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March 26, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sue Turnbull, Honorary Professor of Communication and Media Studies, University of Wollongong Dr Kay Scarpetta, chief medical examiner of the Commonwealth of Virginia, made her fictional debut in Patricia Cornwell’s first crime novel, Postmortem, published in 1990. Cornwell had been both a police reporter and a morgue ... <a title="Kay Scarpetta led the trend for serial killer hunters. I love crime heroines – but she leaves me cold" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/kay-scarpetta-led-the-trend-for-serial-killer-hunters-i-love-crime-heroines-but-she-leaves-me-cold-277377/" aria-label="Read more about Kay Scarpetta led the trend for serial killer hunters. I love crime heroines – but she leaves me cold">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Kelsey, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau With the global rules-based order collapsing, the United Nations faces an existential crisis as the United States leads other countries in defunding and withdrawing from key agencies such as the World Health Organization. The World ... <a title="A crucial meeting aims to remake the WTO to fit the new global order" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/a-crucial-meeting-aims-to-remake-the-wto-to-fit-the-new-global-order-278963/" aria-label="Read more about A crucial meeting aims to remake the WTO to fit the new global order">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia When I was a doctoral candidate at Oxford, I spent much of my time working in the papyrology rooms. Usually, my only company was the curator, a kind and learned Sardinian woman who is ... <a title="Ancient texts and marital breakdown: Yann Martel’s Son of Nobody descends into implausibility" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/ancient-texts-and-marital-breakdown-yann-martels-son-of-nobody-descends-into-implausibility-276857/" aria-label="Read more about Ancient texts and marital breakdown: Yann Martel’s Son of Nobody descends into implausibility">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rodney Tiffen, Emeritus Professor, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney This is the point of absurdity we have reached: on March 15, US President Donald Trump, in a Truth Social post, asserted that American news organisations were running AI-generated Iranian propaganda, and should be ... <a title="Trump is remaking the US media in his own image – and smashing accountability with it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/trump-is-remaking-the-us-media-in-his-own-image-and-smashing-accountability-with-it-279107/" aria-label="Read more about Trump is remaking the US media in his own image – and smashing accountability with it">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vidya Mani, Associate Professor of Business Administration, University of Virginia; Cornell University The disruptions from the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran spread quickly to commercial aircraft, shipping lanes and the world’s energy supply. Those repercussions have already hit fuel costs, including for motorists, truckers and fishermen, ... <a title="Soaring gas prices and disrupted supply chains will ripple out to increase costs in every store and sector of the economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/soaring-gas-prices-and-disrupted-supply-chains-will-ripple-out-to-increase-costs-in-every-store-and-sector-of-the-economy-278349/" aria-label="Read more about Soaring gas prices and disrupted supply chains will ripple out to increase costs in every store and sector of the economy">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Barnett, Professor of Communications, University of Westminster The BBC has appointed former Google executive Matt Brittin as its new director general. Brittin will replace outgoing director general Tim Davie. He resigned last year in the wake of revelations about the editing of a Panorama documentary about ... <a title="Matt Brittin: BBC’s new director general appointed at an existential moment for the broadcaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/matt-brittin-bbcs-new-director-general-appointed-at-an-existential-moment-for-the-broadcaster-278453/" aria-label="Read more about Matt Brittin: BBC’s new director general appointed at an existential moment for the broadcaster">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roger S. Seymour, Professor Emeritus of Physiology, Adelaide University Insects first took to the skies about 350 million years ago, some 200 million years before birds first flapped their wings. By the end of the Carboniferous period, 300 million years ago, some flying insects had become gigantic. ... <a title="Giant dragonflies once roamed Earth’s skies. New research upends the textbook theory of why they went extinct" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/giant-dragonflies-once-roamed-earths-skies-new-research-upends-the-textbook-theory-of-why-they-went-extinct-278997/" aria-label="Read more about Giant dragonflies once roamed Earth’s skies. New research upends the textbook theory of why they went extinct">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By T.J. Thomson, Associate Professor of Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University Australians are among the most anxious in the world about artificial intelligence (AI). This anxiety is driven by fears AI is used to spread misinformation and scam people, anxiety over job losses, and the fact ... <a title="‘Manners for machines’: how new rules could stop AI scrapers destroying the internet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/manners-for-machines-how-new-rules-could-stop-ai-scrapers-destroying-the-internet-278669/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Manners for machines’: how new rules could stop AI scrapers destroying the internet">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Rudge, Lecturer in Law, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney When the Queensland Dolphins ran onto the field in mid-April 2024, the rugby league team’s jerseys bore the logo of Alternaleaf – a “plant medicine” clinic. Earlier that week, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) had commenced ... <a title="This medicinal cannabis website bends the rules. Take our quiz to see why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/this-medicinal-cannabis-website-bends-the-rules-take-our-quiz-to-see-why-270685/" aria-label="Read more about This medicinal cannabis website bends the rules. Take our quiz to see why">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert McLachlan, Professor in Applied Mathematics, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University New Zealand’s latest quarterly energy report shows electricity production was above 90% renewable and emissions from generation fell to the lowest level on record. But it also shows New Zealand’s oil consumption, which had ... <a title="Driving in the wrong direction: why NZ’s oil consumption is at a 5-year high" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/driving-in-the-wrong-direction-why-nzs-oil-consumption-is-at-a-5-year-high-278524/" aria-label="Read more about Driving in the wrong direction: why NZ’s oil consumption is at a 5-year high">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zahra Shahhoseini, Research Fellow in Public Health, Monash University Around the world, communities are battling more extreme weather events. That includes residents in the path of Cyclone Narelle, which is threatening to form again over Western Australia. But another concerning trend is that natural disasters are increasingly ... <a title="Australia must brace for clusters of natural disasters, not just isolated fires and floods" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/australia-must-brace-for-clusters-of-natural-disasters-not-just-isolated-fires-and-floods-272333/" aria-label="Read more about Australia must brace for clusters of natural disasters, not just isolated fires and floods">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Panza, Associate Professor, Economic History, The University of Melbourne On October 6 1973, the Yom Kippur War – mainly involving Egypt, Syria and Israel –triggered one of the biggest energy crises of the 20th century. Eleven days later, several Arab members of the Organization of the ... <a title="This is how the 1970s oil shock played out. There are lessons for the economy today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/this-is-how-the-1970s-oil-shock-played-out-there-are-lessons-for-the-economy-today-278876/" aria-label="Read more about This is how the 1970s oil shock played out. There are lessons for the economy today">Read more</a>
