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August 25, 2023
By Doddy Morris in Port Vila Melanesian prime ministers have have signed off two declarations addressing the pressing issues of climate crisis and national security. The ceremonial signing took place at the Havannah Resort in North Efate yesterday, marking the culmination of the 22nd Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Leaders’ Summit Retreat. The signatories included host ... <a title="Melanesian leaders sign security and climate crisis declarations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/25/melanesian-leaders-sign-security-and-climate-crisis-declarations/" aria-label="Read more about Melanesian leaders sign security and climate crisis declarations">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2023
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. NZ Politics Daily: 25 August 2023 ELECTION Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): The Election Labour Has To Lose Metiria Turei (ODT): Elections show political rhetoric at its best, awful worst Seni ... <a title="Newsletter: August 25 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/25/newsletter-august-25-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: August 25 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hayley O’Neill, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University Adrian Swancar/Unsplash Your nose is running, your head hurts and you feel like you’re coming down with a cold. You’re settling in on the couch for a sick day. Then you reach for the snacks. ... <a title="Why do I crave sugar and carbs when I’m sick?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/25/why-do-i-crave-sugar-and-carbs-when-im-sick-210565/" aria-label="Read more about Why do I crave sugar and carbs when I’m sick?">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Patrick Taylor, Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University Shutterstock Our cities are complex places of work, industry and residential activities. This often makes it hard to pin down the spread of different contaminants throughout them. This can be a ... <a title="How bees can monitor pollution for us – everything from toxic metals to antimicrobial resistance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/25/how-bees-can-monitor-pollution-for-us-everything-from-toxic-metals-to-antimicrobial-resistance-211739/" aria-label="Read more about How bees can monitor pollution for us – everything from toxic metals to antimicrobial resistance">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura de Zwaan, Lecturer, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Griffith University This article is part of The Conversation’s series examining Australia’s cost of living crisis. Read the other articles in the series here. It’s no secret that the cost of living has increased substantially over the ... <a title="Shop around, take lunch, catch the bus. It is possible to ease the squeeze on your budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/25/shop-around-take-lunch-catch-the-bus-it-is-possible-to-ease-the-squeeze-on-your-budget-210895/" aria-label="Read more about Shop around, take lunch, catch the bus. It is possible to ease the squeeze on your budget">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grace Russell, Lecturer from the School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University MIFF I’ve been talking to my film students lately about the way that viewing contexts affect how we receive a film – whether this means different hardware, locations, moods and modes of engaging. While ... <a title="The five best films at this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/25/the-five-best-films-at-this-years-melbourne-international-film-festival-210965/" aria-label="Read more about The five best films at this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rafal Chomik, Senior Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), UNSW Sydney Commonwealth Treasury The Australian government has just released the latest iteration of its Intergenerational Report, the sixth since the first was published in 2002. Each provides a snapshot of the sort ... <a title="Slower ageing, but slower economic growth: the Intergenerational Report in 7 charts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/24/slower-ageing-but-slower-economic-growth-the-intergenerational-report-in-7-charts-211695/" aria-label="Read more about Slower ageing, but slower economic growth: the Intergenerational Report in 7 charts">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2023
By Hilaire Bule in Port Vila Benny Wenda, the interim president of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), has welcomed the Melanesian Spearhead Group’s confirmation that its application for full membership would be discussed at the 22nd MSG Leaders’ Summit in Port Vila — but warned it would be a test. Wenda conveyed ... <a title="‘The world is watching’ – it’s a test for Melanesian leaders over West Papua, says Wenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/24/the-world-is-watching-its-a-test-for-melanesian-leaders-over-west-papua-says-wenda/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The world is watching’ – it’s a test for Melanesian leaders over West Papua, says Wenda">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sussex, Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, ANU, Australian National University Perhaps the most unexpected thing about the plane crash that reportedly killed Yevgeny Prigozhin, the bombastic head of Russia’s infamous Wagner group, is that it happened a full ... <a title="Analysis – Wagner chief Prigozhin reportedly killed, but has Putin cooked his own goose?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/24/wagner-chief-prigozhin-reportedly-killed-but-has-putin-cooked-his-own-goose-212180/" aria-label="Read more about Analysis – Wagner chief Prigozhin reportedly killed, but has Putin cooked his own goose?">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2023
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Japan’s release of more than one million tonnes of treated Fukushima nuclear wastewater into the Pacific is officially underway. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings has confirmed that the disposal started at 1pm local time today. “This is a big step and punctuating moment in the process of decommissioning,” TEPCO ... <a title="‘This is a big step’ – Japan releases nuclear wastewater into Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/24/this-is-a-big-step-japan-releases-nuclear-wastewater-into-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about ‘This is a big step’ – Japan releases nuclear wastewater into Pacific">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Crellin, PhD Student / FNRS Aspirant, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) VanderWolf Images, Shutterstock As the world warms and the climate changes, people are experiencing more frequent and intense extreme weather events. Just this year, heatwaves blasted southern Europe, the United States and China; wildfires lit ... <a title="Bushfires focus public attention on climate change for months, but it’s different for storms and floods" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/24/bushfires-focus-public-attention-on-climate-change-for-months-but-its-different-for-storms-and-floods-212096/" aria-label="Read more about Bushfires focus public attention on climate change for months, but it’s different for storms and floods">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Graves, Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Vice Chancellor’s Fellow, La Trobe University The Y chromosome is a never-ending source of fascination (particularly to men) because it bears genes that determine maleness and make sperm. It’s also small and seriously weird; it carries few genes and is ... <a title="The ‘weird’ male Y chromosome has finally been fully sequenced. Can we now understand how it works, and how it evolved?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/24/the-weird-male-y-chromosome-has-finally-been-fully-sequenced-can-we-now-understand-how-it-works-and-how-it-evolved-212112/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘weird’ male Y chromosome has finally been fully sequenced. Can we now understand how it works, and how it evolved?">Read more</a>