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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Scott, Professor in Law, University of Canterbury In 2023 the world witnessed a sustained attack on the very foundations of the international legal order. Russia, a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, continued its illegal invasion in Ukraine. Israel’s response to the October terrorist ... <a title="New Zealand can learn from South Africa, The Gambia and others when it comes to international accountability" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/new-zealand-can-learn-from-south-africa-the-gambia-and-others-when-it-comes-to-international-accountability-221114/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand can learn from South Africa, The Gambia and others when it comes to international accountability">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick O’Connor, Associate Professor, University of Adelaide Shutterstock Climate change and biodiversity loss are arguably the greatest environmental challenges the world faces. The way we use land is crucial in finding solutions to these problems. In theory, actions such as revegetation and avoiding land clearing can tackle ... <a title="Climate change and nature loss are our biggest environmental problems – so why isn’t the market tackling them together?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/climate-change-and-nature-loss-are-our-biggest-environmental-problems-so-why-isnt-the-market-tackling-them-together-219899/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change and nature loss are our biggest environmental problems – so why isn’t the market tackling them together?">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Kettlewell, Senior lecturer, Economics Department, University of Technology Sydney Still from You Are What You Eat. Netflix A new Netflix documentary, You Are What You Eat, showcases sets of identical twins as they adopt different diets. For eight weeks one twin follows a vegan diet while ... <a title="Netflix’s You Are What You Eat uses a twin study. Here’s why studying twins is so important for science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/netflixs-you-are-what-you-eat-uses-a-twin-study-heres-why-studying-twins-is-so-important-for-science-221012/" aria-label="Read more about Netflix’s You Are What You Eat uses a twin study. Here’s why studying twins is so important for science">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent The political fallout from the deadly riots in Papua New Guinea continues, including calls for a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister James Marape. Seven MPs in Marape’s government have resigned following last week’s riots in Port Moresby and Lae — dubbed “Black Wednesday” — and the ... <a title="PNG political fallout from deadly riots stirs call for vote over Marape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/png-political-fallout-from-deadly-riots-stirs-call-for-vote-over-marape/" aria-label="Read more about PNG political fallout from deadly riots stirs call for vote over Marape">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
EDITORIAL: By Fred Wesley, editor-in-chief of The Fiji Times The revelation that police have carried out what is believed to be one of Fiji’s biggest drug busts after a surprise raid in Nadi at the weekend is a wake-up call for us all. Acting Police Commissioner Juki Fong Chew yesterday confirmed the raid and that ... <a title="The Fiji Times: Drug bust a chilling wake-up call for Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/the-fiji-times-drug-bust-a-chilling-wake-up-call-for-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about The Fiji Times: Drug bust a chilling wake-up call for Fiji">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
PNG Post-Courier Gerehu, the sprawling suburban township to the north of Papua New Guinea’s capital Port Moresby, is now a “ghost town” for shoppers. All major shops in the central business district in the city’s biggest suburb — Papindo, Gmart, Total Energy service station, Desh Besh Motors, Pharmacy, Supermarket and the bakery which serve a ... <a title="PNG’s Gerehu became a ‘ghost town in the blink of an eye’ after riot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/pngs-gerehu-became-a-ghost-town-in-the-blink-of-an-eye-after-riot/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Gerehu became a ‘ghost town in the blink of an eye’ after riot">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Kirkland, Professor of Geochronology, Curtin University Ediacaran life as imagined by scientists in the 1980s. Ryan Somma/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA Some half a billion years ago, life on Earth went through a huge transformation. In what is called the Ediacaran period, after billions of years of single-celled ... <a title="565-million-years-old, some of the oldest UK fossils are eerily similar to famous Australian ones" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/565-million-years-old-some-of-the-oldest-uk-fossils-are-eerily-similar-to-famous-australian-ones-218128/" aria-label="Read more about 565-million-years-old, some of the oldest UK fossils are eerily similar to famous Australian ones">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Taucher, Lecturer in History, Murdoch University Following the October 7 attack by Hamas, Israeli forces have carried out sustained attacks on the Palestinian controlled territory, dividing the international community. Last week, the South African government presented a case to the International Court of Justice. They argued ... <a title="South Africa has made its genocide case against Israel in court. Here’s what both sides said and what happens next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/south-africa-has-made-its-genocide-case-against-israel-in-court-heres-what-both-sides-said-and-what-happens-next-221017/" aria-label="Read more about South Africa has made its genocide case against Israel in court. Here’s what both sides said and what happens next">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Corneel Vandelanotte, Professorial Research Fellow: Physical Activity and Health, CQUniversity Australia MalikNalik/Shutterstock It’s that time of year when many people are getting started on their resolutions for the year ahead. Doing more physical activity is a popular and worthwhile goal. If you’re hoping to be more active ... <a title="Thinking of using an activity tracker to achieve your exercise goals? Here’s where it can help – and where it probably won’t" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/thinking-of-using-an-activity-tracker-to-achieve-your-exercise-goals-heres-where-it-can-help-and-where-it-probably-wont-219235/" aria-label="Read more about Thinking of using an activity tracker to achieve your exercise goals? Here’s where it can help – and where it probably won’t">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lynette Washington, Research Fellow, UniSA Business, University of South Australia Shutterstock A significant proportion of Australian workers – about one-fifth – would be prepared to sacrifice between 16% and 33% of their salaries for the right to work from home, which works out at A$12,000 to $24,000 ... <a title="What’s it worth to work from home? For some, it’s as much as one-third of their wage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/whats-it-worth-to-work-from-home-for-some-its-as-much-as-one-third-of-their-wage-217554/" aria-label="Read more about What’s it worth to work from home? For some, it’s as much as one-third of their wage">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Saskia Roberts, PhD Candidate, School of History, Australian National University Searchlight Pictures This piece contains spoilers for Poor Things. Poor Things can be described in one word: polarising. Yorgos Lanthimos’ film follows Bella Baxter (Emma Stone), a scientist’s experiment created from a woman’s body and a child’s ... <a title="The shame and pleasure of masturbation: Poor Things gets girls’ early sexual feelings right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/the-shame-and-pleasure-of-masturbation-poor-things-gets-girls-early-sexual-feelings-right-220662/" aria-label="Read more about The shame and pleasure of masturbation: Poor Things gets girls’ early sexual feelings right">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2024
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) – based in The Hague, in The Netherlands – is being asked by South Africa if the 100-day (so far) slaughter by the Government of Israel in Gaza constitutes a ‘genocide’. Thus ‘genocide’ is presented as a binary concept, in a context where there is ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Genocide as a Concept: Binary or Analogue?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/15/keith-rankin-analysis-genocide-as-a-concept-binary-or-analogue/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Genocide as a Concept: Binary or Analogue?">Read more</a>
