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November 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ray Laurence, Professor of Ancient History, Macquarie University Rosario Lepore / Wikimedia, CC BY At its height, the Roman empire covered some 5 million square kilometres and was home to around 60 million people. This vast territory and huge population were held together via a network of ... <a title="The Roman empire built 300,000 kilometres of roads: new study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/the-roman-empire-built-300-000-kilometres-of-roads-new-study-269186/" aria-label="Read more about The Roman empire built 300,000 kilometres of roads: new study">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philipp Kastner, Senior Lecturer in International Law, The University of Western Australia Two years ago, a power struggle erupted between two factions of Sudan’s military. Today, this conflict is spiralling out of control, with thousands being killed in what a United Nations report has called “slaughterhouses”. Last ... <a title="Can the world prevent a genocide in Sudan?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/can-the-world-prevent-a-genocide-in-sudan-269088/" aria-label="Read more about Can the world prevent a genocide in Sudan?">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barry Barton, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Just as world leaders gather for this year’s COP30 climate summit in Brazil, the government’s announcement of its intention to significantly change New Zealand’s climate change law upends years of cross-party consensus. All of the proposals pose serious problems, ... <a title="The government’s dismantling of climate laws breaks years of cross-party agreement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/the-governments-dismantling-of-climate-laws-breaks-years-of-cross-party-agreement-269107/" aria-label="Read more about The government’s dismantling of climate laws breaks years of cross-party agreement">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2025
Keeping a line of sight to the challenges of both COP30 in Brazil next week and also the subsequent Pacific’s COP31. A Pacific perspective. COMMENTARY: By Dr Satyendra Prasad As Pacific’s leaders and civil society prepare for the United Nations Climate Conference in Brazil (COP30) next week, they also need to keep a line of ... <a title="Why Blue Pacific’s infrastructure distress is a cocktail poisoning human development progress" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/why-blue-pacifics-infrastructure-distress-is-a-cocktail-poisoning-human-development-progress/" aria-label="Read more about Why Blue Pacific’s infrastructure distress is a cocktail poisoning human development progress">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tayla Broadbridge, PhD Candidate in Mathematics, University of Adelaide Eating plenty of fruit and vegetables is key to staying healthy and avoiding diseases such as heart disease and stroke. But it’s often easier said than done. Places where many people eat poorly are often called “food deserts”, ... <a title="‘Food deserts’ found even in areas with supermarkets nearby – new study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/food-deserts-found-even-in-areas-with-supermarkets-nearby-new-study-269083/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Food deserts’ found even in areas with supermarkets nearby – new study">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paula Lorgelly, Professor of Health Economics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images New Zealand’s drug-buying agency Pharmac is currently consulting on a change to how it manages its waiting list for medicines. This represents one of the stages of Pharmac’s “reset” through which the agency ... <a title="Pharmac wants to trim its controversial medicines waiting list – no list at all might be better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/pharmac-wants-to-trim-its-controversial-medicines-waiting-list-no-list-at-all-might-be-better-268276/" aria-label="Read more about Pharmac wants to trim its controversial medicines waiting list – no list at all might be better">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Peel, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne The Amazonian city of Belém, Brazil Ricardo Lima/Getty Along with delegates from all over the world, I’ll be heading to the United Nations COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian Amazon city of Belém. Like many others, I’m unsure ... <a title="Geopolitics, backsliding and progress: here’s what to expect at this year’s COP30 global climate talks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/geopolitics-backsliding-and-progress-heres-what-to-expect-at-this-years-cop30-global-climate-talks-268662/" aria-label="Read more about Geopolitics, backsliding and progress: here’s what to expect at this year’s COP30 global climate talks">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney Naomi Rahim/Getty Ten years on from the landmark Paris Agreement, countries have taken big strides in limiting emissions and the clean energy transition is accelerating rapidly. But geopolitical headwinds are growing and the damage bill ... <a title="As global climate action threatens to stall, can Australia step up at COP30 in Brazil?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/as-global-climate-action-threatens-to-stall-can-australia-step-up-at-cop30-in-brazil-267430/" aria-label="Read more about As global climate action threatens to stall, can Australia step up at COP30 in Brazil?">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Mortimer, Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology More than 1.4 million people are employed in Australian retail and fast food businesses. Sadly, it’s not always a happy or safe place to work. A union survey of more than 4,600 frontline workers found ... <a title="As retail workers brace for the silly season, this 20c solution could dial down customer verbal abuse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/as-retail-workers-brace-for-the-silly-season-this-20c-solution-could-dial-down-customer-verbal-abuse-269074/" aria-label="Read more about As retail workers brace for the silly season, this 20c solution could dial down customer verbal abuse">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Oliver Bown, Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney Getty Images Last week, artificial intelligence (AI) music company Udio announced an out-of-court settlement with Universal Music Group (UMG) over a lawsuit that accused Udio (as well as another AI music company called Suno) of copyright infringement. The lawsuit was brought ... <a title="Universal Music went from suing an AI company to partnering with it. What will it mean for artists?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/universal-music-went-from-suing-an-ai-company-to-partnering-with-it-what-will-it-mean-for-artists-268773/" aria-label="Read more about Universal Music went from suing an AI company to partnering with it. What will it mean for artists?">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristin Brig, Lecturer in Public Health & Society, Washington University in St. Louis The water infrastructure politics of eThekwini, the municipality that includes the city of Durban, have been splashed across the digital pages of South Africa’s news outlets in recent years. They’ve covered the 2022 floods ... <a title="Access to water has a long racial history in Durban: I followed the story in the city’s archives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/access-to-water-has-a-long-racial-history-in-durban-i-followed-the-story-in-the-citys-archives-267302/" aria-label="Read more about Access to water has a long racial history in Durban: I followed the story in the city’s archives">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2025
SPECIAL REPORT: By Robert Inlakesh Israelis are determined to erase the evidence of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, through the use of paid and instructed propagandists to reshape the historical record. Zionists have also taken over social media platforms. Those who are critical of Israel are being censored or arrested. From YouTube to X, Wikipedia, and ... <a title="Censorship crusade: Israel targets platforms and online archives to ‘rewrite Gaza’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/censorship-crusade-israel-targets-platforms-and-online-archives-to-rewrite-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Censorship crusade: Israel targets platforms and online archives to ‘rewrite Gaza’">Read more</a>
