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May 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Cornell, PhD Candidate in Public Health & Community Medicine, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney Netflix/Untold: The Liver King A new Netflix documentary about a shirtless supplement salesman who claimed to be “natural” and was exposed as a fraud might seem like a punchline. But Untold: ... <a title="From the Liver King to ultramarathons, fitness influencers are glorifying extreme masculinity where ‘pain is the point’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/20/from-the-liver-king-to-ultramarathons-fitness-influencers-are-glorifying-extreme-masculinity-where-pain-is-the-point-256817/" aria-label="Read more about From the Liver King to ultramarathons, fitness influencers are glorifying extreme masculinity where ‘pain is the point’">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2025
Ali Kazak: born Haifa, 1947; died May 17 2025, Thailand By Helen Musa in Canberra Former Palestinian diplomat and long-time Canberra identity Ali Kazak died on Saturday en route to Palestine. Sources at the Canberra Islamic Centre report that he was recovering from heart surgery and died during a stopover in Thailand. Kazak was born ... <a title="Former Canberra diplomat Ali Kuzak dies on the way to Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/20/former-canberra-diplomat-ali-kuzak-dies-on-the-way-to-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about Former Canberra diplomat Ali Kuzak dies on the way to Palestine">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Environmentalists in the Cook Islands have criticised former Prime Minister and Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) head Henry Puna for joining the board of a deep sea mining company. Puna, who finished his term as PIF secretary-general in May last year, played a pivotal part in the creation of multi-use ... <a title="Environmentalists question Henry Puna’s role in deep sea mining firm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/19/environmentalists-question-henry-punas-role-in-deep-sea-mining-firm/" aria-label="Read more about Environmentalists question Henry Puna’s role in deep sea mining firm">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2025
Source: Hon Matthew Robson Former NZ Associate Minister Of Foreign Affairs, Hon Matt Robson, has called on the New Zealand Government to uphold International Law. “New Zealand prides itself on being in the forefront of countries supporting the international rule of law and not the international rule of might ”, said former Associate Foreign Minister ... <a title="Legal News – Former NZ Associate Minister Of Foreign Affairs Calls On NZ Government To Uphold International Law Over US Designation of Cuba" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/19/legal-news-former-nz-associate-minister-of-foreign-affairs-calls-on-nz-government-to-uphold-international-law-over-us-designation-of-cuba/" aria-label="Read more about Legal News – Former NZ Associate Minister Of Foreign Affairs Calls On NZ Government To Uphold International Law Over US Designation of Cuba">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Omid Ghasemi, Research Associate in Behavioural Science at the Institute for Climate Risk & Response, UNSW Sydney I. Noyan Yilmaz, Shutterstock Societies increasingly rely on scientists to guide decisions in times of uncertainty, from pandemic outbreaks to the rise of artificial intelligence. Addressing climate change is no ... <a title="Climate scientists are trusted globally, just not as much as other scientists – here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/19/climate-scientists-are-trusted-globally-just-not-as-much-as-other-scientists-heres-why-256441/" aria-label="Read more about Climate scientists are trusted globally, just not as much as other scientists – here’s why">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Diepstraten, Senior Research Officer, Blood Cells and Blood Cancer Division, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) Former US President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has already spread to his bones. A statement Biden’s office issued ... <a title="Joe Biden has advanced prostate cancer with a Gleason score of 9. What does this mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/19/joe-biden-has-advanced-prostate-cancer-with-a-gleason-score-of-9-what-does-this-mean-256998/" aria-label="Read more about Joe Biden has advanced prostate cancer with a Gleason score of 9. What does this mean?">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2025
Pacific Media Watch American film star celebrity John Cusack, who describes himself on his x-page bio as an “apocalyptic shit-disturber”, has posted an open letter to the world denouncing the Israeli “mass murder” in Gaza and calling for “your outrage”. While warning the public to “don’t stop talking about Palestine/Gaza”, he says that the “hollow ... <a title="Open letter from John Cusack: ‘The children of Gaza need your outrage – end the siege’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/19/open-letter-from-john-cusack-the-children-of-gaza-need-your-outrage-end-the-siege/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter from John Cusack: ‘The children of Gaza need your outrage – end the siege’">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shannon Bosch, Associate Professor (Law), Edith Cowan University Oscar Jenkins, a 33-year-old former teacher from Melbourne, was one of many foreigners who responded to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s call in 2022 for volunteers to join Ukraine’s armed forces to help repel Russia’s invasion. In early 2024, Jenkins ... <a title="Russia is labelling Oscar Jenkins a ‘mercenary’, not a prisoner of war. What’s the difference – and why does this matter?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/19/russia-is-labelling-oscar-jenkins-a-mercenary-not-a-prisoner-of-war-whats-the-difference-and-why-does-this-matter-256996/" aria-label="Read more about Russia is labelling Oscar Jenkins a ‘mercenary’, not a prisoner of war. What’s the difference – and why does this matter?">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Toole, Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute Last week the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared a polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The highly infectious virus was found in two healthy, polio-vaccinated children who were screened following detection of the virus during routine wastewater sampling ... <a title="The re-emergence of polio in Papua New Guinea shows global eradication remains elusive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/19/the-re-emergence-of-polio-in-papua-new-guinea-shows-global-eradication-remains-elusive-256899/" aria-label="Read more about The re-emergence of polio in Papua New Guinea shows global eradication remains elusive">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Strong, Associate Professor, Music Industry, RMIT University As always, Eurovision 2025 was full of glitter, costume reveals, divas, spectacle and, of course, controversy. From ongoing calls to ban Israel from participating, to one song that had to be edited since it was too inappropriate, here’s what ... <a title="Politics, protest and some seriously inappropriate songs: who gets censored at Eurovision, and who doesn’t?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/19/politics-protest-and-some-seriously-inappropriate-songs-who-gets-censored-at-eurovision-and-who-doesnt-256447/" aria-label="Read more about Politics, protest and some seriously inappropriate songs: who gets censored at Eurovision, and who doesn’t?">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Madalyn Scerri, Senior Lecturer in Tourism and Hospitality, Torrens University Australia Viacheslav Lopatin/Shutterstock Traveldream.com.au sold discounted holidays – curated hiking tours, boutique cruises and cultural getaways through a slick website and polished social media ads. But news emerged last week that the Melbourne-based travel company has collapsed ... <a title="An online travel company just collapsed. Here’s how to avoid being left stranded by an online deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/19/an-online-travel-company-just-collapsed-heres-how-to-avoid-being-left-stranded-by-an-online-deal-256878/" aria-label="Read more about An online travel company just collapsed. Here’s how to avoid being left stranded by an online deal">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joel Garrett, Lecturer in Exercise Science and Physiology, Griffith University Paolo Bona/Shutterstock Many children across Australia have begun to play their favourite contact sports like rugby league, rugby union and Australian rules football. Many will be just starting out during their early years of primary school. Yet ... <a title="Why it’s time to delay tackling in junior sports until the age of 12" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/19/why-its-time-to-delay-tackling-in-junior-sports-until-the-age-of-12-256466/" aria-label="Read more about Why it’s time to delay tackling in junior sports until the age of 12">Read more</a>
