgin Australia crew members in the early hours of New Year’s Day, near a nightclub in Martintar, Nadi. Police confirm he has been charged with one count of sexual assault and one count of rape. They say he ... <a title="Fiji police charge man with rape and sexual assault of Virgin Australia crew member" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/05/fiji-police-charge-man-with-rape-and-sexual-assault-of-virgin-australia-crew-member/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji police charge man with rape and sexual assault of Virgin Australia crew member">Read more</a>
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January 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milo Gough, Lecturer in History, University of Manchester An artist’s impression of Idris Elba’s planned eco-city, Sherbro Island City. Greenfield Planners Sdn Bhd / Sherbro Alliance Partners Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, is celebrated as a city founded to resettle freed slaves in the 1790s. Over the following ... <a title="From a colonial hill town to Idris Elba’s island masterplan: what do these Sierra Leone developments tell us about urban elites?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/04/from-a-colonial-hill-town-to-idris-elbas-island-masterplan-what-do-these-sierra-leone-developments-tell-us-about-urban-elites-233714/" aria-label="Read more about From a colonial hill town to Idris Elba’s island masterplan: what do these Sierra Leone developments tell us about urban elites?">Read more</a>
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January 4, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Israel is forcing two hospitals in northern Gaza to evacuate under threat of attack as its ethnic cleansing campaign continues. Israeli forces have surrounded the Indonesian Hospital, where many staff and patients sought shelter after nearby Kamal Adwan Hospital was destroyed in an Israeli raid last week, reports Al Jazeera. Late on ... <a title="Israel orders patients, staff to ‘evacuate’ last two hospitals in northern Gaza siege" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/04/israel-orders-patients-staff-to-evacuate-last-two-hospitals-in-northern-gaza-siege/" aria-label="Read more about Israel orders patients, staff to ‘evacuate’ last two hospitals in northern Gaza siege">Read more</a>
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January 4, 2025
Navigating the shared challenges of climate change, geostrategic tensions, political upheaval, disaster recovery and decolonisation plus a 50th birthday party, reports a BenarNews contributor’s analysis. COMMENTARY: By Tess Newton Cain Vanuatu’s devastating earthquake and dramatic political developments in Tonga and New Caledonia at the end of 2024 set the tone for the coming year in ... <a title="Pacific 2025: Vanuatu quake, Tongan and Kanaky shakeups, Trump questions set tone for coming year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/04/pacific-2025-vanuatu-quake-tongan-and-kanaky-shakeups-trump-questions-set-tone-for-coming-year/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific 2025: Vanuatu quake, Tongan and Kanaky shakeups, Trump questions set tone for coming year">Read more</a>
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January 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milo Gough, Lecturer in History, University of Manchester An artist’s impression of Idris Elba’s planned eco-city, Sherbro Island City. Greenfield Planners Sdn Bhd / Sherbro Alliance Partners Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, is celebrated as a city founded to resettle freed slaves in the 1790s. Over the following ... <a title="From a colonial hill town to Idris Elba’s island masterplan: what do these Sierra Leone developments tell us about urban elitism?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/04/from-a-colonial-hill-town-to-idris-elbas-island-masterplan-what-do-these-sierra-leone-developments-tell-us-about-urban-elitism-233714/" aria-label="Read more about From a colonial hill town to Idris Elba’s island masterplan: what do these Sierra Leone developments tell us about urban elitism?">Read more</a>
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January 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milo Gough, Lecturer in History, University of Manchester An artist’s impression of Idris Elba’s planned eco-city, Sherbro Island City. Greenfield Planners Sdn Bhd / Sherbro Alliance Partners Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, is celebrated as a city founded to resettle freed slaves in the 1790s. Over the following ... <a title="From a colonial hill town to Idris Elba’s island masterplan: what two Sierra Leone developments a century apart tell us about urban elitism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/04/from-a-colonial-hill-town-to-idris-elbas-island-masterplan-what-two-sierra-leone-developments-a-century-apart-tell-us-about-urban-elitism-233714/" aria-label="Read more about From a colonial hill town to Idris Elba’s island masterplan: what two Sierra Leone developments a century apart tell us about urban elitism">Read more</a>
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January 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milo Gough, Lecturer in History, University of Manchester An artist’s impression of Idris Elba’s planned eco-city, Sherbro Island City. Greenfield Planners Sdn Bhd / Sherbro Alliance Partners Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, is celebrated as a city founded to resettle freed slaves in the 1790s. Over the following ... <a title="From a colonial hill town to Idris Elba’s island masterplan, what can two Sierra Leone developments a century apart tell us about urban elitism?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/04/from-a-colonial-hill-town-to-idris-elbas-island-masterplan-what-can-two-sierra-leone-developments-a-century-apart-tell-us-about-urban-elitism-233714/" aria-label="Read more about From a colonial hill town to Idris Elba’s island masterplan, what can two Sierra Leone developments a century apart tell us about urban elitism?">Read more</a>
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January 4, 2025
Asia Pacific Report The UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese, has called on “medical professionals worldwide” to suspend ties with Israel in an act of solidarity with the more than “1000 colleagues of yours” killed in Gaza over the past 14 months. Countless more Palestinian medical workers “were ... <a title="‘Suspend Israel ties’ plea to global medical professionals – Auckland hospital protest vigil over Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/04/suspend-israel-ties-plea-to-global-medical-professionals-auckland-hospital-protest-vigil-over-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Suspend Israel ties’ plea to global medical professionals – Auckland hospital protest vigil over Gaza">Read more</a>
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January 3, 2025
By Maram Humaid in Deir el-Balah, Gaza Journalists gathered at Gaza’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Hospital expressed outrage and confusion about the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) decision to shut down Al Jazeera’s office in the occupied West Bank. “Shutting down a major outlet like Al Jazeera is a crime against journalism,” said freelance journalist Ikhlas al-Qarnawi. “Al Jazeera ... <a title="‘Crime against journalism’: Gaza journalists slam PA’s Al Jazeera ban" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/03/crime-against-journalism-gaza-journalists-slam-pas-al-jazeera-ban/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Crime against journalism’: Gaza journalists slam PA’s Al Jazeera ban">Read more</a>
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January 3, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Katrina Mitchell-Kouttab As 2024 came to a close and we have stepped into a new year overshadowed by ongoing atrocities, have you stopped to consider how these events are reshaping your world? Did you notice how your future — and that of generations to ... <a title="Katrina Mitchell-Kouttab: The Palestine tragedy – why it should matter to you and our world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/03/katrina-mitchell-kouttab-the-palestine-tragedy-why-it-should-matter-to-you-and-our-world/" aria-label="Read more about Katrina Mitchell-Kouttab: The Palestine tragedy – why it should matter to you and our world">Read more</a>
