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June 18, 2025
Pacific Media Watch The Big Picture Podcast host, New Zealand-Egyptian journalist and author Mohamed Hassan, interviews Middle East Eye editor-in-chief David Hearst about the rapidly unfolding war between Israel and Iran, why the West supports it, and what it threatens to unleash on the global order. What does Israel really want to achieve, what options ... <a title="Israel-Iran war ‘more dangerous than we imagine’, says Middle East Eye editor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/israel-iran-war-more-dangerous-than-we-imagine-says-middle-east-eye-editor/" aria-label="Read more about Israel-Iran war ‘more dangerous than we imagine’, says Middle East Eye editor">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University On The Back Of Camera/Shutterstock Earlier today, Iranian officials urged the country’s citizens to remove the messaging platform WhatsApp from their smartphones. Without providing any supporting evidence, they alleged the app gathers user information to send ... <a title="Can a foreign government hack WhatsApp? A cybersecurity expert explains how that might work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/can-a-foreign-government-hack-whatsapp-a-cybersecurity-expert-explains-how-that-might-work-259261/" aria-label="Read more about Can a foreign government hack WhatsApp? A cybersecurity expert explains how that might work">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick Finnerty, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in conservation and wildlife management, University of Sydney Fidel Fernando / Unsplash Ever since modern environmentalism took off in the 1960s, people have tried to undo the damage humans have caused to nature. Efforts have ranged from reducing threats, to restoring habitats, ... <a title="‘Guerrilla rewilding’ aims for DIY conservation – but it may do more harm than good" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/guerrilla-rewilding-aims-for-diy-conservation-but-it-may-do-more-harm-than-good-258818/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Guerrilla rewilding’ aims for DIY conservation – but it may do more harm than good">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Murray, Professor in Screen Media and Creative Arts, Macquarie University Photograph by Robert Walker, Eric Smith in the studio, c.1973 black and white photograph, 52cmx42cm. Barbara Smith Collection. Used with permission There are many routes to artistic obscurity. The surest path, of course, is to have ... <a title="Artist Eric Smith won 3 Archibalds, then vanished. A new show reveals his unseen works" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/artist-eric-smith-won-3-archibalds-then-vanished-a-new-show-reveals-his-unseen-works-255957/" aria-label="Read more about Artist Eric Smith won 3 Archibalds, then vanished. A new show reveals his unseen works">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on June 18, 2025.
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Umbers, Associate Professor in Zoology, Western Sydney University Atlas Moth (_Attacus wardi_) Garry Sankowsky/flickr, CC BY When we think about animals, we tend to think of furry four-legged mammals. But 95% of all animal species are invertebrates – bees, butterflies, beetles, snails, worms, octopuses, starfish, corals, ... <a title="Saving species starts at home: how you can help Australia’s 1,000 threatened invertebrates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/saving-species-starts-at-home-how-you-can-help-australias-1-000-threatened-invertebrates-258285/" aria-label="Read more about Saving species starts at home: how you can help Australia’s 1,000 threatened invertebrates">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shea Esterling, Senior Lecturer Above the Bar, University of Canterbury Zhang Jianyong/Xinhua via Getty Images This week, Aotearoa New Zealand officially celebrates Matariki for the fourth time, marked by the reappearance in the night sky of the star cluster also known as the Pleiades. Yet, ironically, the ... <a title="Matariki and our diminishing night sky: light pollution from cities and satellites is making stars harder to see" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/matariki-and-our-diminishing-night-sky-light-pollution-from-cities-and-satellites-is-making-stars-harder-to-see-258169/" aria-label="Read more about Matariki and our diminishing night sky: light pollution from cities and satellites is making stars harder to see">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James D Metzger, Senior Lecturer in Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney Composite image: Arrington Watkins Architects / AI avatar: YouTube/StaceyWales, CC BY In November 2021, in the city of Chandler, Arizona, Chris Pelkey was shot and killed by Gabriel Horcasitas in a road rage altercation. Horcasitas was ... <a title="Why a US court allowed a dead man to deliver his own victim impact statement – via an AI avatar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/why-a-us-court-allowed-a-dead-man-to-deliver-his-own-victim-impact-statement-via-an-ai-avatar-259045/" aria-label="Read more about Why a US court allowed a dead man to deliver his own victim impact statement – via an AI avatar">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Ho, Associate Professor and Clinical Academic Gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock If you’ve got a dodgy tummy, diarrhoea and have been vomiting, it’s easy to blame a “tummy bug” or “off food”. But which is it? Gastro or food poisoning? What’s the difference anyway? What’s gastroenteritis? ... <a title="What’s the difference between food poisoning and gastro? A gut expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/whats-the-difference-between-food-poisoning-and-gastro-a-gut-expert-explains-252730/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between food poisoning and gastro? A gut expert explains">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jodie L. Rummer, Professor of Marine Biology, James Cook University Rachel Moore From hand-sized lantern sharks that glow in the deep sea to bus-sized whale sharks gliding through tropical waters, sharks come in all shapes and sizes. Despite these differences, they all face the same fundamental challenge: ... <a title="Sharks come in many different shapes and sizes. But they all follow a centuries-old mathematical rule" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/sharks-come-in-many-different-shapes-and-sizes-but-they-all-follow-a-centuries-old-mathematical-rule-259050/" aria-label="Read more about Sharks come in many different shapes and sizes. But they all follow a centuries-old mathematical rule">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
RNZ Pacific The Solomon Islands Foreign Ministry says five people who completed agriculture training in Israel are safe but unable to come home amid the ongoing war between Israel and Iran. The ministry said in a statement that the Solomon Islands Embassy in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, was closely monitoring the situation and maintaining ... <a title="Solomon Islanders safe but unable to leave Israel amid war on Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/solomon-islanders-safe-but-unable-to-leave-israel-amid-war-on-iran/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Islanders safe but unable to leave Israel amid war on Iran">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scarlett Smout, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use and Australia’s Mental Health Think Tank, University of Sydney skynesher/Getty Images We know young people in Australia and worldwide are experiencing growing mental health challenges. The most recent national survey ... <a title="We tracked Aussie teens’ mental health. The news isn’t good – and problems are worse for girls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/we-tracked-aussie-teens-mental-health-the-news-isnt-good-and-problems-are-worse-for-girls-259044/" aria-label="Read more about We tracked Aussie teens’ mental health. The news isn’t good – and problems are worse for girls">Read more</a>
