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February 11, 2023
By Geraldine Panapasa of Wansolwara in Suva The University of the South Pacific’s vice-chancellor and president, Professor Pal Ahluwalia, was given a rousing welcome at Nadi International Airport today returning to Fiji from exile. He returned two years after he and wife Sandra Price were detained and deported by the former FijiFirst government for allegedly ... <a title="‘I’m just a catalyst for the bigger change’, says exiled USP vice-chancellor back in Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/11/im-just-a-catalyst-for-the-bigger-change-says-exiled-usp-vice-chancellor-back-in-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I’m just a catalyst for the bigger change’, says exiled USP vice-chancellor back in Fiji">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2023
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Those countries which are most efficient at reporting demographic information now have complete deaths’ data for last year. Some information revealed is worth noting. (With the exception of Poland, further below, all countries’ charts have a scale of excess deaths ranging from -10% to +70%.) Most of these are countries that ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 pandemic: European Countries’ Epidemic Deaths to the end of 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/10/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-pandemic-european-countries-epidemic-deaths-to-the-end-of-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 pandemic: European Countries’ Epidemic Deaths to the end of 2022">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isaac Gross, Lecturer in Economics, Monash University Shutterstock After lifting interest rates for a record nine times in a row, and flagging more raises still to come, the Reserve Bank of Australia’s latest set of forecasts make for grim reading. The forecasts are part of the central ... <a title="RBA’s latest forecasts are grim. Here are 5 reasons why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/10/rbas-latest-forecasts-are-grim-here-are-5-reasons-why-199509/" aria-label="Read more about RBA’s latest forecasts are grim. Here are 5 reasons why">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron Tang, PhD Scholar in Climate Governance, Australian National University NASA Advanced Concepts Laboratory A group of US scientists this week proposed an unorthodox scheme to combat global warming: creating large clouds of Moon dust in space to reflect sunlight and cool the Earth. In their plan, ... <a title="Can clouds of Moon dust combat climate change?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/10/can-clouds-of-moon-dust-combat-climate-change-199592/" aria-label="Read more about Can clouds of Moon dust combat climate change?">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hussein Dia, Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology The ACT is changing how it calculates car registration fees. Instead of being based on a car’s weight, the fee the owner pays will be based on the greenhouse gas emissions it produces. Up to now, ... <a title="Why a shift to basing vehicle registration fees on emissions matters for Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/10/why-a-shift-to-basing-vehicle-registration-fees-on-emissions-matters-for-australia-199294/" aria-label="Read more about Why a shift to basing vehicle registration fees on emissions matters for Australia">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chay Brown, Research and Partnerships Manager, The Equality Institute, & Postdoctoral fellow, Australian National University shutterstock Content warning: this article contains mentions of racial discrimination against First Nations people, and themes of domestic violence. Let us tell you about our town, our home. Mparntwe/Alice Springs is a ... <a title="Here’s some context missing from the Mparntwe Alice Springs ‘crime wave’ reporting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/10/heres-some-context-missing-from-the-mparntwe-alice-springs-crime-wave-reporting-199481/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s some context missing from the Mparntwe Alice Springs ‘crime wave’ reporting">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Associate Professor of the Sydney Pharmacy School, University of Sydney Shutterstock If you’re really feeling the heat this summer, it might be down to more than the temperature outside. Some types of medicines can increase your core body temperature or make you feel hotter than ... <a title="Is my medicine making me feel hotter this summer? 5 reasons why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/10/is-my-medicine-making-me-feel-hotter-this-summer-5-reasons-why-199085/" aria-label="Read more about Is my medicine making me feel hotter this summer? 5 reasons why">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Camellia Webb-Gannon, Lecturer, University of Wollongong “Phil Mehrtens is the nicest guy, he genuinely is – no one ever had anything bad to say about him”, says a colleague of the New Zealand pilot taken hostage this week by members of the West Papuan Liberation Army (TPN-PB) ... <a title="The NZ pilot held hostage in West Papua is the pawn in a conflict only real international engagement can resolve" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/10/the-nz-pilot-held-hostage-in-west-papua-is-the-pawn-in-a-conflict-only-real-international-engagement-can-resolve-199601/" aria-label="Read more about The NZ pilot held hostage in West Papua is the pawn in a conflict only real international engagement can resolve">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Renée Middlemost, Lecturer, Communication and Media, University of Wollongong IMDB A jaunty yet dramatic piano-driven soundtrack motif; a view of the Golden Gate Bridge; a series of location shots around San Francisco. The generic title sequence of the 2003 film The Room barely hints at what follows. ... <a title="‘You can love something deep inside your heart and there is nothing wrong with it’: why we still love The Room, 20 years on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/10/you-can-love-something-deep-inside-your-heart-and-there-is-nothing-wrong-with-it-why-we-still-love-the-room-20-years-on-198665/" aria-label="Read more about ‘You can love something deep inside your heart and there is nothing wrong with it’: why we still love The Room, 20 years on">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2023
By Ashleigh McCaull, RNZ Te Ao Māori news A fortnight after the floods in Tāmaki Makaurau and as Aotearoa New Zealand braces for Cyclone Gabriel the reality is setting in for many. Mother of four Kataraina Toka’s Mount Roskill home is yellow-stickered after being damaged by flooding on January 27. For now, she is living ... <a title="Auckland’s Great Flood: ‘If you think it was bad before, it’s worse now’ – whānau cope with losses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/10/aucklands-great-flood-if-you-think-it-was-bad-before-its-worse-now-whanau-cope-with-losses/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland’s Great Flood: ‘If you think it was bad before, it’s worse now’ – whānau cope with losses">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julien Louys, Deputy Director, Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, Griffith University Julian Louys, Author provided On the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya, a short valley extends south towards the looming Mount Homa. From it have emerged some of the oldest-known stone tools used to butcher ... <a title="We found 2.9-million-year-old stone tools used to butcher ancient hippos – but likely not by our ancestors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/10/we-found-2-9-million-year-old-stone-tools-used-to-butcher-ancient-hippos-but-likely-not-by-our-ancestors-199499/" aria-label="Read more about We found 2.9-million-year-old stone tools used to butcher ancient hippos – but likely not by our ancestors">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Collin Bjork, Senior Lecturer, Massey University Collin Bjork, Author provided The buzz around artificial intelligence (AI) technologies like ChatGPT is palpable. People are both optimistic and frightened by the possibilities of these tools. Clearly, these technologies will change how people write. But in terms of what people ... <a title="ChatGPT threatens language diversity. More needs to be done to protect our differences in the age of AI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/10/chatgpt-threatens-language-diversity-more-needs-to-be-done-to-protect-our-differences-in-the-age-of-ai-198878/" aria-label="Read more about ChatGPT threatens language diversity. More needs to be done to protect our differences in the age of AI">Read more</a>
