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September 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna-Sophie Jürgens, Senior Lecturer in Science Communication (Pop Culture Studies), Australian National University Where do clowns come from? In popular culture, they may come from alien worlds, such as Killer Klowns from Outer Space, peer out from drains like Pennywise from Stephen King’s It, or emerge from ... <a title="What is a trained clown and what does the training look like?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/16/what-is-a-trained-clown-and-what-does-the-training-look-like-237123/" aria-label="Read more about What is a trained clown and what does the training look like?">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2024
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Women, girls, the elderly, and young boys have rushed to pack any vehicle they could as they escaped heavy tribal fighting that has erupted in Papua New Guinea’s Porgera Valley. The sound of gunfire erupts in the peaceful valley, shouts of war follow the gunfire, and amid the chaos, ... <a title="20 dead – PNG women, girls flee tribal fighting in Porgera mine valley" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/16/20-dead-png-women-girls-flee-tribal-fighting-in-porgera-mine-valley/" aria-label="Read more about 20 dead – PNG women, girls flee tribal fighting in Porgera mine valley">Read more</a>
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September 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Blaxland, Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University Three years have passed since the United States, Australia and United Kingdom announced on September 15 2021 that they would enter into a security partnership called AUKUS. A major part of the deal involved the US ... <a title="Australia can’t afford an AUKUS about-face: 5 things the critics are getting wrong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/15/australia-cant-afford-an-aukus-about-face-5-things-the-critics-are-getting-wrong-238219/" aria-label="Read more about Australia can’t afford an AUKUS about-face: 5 things the critics are getting wrong">Read more</a>
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September 15, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Laurens Ikinia in Jakarta Pope Francis has completed his historic first visit to Southeast Asian and Pacific nations. The papal apostolic visit covered Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore and Timor-Leste. This visit is furst to the region after he was elected as the leader of the Catholic Church based in Rome and also ... <a title="Pope Francis – a message of peace and real change in Pacific political struggles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/15/pope-francis-a-message-of-peace-and-real-change-in-pacific-political-struggles/" aria-label="Read more about Pope Francis – a message of peace and real change in Pacific political struggles">Read more</a>
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September 15, 2024
Pacific Media Watch A month before the anniversary of the death of photojournalist Issam Abdallah — killed by an Israeli strike while reporting in southern Lebanon — Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and 10 organisations have sent a letter to the UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and Israel. The ... <a title="RSF calls on UN to investigate Israeli attack killing photojournalist Issam Abdallah" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/15/rsf-calls-on-un-to-investigate-israeli-attack-killing-photojournalist-issam-abdallah/" aria-label="Read more about RSF calls on UN to investigate Israeli attack killing photojournalist Issam Abdallah">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2024
SPECIAL REPORT: By Te Aniwaniwa Paterson of Te Ao Māori News West Papuan independence advocate Octo Mote is in Aotearoa New Zealand to win support for independence for West Papua, which has been ruled by Indonesia for more than 60 years. Mote is vice-president of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) and is ... <a title="West Papuan independence advocate seeks NZ support against ‘genocide, ecocide’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/13/west-papuan-independence-advocate-seeks-nz-support-against-genocide-ecocide/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan independence advocate seeks NZ support against ‘genocide, ecocide’">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew King, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne Australia is no stranger to extreme weather. From heatwaves and droughts to flooding rains, hailstorms or fire weather, our continent experiences it all. To help Australians prepare for these hazards, the Bureau of Meteorology regularly briefs ... <a title="Get set for more extreme weather across Australia this spring and summer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/13/get-set-for-more-extreme-weather-across-australia-this-spring-and-summer-238985/" aria-label="Read more about Get set for more extreme weather across Australia this spring and summer">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University As the US Presidential debate wrapped up on Wednesday, commentators and journalists regrouped and drew breath. But then, enter Taylor Swift. The pop superstar posted her endorsement of the Kamala Harris and Tim ... <a title="Are you ready for it? What a Taylor Swift endorsement means for Kamala Harris" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/13/are-you-ready-for-it-what-a-taylor-swift-endorsement-means-for-kamala-harris-238981/" aria-label="Read more about Are you ready for it? What a Taylor Swift endorsement means for Kamala Harris">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tracy Comans, Executive Director, National Ageing Research Institute; Professor, Centre for Health Services Research, The University of Queensland pikselstock/Shutterstock The Albanese government has this week announced it will introduce one of the largest reforms to Australia’s aged-care sector to date. The package includes a A$4.3 billion investment in ... <a title="What the government’s home care changes mean for ageing Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/13/what-the-governments-home-care-changes-mean-for-ageing-australians-238890/" aria-label="Read more about What the government’s home care changes mean for ageing Australians">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gail Iles, Associate Professor – Physics, RMIT University Two astronauts have carried out the first-ever commercial spacewalk, using new less-bulky spacesuits designed by SpaceX. Tech billionaire Jared Isaacman (who also funded the mission) and SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis together spent almost half an hour outside their spacecraft ... <a title="A billionaire and an engineer have completed the first private spacewalk. But this isn’t just a vanity project" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/13/a-billionaire-and-an-engineer-have-completed-the-first-private-spacewalk-but-this-isnt-just-a-vanity-project-238980/" aria-label="Read more about A billionaire and an engineer have completed the first private spacewalk. But this isn’t just a vanity project">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2024
By Harry Pearl Restrictions on journalists covering an upcoming summit of Commonwealth nations in Samoa are “ridiculous” and at odds with a government that purportedly values democracy, says the Pacific island country’s media association. The Samoa Observer newspaper in an editorial also condemned the government’s attempt to limit coverage of the Commonwealth Heads of Government ... <a title="Samoan journalists blast ‘ridiculous’ media restrictions at Commonwealth summit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/13/samoan-journalists-blast-ridiculous-media-restrictions-at-commonwealth-summit/" aria-label="Read more about Samoan journalists blast ‘ridiculous’ media restrictions at Commonwealth summit">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nusrat Homaira, Senior Lecturer, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Sydney Kwon Junho/Unsplash We may think of air pollution as an outdoor problem, made up of car exhaust and smog. But if the air inside our homes is polluted, this can also affect our health. In Australia, around ... <a title="Your gas stove might be making your asthma worse. Here’s what you can do about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/13/your-gas-stove-might-be-making-your-asthma-worse-heres-what-you-can-do-about-it-238787/" aria-label="Read more about Your gas stove might be making your asthma worse. Here’s what you can do about it">Read more</a>
