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March 25, 2025
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent The Papua New Guinea government has admitted to using a technology that it says was “successfully tested” to block social media platforms, particularly Facebook, for much of the day yesterday. Police Minister Peter Tsiamalili Jr said the “test” was done under the framework of the Anti-Terrorism Act 2024, ... <a title="PNG ‘test ban’ blocks Facebook – governor Bird warns of tyranny risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/25/png-test-ban-blocks-facebook-governor-bird-warns-of-tyranny-risk/" aria-label="Read more about PNG ‘test ban’ blocks Facebook – governor Bird warns of tyranny risk">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yvonne Breitwieser-Faria, Lecturer in International Law, Curtin University Only five days after the arrest warrant against former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte was issued, he was apprehended and immediately put on a plane to The Hague to face charges before the International Criminal Court (ICC). The prompt action ... <a title="The ICC showed its might by arresting Rodrigo Duterte. Its reputation will take longer to fix" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/25/the-icc-showed-its-might-by-arresting-rodrigo-duterte-its-reputation-will-take-longer-to-fix-252509/" aria-label="Read more about The ICC showed its might by arresting Rodrigo Duterte. Its reputation will take longer to fix">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben McCann, Associate Professor of French Studies, University of Adelaide The Divine Sarah Bernhardt. Memento This year’s Alliance Française French Film Festival showcases a diverse selection of films from blockbusters and biopics to comedies and gripping thrillers for Australian audiences. I’ve written before about how this annual ... <a title="Nerve-wracking twists, remarkable stardom and jet-black comedy: the 5 best films of the 2025 French Film Festival" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/25/nerve-wracking-twists-remarkable-stardom-and-jet-black-comedy-the-5-best-films-of-the-2025-french-film-festival-250153/" aria-label="Read more about Nerve-wracking twists, remarkable stardom and jet-black comedy: the 5 best films of the 2025 French Film Festival">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Fuller, Clinical Trials Director, Department of Endocrinology, RPA Hospital, University of Sydney Maria Symchych/Shutterstock If you’ve ever picked up your child from childcare and wondered if they’re living a double life, you’re not alone. Parents often receive rave reports from educators about kids’ adventurous eating habits, ... <a title="Why does my kid eat so well at childcare but not at home?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/25/why-does-my-kid-eat-so-well-at-childcare-but-not-at-home-247447/" aria-label="Read more about Why does my kid eat so well at childcare but not at home?">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mike Climstein, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health, Southern Cross University Cottonbro Studio/Pexels You’ve got a new brown spot on your face, but is it a freckle or a sunspot? Or perhaps you’ve found a spot on your back that looks like a mole but is flatter than ... <a title="What’s the difference between freckles, sunspots and moles?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/25/whats-the-difference-between-freckles-sunspots-and-moles-250768/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between freckles, sunspots and moles?">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Brodribb, Professor of Plant Physiology, University of Tasmania Stomata – the breathing ‘mouths’ of leaves – under the microscope. Barbol / Shutterstock Plant behaviour may seem rather boring compared with the frenetic excesses of animals. Yet the lives of our vegetable friends, who tirelessly feed the entire ... <a title="Plants breathe with millions of tiny mouths. We used lasers to understand how this skill evolved" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/25/plants-breathe-with-millions-of-tiny-mouths-we-used-lasers-to-understand-how-this-skill-evolved-249362/" aria-label="Read more about Plants breathe with millions of tiny mouths. We used lasers to understand how this skill evolved">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucy Montgomery, Dean of Research, Humanities, Curtin University Mykhailo Kopyt/Shutterstock In December 2024, the editorial board of the Journal of Human Evolution resigned en masse following disagreements with the journal’s publisher, Elsevier. The board’s grievances included claims of inadequate copyediting, misuse of artificial intelligence (AI), and the ... <a title="Academic publishing is a multibillion-dollar industry. It’s not always good for science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/25/academic-publishing-is-a-multibillion-dollar-industry-its-not-always-good-for-science-250056/" aria-label="Read more about Academic publishing is a multibillion-dollar industry. It’s not always good for science">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Whiting, Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow in Music Industries and Cultural Economy, RMIT University iam_os/Unsplash The Australian Music Venue Foundation launched this month to advocate for and potentially administer an arena ticket levy to support grassroots live music venues. Funds would be raised through a small levy, ... <a title="Will $1 on your ticket help save Australian live music? A UK model is much more ambitious" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/25/will-1-on-your-ticket-help-save-australian-live-music-a-uk-model-is-much-more-ambitious-252733/" aria-label="Read more about Will $1 on your ticket help save Australian live music? A UK model is much more ambitious">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carolyn Nickson, Associate Professor, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne; Adjunct Associate Professor, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney Pablo Heimplatz/Unsplash Australia’s BreastScreen program offers women regular mammograms (breast X-rays) based on their age. And this screening for breast cancer saves ... <a title="Breast cancer screening is ripe for change. We need to assess a woman’s risk – not just her age" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/25/breast-cancer-screening-is-ripe-for-change-we-need-to-assess-a-womans-risk-not-just-her-age-252182/" aria-label="Read more about Breast cancer screening is ripe for change. We need to assess a woman’s risk – not just her age">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Valerie A. Cooper, Lecturer in Media and Communication, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images Of all the contradictions and ironies of Donald Trump’s second presidency so far, perhaps the most surprising has been his shutting down the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) ... <a title="Trump silences the Voice of America: end of a propaganda machine or void for China and Russia to fill?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/25/trump-silences-the-voice-of-america-end-of-a-propaganda-machine-or-void-for-china-and-russia-to-fill-252901/" aria-label="Read more about Trump silences the Voice of America: end of a propaganda machine or void for China and Russia to fill?">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2025
By Christine Rovoi of PMN News A human rights group in Aotearoa New Zealand has welcomed support from several Pacific island nations for West Papua, which has been under Indonesian military occupation since the 1960s. West Papua is a region (with five provinces) in the far east of Indonesia, centred on the island of New ... <a title="Activist group praises Pacific support for West Papua but slams NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/25/activist-group-praises-pacific-support-for-west-papua-but-slams-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Activist group praises Pacific support for West Papua but slams NZ">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Wilson, Professor of Social Impact, University of Technology Sydney Queensland and the federal government have reached an agreement on school funding. This means all Australian states and territories are now signed up to new arrangements, which officially began at the start of 2025. The agreement follows ... <a title="4 key changes you may have missed in the new school funding agreement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/24/4-key-changes-you-may-have-missed-in-the-new-school-funding-agreement-252291/" aria-label="Read more about 4 key changes you may have missed in the new school funding agreement">Read more</a>
