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December 19, 2024
By Harry Pearl of BenarNews Vanuatu is taking stock of damage from a powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake that has killed at least 14 people and collapsed buildings in the capital Port Vila, as the first trickle of international assistance began arriving in the disaster-prone Pacific nation. The quake rattled the island nation, located about 1900km ... <a title="Vanuatu quake: Hospitals under pressure as death, damage toll grows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/19/vanuatu-quake-hospitals-under-pressure-as-death-damage-toll-grows/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu quake: Hospitals under pressure as death, damage toll grows">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A broad coalition of civil society organisations in Aotearoa New Zealand have signed an open letter to Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters urging the coalition government to refuse to accept the credentials of a new Israeli ambassador while the state continues to disregard international law and to commit war crimes. The term ... <a title="Civil society groups call on NZ to bar new Israeli envoy over ‘flagrant’ Gaza genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/19/civil-society-groups-call-on-nz-to-bar-new-israeli-envoy-over-flagrant-gaza-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about Civil society groups call on NZ to bar new Israeli envoy over ‘flagrant’ Gaza genocide">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2024
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist World Vision’s Vanuatu country director says electricity and water are still affected in the capital Port Vila and strategic bridges connecting the city are damaged, nearly 24 hours after a 7.3 earthquake just before 1pm on Tuesday afternoon. The city has had multiple aftershocks since, with the strongest this ... <a title="Vanuatu quake: Services still down nearly 24 hours after Port Vila hit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/18/vanuatu-quake-services-still-down-nearly-24-hours-after-port-vila-hit/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu quake: Services still down nearly 24 hours after Port Vila hit">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2024
By Monika Singh of Wansolwara Vanuatu is now in a state of emergency with at least 14 confirmed deaths following a 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck the capital Port Vila yesterday, followed bya 6.1 quake and other after shocks today. According to the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) in Vanuatu, more than 200 people were ... <a title="Vanuatu quake: State of emergency declared, Fiji’s Rabuka offers help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/18/vanuatu-quake-state-of-emergency-declared-fijis-rabuka-offers-help/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu quake: State of emergency declared, Fiji’s Rabuka offers help">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Ekberg, Senior Lecturer, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University Paulina Rojas/Shutterstock For many people, Christmas can be the most social time of the year. The holiday period is often filled with parties, lunches, dinners and celebrations of all kinds with family, friends and colleagues. ... <a title="Christmas can be challenging for people with hearing loss. Here are 7 ways you can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/18/christmas-can-be-challenging-for-people-with-hearing-loss-here-are-7-ways-you-can-help-245943/" aria-label="Read more about Christmas can be challenging for people with hearing loss. Here are 7 ways you can help">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra After two successive surpluses, the federal budget will be back in deficit in 2024–25, according to the much-anticipated budget update released on Wednesday. Known as the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO), the ... <a title="If Treasury forecasts are right, it could be a decade before Australia is ‘back in black’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/18/if-treasury-forecasts-are-right-it-could-be-a-decade-before-australia-is-back-in-black-245043/" aria-label="Read more about If Treasury forecasts are right, it could be a decade before Australia is ‘back in black’">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dee Ninis, Earthquake Scientist, Monash University Rescue services working in Port Vila, December 18 2024. Vanuatu Police Force/Facebook The death toll from Vanuatu’s earthquake disaster continues to rise, with international search and rescue operations underway to help people hit by the initial quake and its aftershocks. On ... <a title="Why Vanuatu should brace for even more aftershocks after this week’s deadly quakes: a seismologist explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/18/why-vanuatu-should-brace-for-even-more-aftershocks-after-this-weeks-deadly-quakes-a-seismologist-explains-246231/" aria-label="Read more about Why Vanuatu should brace for even more aftershocks after this week’s deadly quakes: a seismologist explains">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Peden, NHMRC Research Fellow, School of Population Health & co-founder UNSW Beach Safety Research Group, UNSW Sydney View Apart/Shutterstock Australia is a nation of boaters, with one of the world’s highest rates of boat ownership. There are about one million registered vessels in Australia and one ... <a title="Let’s take the boat out! 5 tips on staying safe on the water if you fancy a drink" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/18/lets-take-the-boat-out-5-tips-on-staying-safe-on-the-water-if-you-fancy-a-drink-243796/" aria-label="Read more about Let’s take the boat out! 5 tips on staying safe on the water if you fancy a drink">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amin Saikal, Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies, Australian National University The Conversation; Mohammed Badra (EPA), Maxim Shemetov (Reuters Pool/EPA), Stoyan Nenov (Reuters Pool/AP) The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria has opened a new front for geopolitical competition in the Middle East. ... <a title="A bitter rivalry is emerging in the Middle East between two old adversaries over the future of Syria" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/18/a-bitter-rivalry-is-emerging-in-the-middle-east-between-two-old-adversaries-over-the-future-of-syria-246035/" aria-label="Read more about A bitter rivalry is emerging in the Middle East between two old adversaries over the future of Syria">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Senior Lecturer of Urban Risk & Resilience, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock The holidays are coming, airports are packed and emotions are running high. You’ve probably seen it or even been part of it: that tense moment when a passenger snaps at a flight attendant, or a ... <a title="Flying this holiday season? Here’s why air travel makes us so cranky – and what to do about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/18/flying-this-holiday-season-heres-why-air-travel-makes-us-so-cranky-and-what-to-do-about-it-246021/" aria-label="Read more about Flying this holiday season? Here’s why air travel makes us so cranky – and what to do about it">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The federal budget is headed for a deficit of $26.9 billion this financial year – $1.3 billion better than the estimate in May – but in the following three years the budget is forecast to be deeper in the red ... <a title="A return to balanced budgets is a decade away, mid-year update says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/18/a-return-to-balanced-budgets-is-a-decade-away-mid-year-update-says-246152/" aria-label="Read more about A return to balanced budgets is a decade away, mid-year update says">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne A national Essential poll , conducted December 11–15 from a sample of 1,151, gave the Coalition a 48–47 lead including undecided, unchanged from the late November Essential ... <a title="Labor and Albanese end 2024 in worst poll position this term" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/18/labor-and-albanese-end-2024-in-worst-poll-position-this-term-245846/" aria-label="Read more about Labor and Albanese end 2024 in worst poll position this term">Read more</a>
