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January 8, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Timothy Graham, Queensland University of Technology Amid the chaos in the US Capitol, stoked largely by rhetoric from President Donald Trump, Twitter has locked his account, with 88.7 million followers, for 12 hours. Facebook and Instagram quickly followed suit, locking Trump’s accounts — with 35.2 million followers and 24.5 million, respectively — for ... <a title="Social media giants have finally confronted Trump’s lies. But why wait for the Capitol riot?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/08/social-media-giants-have-finally-confronted-trumps-lies-but-why-wait-for-the-capitol-riot/" aria-label="Read more about Social media giants have finally confronted Trump’s lies. But why wait for the Capitol riot?">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2021
By Ella Stewart, RNZ News reporter American expats are feeling grateful to be living in Aotearoa after watching the chaos and violence unfold at the Capitol building in Washington. Madeline Nash, her husband, and her two children looked at moving to New Zealand after the 2016 presidential election. Her eldest child was just about to ... <a title="‘They’re trying to tear down the country’, says US expat in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/08/theyre-trying-to-tear-down-the-country-says-us-expat-in-nz/" aria-label="Read more about ‘They’re trying to tear down the country’, says US expat in NZ">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2021
ANALYSIS: By David Smith, University of Sydney After weeks of President Donald Trump’s baseless claims about voter fraud and other improprieties costing him the presidential election, Washington erupted in chaos today as his supporters stormed the Capitol during a joint session of Congress to certify the results. While shocking to watch, in hindsight, today’s riots ... <a title="‘Delighting in causing complete chaos’ – behind Trump supporters’ brazen storming of the Capitol" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/08/delighting-in-causing-complete-chaos-behind-trump-supporters-brazen-storming-of-the-capitol/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Delighting in causing complete chaos’ – behind Trump supporters’ brazen storming of the Capitol">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 1, 2021
RSF tallied 50 cases of journalists killed in connection with their work from 1 January to 15 December 2020, a number similar to 2019 (when 53 journalists were killed), although fewer journalists have been in the field this year because of the covid-19 pandemic. More journalists are being killed in countries considered to be “at ... <a title="RSF’s 2020 Round-up: 50 journalists killed, two-thirds in countries ‘at peace’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/01/rsfs-2020-round-up-50-journalists-killed-two-thirds-in-countries-at-peace/" aria-label="Read more about RSF’s 2020 Round-up: 50 journalists killed, two-thirds in countries ‘at peace’">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Ramzy Baroud The notion that the covid-19 pandemic was “the great equalizer’ should be dead and buried by now. If anything, the lethal disease is another terrible reminder of the deep divisions and inequalities in our societies. That said, the treatment of the disease should not be a repeat of the same shameful ... <a title="The Great Divider: Covid-19 reflects global racism, not equality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/23/the-great-divider-covid-19-reflects-global-racism-not-equality/" aria-label="Read more about The Great Divider: Covid-19 reflects global racism, not equality">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2020
By Sela Jane Hopgood, RNZ Pacific journalist Covid-19 vaccinations begin in the Northern Mariana Islands this weekend, but it is not yet clear when other Pacific countries will have access to a vaccine. The Northern Marianas, which is a US territory, was expecting 5,000 doses of the The Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to arrive during the ... <a title="Covid-19 vaccine roll out starts in parts of the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/20/covid-19-vaccine-roll-out-starts-in-parts-of-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19 vaccine roll out starts in parts of the Pacific">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Sheldon Chanel in Suva The uproar over the recent fisticuffs between Chinese and Taiwanese diplomats in Fiji may have subsided, with the Fijian police declaring the case closed, but the incident has left analysts in the Pacific concerned about what they called Beijing’s increasingly hostile tactics in the region. The altercation took place ... <a title="The Taiwan ‘prize’ and the US-China rivalry in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/16/the-taiwan-prize-and-the-us-china-rivalry-in-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about The Taiwan ‘prize’ and the US-China rivalry in the Pacific">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2020
By RNZ News It is looking increasingly likely that the much discussed trans-Tasman bubble is finally on the way. Cabinet has agreed in principle to quarantine-free travel in the first quarter of 2021. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said officials were working on contingency plans in the event of an outbreak. The decision is dependent on ... <a title="Trans-Tasman bubble to help reunify families, business, says epidemiologist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/15/trans-tasman-bubble-to-help-reunify-families-business-says-epidemiologist/" aria-label="Read more about Trans-Tasman bubble to help reunify families, business, says epidemiologist">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2020
The sinking of the Rainbow Warrior happened 35 years ago this year. The event had ramifications across the Pacific, and politicised a generation of New Zealanders. But in this age of climate change and global pandemic, have Kiwis held onto the lessons they learnt on that winter’s night in 1985? Matthew Scott investigates. Article by ... <a title="Echoes of the Rainbow Warrior – have the lessons been learned?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/14/echoes-of-the-rainbow-warrior-have-the-lessons-been-learned/" aria-label="Read more about Echoes of the Rainbow Warrior – have the lessons been learned?">Read more</a>
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December 13, 2020
Marshall Islands Journal editor Giff Johnson … “The nuclear weapons test legacy is the overriding issue in the Marshall Islands with the United States and it remains a festering problem.” Image: Giff Johnson/RNZ By RNZ Saturday Morning The US detonated its largest nuclear bombs around the Marshall Islands in the 1940s and 50s – but ... <a title="Editor tells how US nuclear testing legacy ‘festers on’ in Marshall Islands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/13/editor-tells-how-us-nuclear-testing-legacy-festers-on-in-marshall-islands/" aria-label="Read more about Editor tells how US nuclear testing legacy ‘festers on’ in Marshall Islands">Read more</a>
