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July 31, 2023
By Bernadette Carreon and Aubrey Belford A major daily newspaper in Solomon Islands received nearly US$140,000 in funding from the Chinese government in return for pledges to “promote the truth about China’s generosity and its true intentions to help develop” the Pacific Islands country, according to a leaked document and interviews. The revelation comes amid ... <a title="Solomon Star promised to ‘promote China’ in return for funding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/31/solomon-star-promised-to-promote-china-in-return-for-funding/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Star promised to ‘promote China’ in return for funding">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanessa Cobham, Professor of Clinical Psychology, The University of Queensland Cottonbro Studio/Pexels Going to school can be challenging for children and young people at times. Most young people will have patches during their school career where it feels hard. That’s normal. Getting through those hard times can ... <a title="How do you know when it’s time to seriously think about changing your child’s school?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/31/how-do-you-know-when-its-time-to-seriously-think-about-changing-your-childs-school-210480/" aria-label="Read more about How do you know when it’s time to seriously think about changing your child’s school?">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2023
By Rakesh Kumar in Suva The Fiji Council of Social Services (FCOSS) has warned that the nation needs to prepare itself to face more children being in conflict with the law. Chief executive officer Vani Catanasiga highlighted this while responding to Attorney-General Siromi Turaga’s revelation at the Lomaiviti Provincial Council meeting last week that schoolchildren ... <a title="Fiji faces more children being in trouble over ‘ice’, warns FCOSS" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/31/fiji-faces-more-children-being-in-trouble-over-ice-warns-fcoss/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji faces more children being in trouble over ‘ice’, warns FCOSS">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Indonesia has stepped up its campaign of repression against West Papuans peacefully rallying for full membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), says a Papuan advocacy leader. Benny Wenda, interim president of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), said a “massive military and police presence” greeted Papuans who had taken ... <a title="Wenda accuses Jakarta of crackdown in response to Papuan MSG rallies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/31/wenda-accuses-jakarta-of-crackdown-in-response-to-papuan-msg-rallies/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda accuses Jakarta of crackdown in response to Papuan MSG rallies">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paola A. Magni, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Science, Murdoch University Photo by Stevie Ziogos, Author provided Until the late 19th century, the success of criminal investigations largely hung on witness reports and (often extorted) confessions. A lack of scientific tools meant investigators needed advanced deductive reasoning abilities ... <a title="Secrets wrapped in fabric: how our study of 100 decomposing piglet bodies will help solve criminal cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/31/secrets-wrapped-in-fabric-how-our-study-of-100-decomposing-piglet-bodies-will-help-solve-criminal-cases-207418/" aria-label="Read more about Secrets wrapped in fabric: how our study of 100 decomposing piglet bodies will help solve criminal cases">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sussex, Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University Vladimir Putin’s own version of history casts himself as modern Russia’s bulwark and champion. According to this narrative, Putin has sturdily held back waves of foreign and domestic adversaries, and simultaneously restored Russia to greatness. Although ... <a title="More corrupt, fractured and ostracised: how Vladimir Putin has changed Russia in over two decades on top" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/31/more-corrupt-fractured-and-ostracised-how-vladimir-putin-has-changed-russia-in-over-two-decades-on-top-206086/" aria-label="Read more about More corrupt, fractured and ostracised: how Vladimir Putin has changed Russia in over two decades on top">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ravisha Jayawickrama, PhD candidate, School of Population Health, Curtin University Shutterstock The stigma that surrounds people living in larger bodies is pervasive and deeply affects the people it’s directed at. It’s been described as one of the last acceptable forms of discrimination. Some researchers think the term ... <a title="Renaming obesity won’t fix weight stigma overnight. Here’s what we really need to do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/31/renaming-obesity-wont-fix-weight-stigma-overnight-heres-what-we-really-need-to-do-209224/" aria-label="Read more about Renaming obesity won’t fix weight stigma overnight. Here’s what we really need to do">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shona Murray, PhD candidate, The University of Western Australia Marine Futures Lab, Author provided Open ocean sharks are elusive and mysterious. They undertake vast journeys that span hundreds to thousands of kilometres across immense ocean basins. We know very little about the secret lives of ocean sharks, ... <a title="The secret lives of silky sharks: unveiling their whereabouts supports their protection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/31/the-secret-lives-of-silky-sharks-unveiling-their-whereabouts-supports-their-protection-209333/" aria-label="Read more about The secret lives of silky sharks: unveiling their whereabouts supports their protection">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanessa Cobham, Professor of Clinical Psychology, The University of Queensland Cottonbro Studio/Pexels Going to school can be challenging for children and young people at times. Most young people will have patches during their school career where it feels hard. That’s normal. Getting through those hard times can ... <a title="How do you know when it’s time to think seriously think about changing your child’s school?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/31/how-do-you-know-when-its-time-to-think-seriously-think-about-changing-your-childs-school-210480/" aria-label="Read more about How do you know when it’s time to think seriously think about changing your child’s school?">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Peetz, Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow at the Centre for Future Work, and Professor Emeritus, Griffith Business School, Griffith University shutterstock The surprising thing about the Albanese government’s announced reforms to “casual” employment is not that they’re happening. It’s that employer advocates are getting so excited ... <a title="We need more than a definition change to fix Australia’s culture of permanent ‘casual’ work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/31/we-need-more-than-a-definition-change-to-fix-australias-culture-of-permanent-casual-work-210456/" aria-label="Read more about We need more than a definition change to fix Australia’s culture of permanent ‘casual’ work">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2023
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Tamanisha J. John From Toronto, Ontario On March 8, 2023, General Laura J. Richardson of the United States (U.S.) Southern Command gave testimony at a congressional hearing wherein she issued a warning to U.S. lawmakers about the expansion of Chinese influence in the Caribbean that were at ... <a title="US Moves to Curtail China’s Economic Investment in the Caribbean" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/31/us-moves-to-curtail-chinas-economic-investment-in-the-caribbean/" aria-label="Read more about US Moves to Curtail China’s Economic Investment in the Caribbean">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2023
By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter A board member at RNZ appointed less than a month ago quit this week after making public comments on former Justice Minister Kiri Allan’s downfall and criticising media coverage of it. RNZ had asked Jason Ake to stop and the government said he breached official obligations of neutrality, but ... <a title="Mediawatch: Kiri Allan’s resignation sparks another ‘on principle’ at RNZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/31/mediawatch-kiri-allans-resignation-sparks-another-on-principle-at-rnz/" aria-label="Read more about Mediawatch: Kiri Allan’s resignation sparks another ‘on principle’ at RNZ">Read more</a>
