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January 6, 2021
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Frederick B. Mills, Alina Duarte, Patricio Zamorano From Washington DC On Monday January 4 a British court denied a U.S. request to extradite world renowned journalist and Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, to face charges in the U.S. under the Espionage Act. Shortly after this breaking news, President ... <a title="Mexico Offers Asylum to Assange: A Step Forward for Government Accountability and Press Freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/06/mexico-offers-asylum-to-assange-a-step-forward-for-government-accountability-and-press-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about Mexico Offers Asylum to Assange: A Step Forward for Government Accountability and Press Freedom">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2021
COMMENT: By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby For the majority of Papua New Guineans living in the capital of Port Moresby, providing a home for their families is only a dream as housing has become a luxury that only the rich can afford. Many families are forced to rent out single rooms for between K500 ... <a title="Rebecca Kuku: No end in sight for Port Moresby’s unaffordable rental prices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/06/rebecca-kuku-no-end-in-sight-for-port-moresbys-unaffordable-rental-prices/" aria-label="Read more about Rebecca Kuku: No end in sight for Port Moresby’s unaffordable rental prices">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Bennett, Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University If you live in the northern part of Sydney’s Northern Beaches, the epicentre of one of two current COVID outbreaks in New South Wales, you can’t currently cross any state borders. Instead, you’re confined to the local area for all ... <a title="Australia’s mishmash of COVID border closures is confusing, inconsistent and counterproductive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/06/australias-mishmash-of-covid-border-closures-is-confusing-inconsistent-and-counterproductive-152620/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s mishmash of COVID border closures is confusing, inconsistent and counterproductive">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Porch, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Earth Science, Deakin University Environmental scientists see flora, fauna and phenomena the rest of us rarely do. In this series, we’ve invited them to share their unique photos from the field. Which animals are quintessentially Australian? Koalas and kangaroos, emus, tiger ... <a title="Photos from the field: zooming in on Australia’s hidden world of exquisite mites, snails and beetles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/06/photos-from-the-field-zooming-in-on-australias-hidden-world-of-exquisite-mites-snails-and-beetles-147576/" aria-label="Read more about Photos from the field: zooming in on Australia’s hidden world of exquisite mites, snails and beetles">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Laird, Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Wollongong Road-user charges on electric vehicles based on distance driven were announced in November 2020 by the governments of South Australia and Victoria, while New South Wales ministers have differing views. These charges are justified on several grounds, including the ... <a title="Distance-based road charges will improve traffic — and if done right won’t slow Australia’s switch to electric cars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/06/distance-based-road-charges-will-improve-traffic-and-if-done-right-wont-slow-australias-switch-to-electric-cars-150290/" aria-label="Read more about Distance-based road charges will improve traffic — and if done right won’t slow Australia’s switch to electric cars">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter A. Heslin, Professor of Management and Scientia Education Fellow, UNSW For most of us, 2020 was an exhausting year. The COVID-19 pandemic heralded draining physical health concerns, social isolation, job dislocation, uncertainty about the future and related mental health issues. Although some of us have enjoyed ... <a title="Exhausted by 2020? Here are 5 steps to recover and feel more rested throughout 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/06/exhausted-by-2020-here-are-5-steps-to-recover-and-feel-more-rested-throughout-2021-152608/" aria-label="Read more about Exhausted by 2020? Here are 5 steps to recover and feel more rested throughout 2021">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruno David, Professor, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Monash University New collaborative work at an Aboriginal cave in eastern Victoria, published today, shows the stark difference between contemporary archaeological research and that conducted in the 1970s. In 1971, Cloggs Cave was ... <a title="Magic, culture and stalactites: how Aboriginal perspectives are transforming archaeological histories" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/06/magic-culture-and-stalactites-how-aboriginal-perspectives-are-transforming-archaeological-histories-151756/" aria-label="Read more about Magic, culture and stalactites: how Aboriginal perspectives are transforming archaeological histories">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Greste, Professor of Journalism and Communications, The University of Queensland When UK District Judge Vanessa Baraitser declared she was rejecting the US request to extradite Julian Assange, his partner Stella Moris wept with relief. In an emotional speech outside the court, Moris described the ruling as ... <a title="Julian Assange’s extradition victory offers cold comfort for press freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/05/julian-assanges-extradition-victory-offers-cold-comfort-for-press-freedom-152676/" aria-label="Read more about Julian Assange’s extradition victory offers cold comfort for press freedom">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nematullah Bizhan, Lecturer in Public Policy at the Development Policy Centre, Australian National University, & Senior Research Associate with the Global Economic Governance Program, Oxford University, Australian National University Peace talks between the Afghan government and Taliban are set to resume today in Doha, at a time ... <a title="For the Afghan peace talks to succeed, a ceasefire is the next — and perhaps toughest — step forward" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/05/for-the-afghan-peace-talks-to-succeed-a-ceasefire-is-the-next-and-perhaps-toughest-step-forward-152610/" aria-label="Read more about For the Afghan peace talks to succeed, a ceasefire is the next — and perhaps toughest — step forward">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Clive Williams, Australian National University Tensions are running high in the Middle East in the waning days of the Trump administration. Over the weekend, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif claimed Israeli agents were planning to attack US forces in Iraq to provide US President Donald Trump with a pretext for striking Iran. ... <a title="Are US and Iran headed for a military showdown before Trump leaves office?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/05/are-us-and-iran-headed-for-a-military-showdown-before-trump-leaves-office/" aria-label="Read more about Are US and Iran headed for a military showdown before Trump leaves office?">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is relieved by the January 4 ruling of UK District Judge Vanessa Baraitser to block the United States’ attempt to extradite WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. However, it is extremely disappointed by the court’s failure to reject the substance of the case, leaving the door open to further ... <a title="RSF hails UK court blocking of US bid to extradite Julian Assange" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/05/rsf-hails-uk-court-blocking-of-us-bid-to-extradite-julian-assange/" aria-label="Read more about RSF hails UK court blocking of US bid to extradite Julian Assange">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Haskell-Dowland, Associate Dean (Computing and Security), Edith Cowan University With the festive season having come to a close, consumers the world over will be playing with a variety of new tech toys. In recent years, the most popular gadgets sold on Amazon have included a variety ... <a title="The Christmas gifts that keep giving (your data away) — and how to prevent this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/05/the-christmas-gifts-that-keep-giving-your-data-away-and-how-to-prevent-this-152242/" aria-label="Read more about The Christmas gifts that keep giving (your data away) — and how to prevent this">Read more</a>
