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July 21, 2024
By Sainimili Magimagi in Suva Family members keep silent on the issue of violence in Fiji and individuals continue to be the victims, according to Jonathan Veitch, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) representative to the South Pacific. While raising his concern on the issue at Nasinu Gospel Primary School on Friday, he said 83 percent ... <a title="Breaking the silence – 83% of Fijian children suffer violence, reports UNICEF" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/21/breaking-the-silence-83-of-fijian-children-suffer-violence-reports-unicef/" aria-label="Read more about Breaking the silence – 83% of Fijian children suffer violence, reports UNICEF">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Polynesia’s veteran politician, 93-year-old Gaston Flosse, announced last week he is stepping down from his position as president of his Amuitahiraa o te Nunaa Maohi party. Flosse, known locally as “the old lion”, has been President of French Polynesia on several occasions over a span ... <a title="Tahiti’s ‘old lion’ Gaston Flosse, 93, steps down after 52 years in politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/21/tahitis-old-lion-gaston-flosse-93-steps-down-after-52-years-in-politics/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti’s ‘old lion’ Gaston Flosse, 93, steps down after 52 years in politics">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A brutal killing of three Papuan civilians in Puncak Jaya reveals that occupied West Papua is a ticking time bomb under Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto, claims the leader of an advocacy group. And United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) Benny Wenda says the Melanesian region risks becoming “another East Timor”. The ... <a title="Latest Puncak Jaya massacre reveals West Papua ‘is a time bomb’, claims Benny Wenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/21/latest-puncak-jaya-massacre-reveals-west-papua-is-a-time-bomb-claims-benny-wenda/" aria-label="Read more about Latest Puncak Jaya massacre reveals West Papua ‘is a time bomb’, claims Benny Wenda">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2024
By Pita Ligaiula in Tokyo The Pacific Islands Forum hopes to send a high-level delegation to Kanaky New Caledonia to investigate the current political crisis in the French territory before the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting in Tonga in August. According to Pacnews, Forum Chair and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown confirmed this during ... <a title="PIF hopes to send delegation to New Caledonia, says Forum chair" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/20/pif-hopes-to-send-delegation-to-new-caledonia-says-forum-chair/" aria-label="Read more about PIF hopes to send delegation to New Caledonia, says Forum chair">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sanjoy Paul, Associate Professor in Operations and Supply Chain Management, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney AU USAnakul/Shutterstock Friday’s global IT outage – caused by a faulty software update from cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike – wrought havoc on business operations around the world. Severe disruptions were reported ... <a title="A global IT outage brought supply chains to their knees – we need to be better prepared next time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/20/a-global-it-outage-brought-supply-chains-to-their-knees-we-need-to-be-better-prepared-next-time-235124/" aria-label="Read more about A global IT outage brought supply chains to their knees – we need to be better prepared next time">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2024
RNZ Pacific The University of the South Pacific staff associations are up in arms about the sacking of a union leader and academic by the university’s chief executive. In a joint press release, the Association of the University of the South Pacific (AUSPS) and the USP Staff Union (USPSU), this week claimed that USP vice-chancellor ... <a title="‘Attack on freedom of speech’: USP staff call out Ahluwalia for sacking union president" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/20/attack-on-freedom-of-speech-usp-staff-call-out-ahluwalia-for-sacking-union-president/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Attack on freedom of speech’: USP staff call out Ahluwalia for sacking union president">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University Gerd Altmann/Pixabay This weekend’s global IT outage caused by a software update gone wrong highlights the interconnected and often fragile nature of modern IT infrastructure. It demonstrates how a single point of failure can have far-reaching ... <a title="One small update brought down millions of IT systems around the world. It’s a timely warning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/20/one-small-update-brought-down-millions-of-it-systems-around-the-world-its-a-timely-warning-235122/" aria-label="Read more about One small update brought down millions of IT systems around the world. It’s a timely warning">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2024
The Pacific Island Forum could serve as a “constructive force” to find a “path forward” in Kanaky New Caledonia, New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says. “The situation has reached an impasse, and one not easily navigated given the violence that broke out — the democratic injuries that have reopened old wounds and created ... <a title="NZ’s Winston Peters calls for ‘more diplomacy, engagement, compromise’ in New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/20/nzs-winston-peters-calls-for-more-diplomacy-engagement-compromise-in-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Winston Peters calls for ‘more diplomacy, engagement, compromise’ in New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toby Murray, Associate Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne A massive IT outage is currently affecting computer systems worldwide. In Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, reports indicate computers at banks, media organisations, hospitals, transport services, shop checkouts, airports and more ... <a title="What is CrowdStrike Falcon and what does it do? Is my computer safe?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/19/what-is-crowdstrike-falcon-and-what-does-it-do-is-my-computer-safe-235123/" aria-label="Read more about What is CrowdStrike Falcon and what does it do? Is my computer safe?">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark A Gregory, Associate Professor, School of Engineering, RMIT University Computer systems across Australia and overseas have failed this afternoon after an update was pushed out by global security software provider CrowdStrike. The software affected by the update appears to be the CrowdStrike Falcon platform, which is ... <a title="Massive global IT outage hits banks, airports, supermarkets – and a single software update is likely to blame" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/19/massive-global-it-outage-hits-banks-airports-supermarkets-and-a-single-software-update-is-likely-to-blame-235107/" aria-label="Read more about Massive global IT outage hits banks, airports, supermarkets – and a single software update is likely to blame">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Slack, Director, Scarp Archaelogy and Adjunct Associate Professor of Archaeology, James Cook University The excavation team at Juukan Gorge in 2014. Courtesy of Scarp Archaeology and PKKP Aboriginal Corporation Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains an image of deceased people, which ... <a title="The first published results from Juukan Gorge show 47,000 years of Aboriginal heritage was destroyed in mining blast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/19/the-first-published-results-from-juukan-gorge-show-47-000-years-of-aboriginal-heritage-was-destroyed-in-mining-blast-234806/" aria-label="Read more about The first published results from Juukan Gorge show 47,000 years of Aboriginal heritage was destroyed in mining blast">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anita Wahid, PhD candidate, Australian National University At dawn on June 27, a journalist for Indonesia’s Tribrata TV, Rico Sempurna Pasaribu, was killed in a suspected arson attack at his home, along with his wife, son and grandchild. Before his death, Rico investigated and reported on a ... <a title="Journalists in Indonesia are being killed, threatened and jailed. A new draft law could make things even worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/19/journalists-in-indonesia-are-being-killed-threatened-and-jailed-a-new-draft-law-could-make-things-even-worse-234564/" aria-label="Read more about Journalists in Indonesia are being killed, threatened and jailed. A new draft law could make things even worse">Read more</a>
