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July 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hanri Mostert, SARChI Chair for Mineral Law in Africa, University of Cape Town A US-brokered peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda binds the two African nations to a worrying arrangement: one where a country signs away its mineral resources to a superpower ... <a title="Africa’s minerals are being bartered for security: why it’s a bad idea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/22/africas-minerals-are-being-bartered-for-security-why-its-a-bad-idea-260594/" aria-label="Read more about Africa’s minerals are being bartered for security: why it’s a bad idea">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Havovi Chichger, Professor, Biomedical Science, Anglia Ruskin University Found in everything from protein bars to energy drinks, erythritol has long been considered a safe alternative to sugar. But new research suggests this widely used sweetener may be quietly undermining one of the body’s most crucial protective barriers ... <a title="A popular sweetener could be damaging your brain’s defences, says recent study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/22/a-popular-sweetener-could-be-damaging-your-brains-defences-says-recent-study-261500/" aria-label="Read more about A popular sweetener could be damaging your brain’s defences, says recent study">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2025
ANALYSIS: By Jane Kelsey, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau While public attention has been focused on the domestic fast-track consenting process for infrastructure and mining, Associate Minister of Finance David Seymour has been pushing through another fast-track process — this time for foreign investment in New Zealand. But it has had almost no public ... <a title="Why has a bill to relax NZ foreign investment rules had so little scrutiny?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/22/why-has-a-bill-to-relax-nz-foreign-investment-rules-had-so-little-scrutiny/" aria-label="Read more about Why has a bill to relax NZ foreign investment rules had so little scrutiny?">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2025
Asia Pacific Report The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa has called on the New Zealand government to immediately condemn Israel’s weaponisation of starvation and demand an end to the siege of Gaza. It has also called for a permanent ceasefire and unrestricted humanitarian access to the besieged enclave. “All political parties and elected officials must break ... <a title="PSNA calls on NZ to urgently condemn Israeli weaponisation of starvation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/21/psna-calls-on-nz-to-urgently-condemn-israeli-weaponisation-of-starvation/" aria-label="Read more about PSNA calls on NZ to urgently condemn Israeli weaponisation of starvation">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The picture of Mark Latham on the caucus room gallery of Labor leaders will have an annotation under it saying he was expelled for life and his actions do not accord with Labor values. The first meeting of the new ... <a title="Labor to put disclaimer under Mark Latham’s caucus room picture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/21/labor-to-put-disclaimer-under-mark-lathams-caucus-room-picture-261097/" aria-label="Read more about Labor to put disclaimer under Mark Latham’s caucus room picture">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2025
By Mary Afemata, of PMN News and RNZ Pacific Porirua City Council is set to create a memorial for more than 1800 former patients of the local hospital buried in unmarked graves. But Pacific leaders are asking to be “meaningfully involved” in the process, including incorporating prayer, language, and ceremonial practices. More than 50 people ... <a title="Pacific leaders demand respectful involvement in memorial for unmarked graves" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/21/pacific-leaders-demand-respectful-involvement-in-memorial-for-unmarked-graves/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific leaders demand respectful involvement in memorial for unmarked graves">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne With federal parliament to sit for the first time since the election on Tuesday, Newspoll gives Labor a 57–43 lead and Resolve a 56–44 lead. In Tasmania, ... <a title="Newspoll and Resolve give Labor big leads as parliament resumes after the election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/21/newspoll-and-resolve-give-labor-big-leads-as-parliament-resumes-after-the-election-261538/" aria-label="Read more about Newspoll and Resolve give Labor big leads as parliament resumes after the election">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tia Brullo, Research Fellow in Climate Change Adaptation, The University of Melbourne Australia’s climate is changing. To avoid catastrophic disruptions from successive supercharged disasters, society must adapt. But change takes time and it’s not always clear how much progress we’re making. We wanted to find out what ... <a title="How are Australians adapting to climate change? Here are 729 ways" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/21/how-are-australians-adapting-to-climate-change-here-are-729-ways-256446/" aria-label="Read more about How are Australians adapting to climate change? Here are 729 ways">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yvonne Breitwieser-Faria, Lecturer in Criminal Law and International Law, Curtin University Earlier this month, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants against the Taliban leadership in Afghanistan. The court’s Pre-Trial Chamber II cited reasonable grounds for believing supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and chief justice Abdul Hakim ... <a title="In a world first, The Hague wants to arrest Taliban leaders over their treatment of women – what happens next?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/21/in-a-world-first-the-hague-wants-to-arrest-taliban-leaders-over-their-treatment-of-women-what-happens-next-261008/" aria-label="Read more about In a world first, The Hague wants to arrest Taliban leaders over their treatment of women – what happens next?">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Theresa Larkin, Associate Professor of Medical Sciences, University of Wollongong priya kunkayan/Getty Semen, sperm, spunk, cum, ejaculate, pre-cum, seminal fluid. These are just some of the many words we use to describe what comes out of an erect penis. Some of these terms can be used interchangeably, ... <a title="What’s the difference between sperm and semen? And can pre-ejaculate get you pregnant?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/21/whats-the-difference-between-sperm-and-semen-and-can-pre-ejaculate-get-you-pregnant-253212/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between sperm and semen? And can pre-ejaculate get you pregnant?">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW Sydney The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is undergoing another round of major reforms. One key change relates to the funding periods in which participants are allowed to spend their budgets. While these aim to improve the scheme’s sustainability, they ... <a title="What happens if I go over or under on my NDIS plan? And what do shorter funding periods mean for me?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/21/what-happens-if-i-go-over-or-under-on-my-ndis-plan-and-what-do-shorter-funding-periods-mean-for-me-259386/" aria-label="Read more about What happens if I go over or under on my NDIS plan? And what do shorter funding periods mean for me?">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ruben Perez-Hidalgo, Lecturer in Spanish Studies, University of Sydney Keith Saunders/Opera Australia The story of Carmen, in the 19th century opera by French composer George Bizet, is, at its simplest, the story of a developing tension between Carmen, a stereotypically racialised woman attempting to break free from ... <a title="Opera Australia gives us a rocking Carmen for the post-#metoo era" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/21/opera-australia-gives-us-a-rocking-carmen-for-the-post-metoo-era-261103/" aria-label="Read more about Opera Australia gives us a rocking Carmen for the post-#metoo era">Read more</a>
