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April 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacob Parakilas, Research Leader, Defence, Security, and Justice Group, RAND Europe Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky recently announced that ground robots (also known as unmanned ground vehicles) had captured a Russian position. Zelenskyy said it was the first time in the Ukraine war that an enemy position had ... <a title="Robots just captured a Russian position in Ukraine – but don’t worry about real-life Terminators just yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/20/robots-just-captured-a-russian-position-in-ukraine-but-dont-worry-about-real-life-terminators-just-yet-280959/" aria-label="Read more about Robots just captured a Russian position in Ukraine – but don’t worry about real-life Terminators just yet">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Wood, Assistant Professor of History, Modern Latin America, University of Colorado Boulder In Latin America, as in other parts of the world, the second Trump administration has adopted an increasingly aggressive policy. From drone strikes on purported drug traffickers to increased tariffs on imports, and from ... <a title="Trump’s coercive tactics in Latin America evoke era of gunboat diplomacy – and the rise of anti-imperialism it helped spur" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/20/trumps-coercive-tactics-in-latin-america-evoke-era-of-gunboat-diplomacy-and-the-rise-of-anti-imperialism-it-helped-spur-279238/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s coercive tactics in Latin America evoke era of gunboat diplomacy – and the rise of anti-imperialism it helped spur">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meighen McCrae, Associate Professor of Strategic & Defence Studies, Australian National University The Iran war reminds us small strategic moves can mushroom into expanding military commitments. The United States decided to blockade Iranian ports by controlling access to and from the vital Strait of Hormuz, as a ... <a title="Gallipoli has 4 lessons for the Strait of Hormuz crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/20/gallipoli-has-4-lessons-for-the-strait-of-hormuz-crisis-280723/" aria-label="Read more about Gallipoli has 4 lessons for the Strait of Hormuz crisis">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert William Smith, Professor of History, University of Alberta Do aliens exist? Could Earth really be the only planet hosting intelligent life? Debates over the existence of extraterrestrials date back to the earliest Indigenous and western thought. The tools generating the evidence within western science, however, have ... <a title="Are aliens real? Scientists have been hunting for extraterrestrial life since the time of Aristotle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/20/are-aliens-real-scientists-have-been-hunting-for-extraterrestrial-life-since-the-time-of-aristotle-279727/" aria-label="Read more about Are aliens real? Scientists have been hunting for extraterrestrial life since the time of Aristotle">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frederick Oliver Beeby Maglaque, Exhibition Researcher, Pacific Museum of Earth and Masters student in Art History, University of British Columbia “This is the story of the dinosaurs as it has never been told before,” narrates Morgan Freeman in the opening of Neflix’s The Dinosaurs docuseries. The four-part ... <a title="Netflix’s ‘The Dinosaurs’ rehashes a very old story of empire and conquest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/20/netflixs-the-dinosaurs-rehashes-a-very-old-story-of-empire-and-conquest-279162/" aria-label="Read more about Netflix’s ‘The Dinosaurs’ rehashes a very old story of empire and conquest">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pat Leslie, Senior Lecturer, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Reform, while never an easy task, is probably more difficult now than it used to be. Not only is declining trust a problem, belief in governments’ ability and willingness to affect real change is also ... <a title="Built to last? History shows us the art of reform that’s both bold and enduring" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/20/built-to-last-history-shows-us-the-art-of-reform-thats-both-bold-and-enduring-276747/" aria-label="Read more about Built to last? History shows us the art of reform that’s both bold and enduring">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hunter Bennett, Lecturer in Exercise Science, Adelaide University You check your smartwatch after a run. Your fitness score has dropped. You’ve burnt hardly any calories. Your recovery score is really low. It’s telling you to take the next 72 hours off exercise. The worst bit? The whole ... <a title="6 ways your smartwatch is lying to you, according to science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/20/6-ways-your-smartwatch-is-lying-to-you-according-to-science-279851/" aria-label="Read more about 6 ways your smartwatch is lying to you, according to science">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tamara May, Psychologist and Research Associate in the Department of Paediatrics, Monash University When you finally receive a neurodevelopmental diagnosis that reflects your strengths and the challenges you face, it can be life-changing. But for people with both autism and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) – known colloquially ... <a title="AuDHD means being autistic and having ADHD. And it can look very different to a single diagnosis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/20/audhd-means-being-autistic-and-having-adhd-and-it-can-look-very-different-to-a-single-diagnosis-278095/" aria-label="Read more about AuDHD means being autistic and having ADHD. And it can look very different to a single diagnosis">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warwick Smith, Honorary Fellow, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will look at the latest unemployment figures – 4.3%, roughly 650,000 people out of work – and see a labour market that is still “too tight”. In ... <a title="The RBA’s policy deliberately creates unemployment. So why do we treat the jobless so badly?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/20/the-rbas-policy-deliberately-creates-unemployment-so-why-do-we-treat-the-jobless-so-badly-280574/" aria-label="Read more about The RBA’s policy deliberately creates unemployment. So why do we treat the jobless so badly?">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rod McNaughton, Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getting a first foothold on the career ladder has never been easy for young workers. But in the past, that path was more visible, with advanced economies such as New Zealand’s relying on entry-level roles to ... <a title="As entry-level jobs dry up in NZ, how can we help young people find their way into work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/20/as-entry-level-jobs-dry-up-in-nz-how-can-we-help-young-people-find-their-way-into-work-280813/" aria-label="Read more about As entry-level jobs dry up in NZ, how can we help young people find their way into work?">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2026
Asia Pacific Report The planning and policy committee of New Zealand’s largest city today voted decisively to review its procurement policies to ensure it is in step with the UN Human Rights Council which has listed companies complicit with illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestine Territory. Auckland Council is the local body governing a ... <a title="Auckland Council committee votes to review illegal Israeli settlement policies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/19/auckland-council-committee-votes-to-review-illegal-israeli-settlement-policies/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland Council committee votes to review illegal Israeli settlement policies">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2026
Asia Pacific Report A South African-born New Zealand critic of Israeli apartheid and ethnic cleansing today delivered a strong defence of his home country’s genocide case filed with the International Court of Justice. Israel is currently on trial on allegations of genocide with the ICJ in The Hague and South Africa has been joined by ... <a title="South African activist praises world court genocide case against Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/19/south-african-activist-praises-world-court-genocide-case-against-israel/" aria-label="Read more about South African activist praises world court genocide case against Israel">Read more</a>
