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July 26, 2020
By Talebula Kate in Suva Eighteen people were arrested in Fiji last night for breach of the covid pandemic curfew restrictions from 11pm yesterday to 4am. Acting Police Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu said the Eastern division recorded seven reports, West recording six cases, South – four cases and one case in the Northern division. “Of the ... <a title="Fiji police arrest 18 people for breach of covid curfew" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/26/fiji-police-arrest-18-people-for-breach-of-covid-curfew/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji police arrest 18 people for breach of covid curfew">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk When New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the country had managed to stamp out the coronavirus, it was met with much fanfare – with many experts lauding Aotearoa for its effective response. But another small Pacific nation has had even greater success in eradicating the coronavirus – Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste has ... <a title="Timor-Leste’s ongoing success in eradicating the coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/25/timor-lestes-ongoing-success-in-eradicating-the-coronavirus/" aria-label="Read more about Timor-Leste’s ongoing success in eradicating the coronavirus">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2020
By RNZ News Four teenagers who fled from a New Zealand managed isolation facility in Hamilton last night with their mother had returned to the country to attend their father’s funeral, but had been initially denied permission to go. Minister Megan Woods and Air Commodore Darryn Webb have held a media conference to discuss the ... <a title="Family charged over covid-19 isolation facility escape to attend NZ funeral" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/25/family-charged-over-covid-19-isolation-facility-escape-to-attend-nz-funeral/" aria-label="Read more about Family charged over covid-19 isolation facility escape to attend NZ funeral">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona Russell, Principal research fellow, University of Melbourne This week, most students in Melbourne and Mitchell Shire returned to remote learning for term 3. Students whose parents can’t work from home are allowed to receive remote learning from school, as was the case during the first lockdown. ... <a title="Will school temperature checks curb the spread of coronavirus?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/24/will-school-temperature-checks-curb-the-spread-of-coronavirus-142999/" aria-label="Read more about Will school temperature checks curb the spread of coronavirus?">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter O’Connor, Professor, Business and Management, Queensland University of Technology Young workers lack resilience and “need hugging”, according to eminent Australian Ita Buttrose. This week the 78-year old ABC chair told a forum of the Australia-United Kingdom Chamber of Commerce: They’re very keen on being thanked and ... <a title="Yes Ita, younger workers might actually be less resilient. But all workers should be thanked" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/24/yes-ita-younger-workers-might-actually-be-less-resilient-but-all-workers-should-be-thanked-143277/" aria-label="Read more about Yes Ita, younger workers might actually be less resilient. But all workers should be thanked">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2020
By RNZ News Immigration New Zealand has confirmed that Behrouz Boochani has been given refugee status in New Zealand. Boochani has been in New Zealand since November. He had travelled to Christchurch for a writers’ festival on a one-month visa and was supported by Amnesty International. He was detained in Manus Island and in Port ... <a title="NZ grants Kurdish-Iranian author Behrouz Boochani refugee status" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/24/nz-grants-kurdish-iranian-author-behrouz-boochani-refugee-status/" aria-label="Read more about NZ grants Kurdish-Iranian author Behrouz Boochani refugee status">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Finkel, Australia’s Chief Scientist, Office of the Chief Scientist The events of 2020 are reshaping the way we live, work, teach and learn. And while we have all been affected differently, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women has been particularly significant. A recent report ... <a title="Chief Scientist: women in STEM are still far short of workplace equity. COVID-19 risks undoing even these modest gains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/24/chief-scientist-women-in-stem-are-still-far-short-of-workplace-equity-covid-19-risks-undoing-even-these-modest-gains-143092/" aria-label="Read more about Chief Scientist: women in STEM are still far short of workplace equity. COVID-19 risks undoing even these modest gains">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Audrey Courty, PhD candidate, School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science, Griffith University Twitter has announced it’s taking sweeping action to limit the reach of content associated with QAnon. Believers of this fringe far-right conspiracy theory claim there is a “deep state” plot against US President Donald ... <a title="QAnon believers will likely outlast and outsmart Twitter’s bans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/24/qanon-believers-will-likely-outlast-and-outsmart-twitters-bans-143192/" aria-label="Read more about QAnon believers will likely outlast and outsmart Twitter’s bans">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Associate Professor | Program Director, Undergraduate Pharmacy, University of Sydney What do multiple sclerosis (MS) and the novel coronavirus have in common? Until this week, not much, but a recent clinical trial has shown a reformulation of a drug used to treat MS can potentially ... <a title="Multiple sclerosis drug may help treat COVID-19 and lead to faster recovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/24/multiple-sclerosis-drug-may-help-treat-covid-19-and-lead-to-faster-recovery-143090/" aria-label="Read more about Multiple sclerosis drug may help treat COVID-19 and lead to faster recovery">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lana D. Hartwig, Research Fellow, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University Water management in the Murray-Darling Basin has radically changed over the past 30 years. But none of the changes have addressed a glaring injustice: Aboriginal people’s share of water rights is minute, and in New South Wales ... <a title="Australia has an ugly legacy of denying water rights to Aboriginal people. Not much has changed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/24/australia-has-an-ugly-legacy-of-denying-water-rights-to-aboriginal-people-not-much-has-changed-141743/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has an ugly legacy of denying water rights to Aboriginal people. Not much has changed">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Corbould, Associate Professor, Deakin University Most Australians — aside from a few groups dedicated to reenacting American Civil War battles and history buffs including Bob Carr and Kim Beazley — were not familiar until recently with the charged history of the flag of the Confederate States ... <a title="Why is the Confederate flag so offensive?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/24/why-is-the-confederate-flag-so-offensive-143256/" aria-label="Read more about Why is the Confederate flag so offensive?">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Corbould, Associate Professor, Deakin University Most Australians — aside from a few groups dedicated to reenacting American Civil War battles and history buffs including Bob Carr and Kim Beazley — were not familiar until recently with the charged history of the flag of the Confederate States ... <a title="Seeing red: the problematic history behind the Confederate flag" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/24/seeing-red-the-problematic-history-behind-the-confederate-flag-143256/" aria-label="Read more about Seeing red: the problematic history behind the Confederate flag">Read more</a>
