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January 28, 2019
Bombs minutes apart tore through a Roman Catholic cathedral in Jolo, Sulu, in the southern Philippines region of Mindanao at the weekend. Video: Philippine Daily Inquirer By Rambo Talabong and Mara Cepeda in Jolo, Philippines At least 20 people were killed as two explosions rocked the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Jolo, ... <a title="At least 20 killed as two bomb blasts hit Jolo Cathedral in Philippines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/28/at-least-20-killed-as-two-bomb-blasts-hit-jolo-cathedral-in-philippines/" aria-label="Read more about At least 20 killed as two bomb blasts hit Jolo Cathedral in Philippines">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2019
Benny Wenda and the West Papua petition … “Today is a proud moment to represent your voices.” Image: Benny Wenda FB By Benny Wenda, chairman of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua As chairman of The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), I have presented the West Papuan People’s Petition for self-determination to ... <a title="Benny Wenda: West Papuan people’s ballot petition handed over to UN" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/28/benny-wenda-west-papuan-peoples-ballot-petition-handed-over-to-un/" aria-label="Read more about Benny Wenda: West Papuan people’s ballot petition handed over to UN">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marianna Sigala, Professor of Tourism – Director of the Centre for Tourism & Leisure Management, University of South Australia The scope and scale of the so-called “sharing economy” has increased exponentially over the past decade, to the point where it affects almost every aspect of our lives. ... <a title="The ‘sharing economy’ simply dresses up our consumerist tendencies in a more palatable ideology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/28/the-sharing-economy-simply-dresses-up-our-consumerist-tendencies-in-a-more-palatable-ideology-99090/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘sharing economy’ simply dresses up our consumerist tendencies in a more palatable ideology">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Hansen, Chief of Staff, The Conversation Pregnancy can be a magical time, but also a stressful one. With so many things you can and can’t do, it can get confusing. Guidelines recommend women without complicated pregnancies should be maintaining fitness. But how? Many women love the ... <a title="We asked five experts: is it safe to run while pregnant?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/28/we-asked-five-experts-is-it-safe-to-run-while-pregnant-104489/" aria-label="Read more about We asked five experts: is it safe to run while pregnant?">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Sonnemann, Fellow, Grattan Institute Australia needs to lift the status of teachers to attract the best and brightest to teaching. The world’s top-performing school systems make it a national priority to attract the strongest candidates. Improving teacher selection improves student results. Australia’s brightest students are increasingly ... <a title="Lift teacher status to improve student performance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/28/lift-teacher-status-to-improve-student-performance-110095/" aria-label="Read more about Lift teacher status to improve student performance">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heather Shearer, Research Fellow, Cities Research Institute, Griffith University Mention “tiny house” in any social gathering and people almost always say, “Oh I love tiny houses.” The enthusiasm for tiny houses isn’t matched, however, by the take-up of tiny house living. Very few people actually live in ... <a title="Life in a tiny house: what’s it like and how can it be made better?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/28/life-in-a-tiny-house-whats-it-like-and-how-can-it-be-made-better-110495/" aria-label="Read more about Life in a tiny house: what’s it like and how can it be made better?">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Broomhall, Professor of History, University of Western Australia In 1635, María, a slave woman from the Indian sub-continent living in the Spanish-controlled Philippine Islands, enters the historical record. We know that women as well as men were involved in forced movements like María’s around the region ... <a title="Hidden women of history: María, a slave in Manila who resisted sexual exploitation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/28/hidden-women-of-history-maria-a-slave-in-manila-who-resisted-sexual-exploitation-110182/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: María, a slave in Manila who resisted sexual exploitation">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University The arrest of an Australian-Chinese citizen in China for unspecified reasons is the last thing Australia needs at a sensitive moment in the reset of a relationship that has chilled over the past two years. But whether ... <a title="Australian-Chinese author’s detention raises important questions about China’s motivations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/25/australian-chinese-authors-detention-raises-important-questions-about-chinas-motivations-110433/" aria-label="Read more about Australian-Chinese author’s detention raises important questions about China’s motivations">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Joyce, PhD candidate, James Cook University Sign up to Beating Around the Bush, a series that profiles native plants: part gardening column, part dispatches from country, entirely Australian. It’s a pale rebel with a mysterious past, who doesn’t play by the family rules. You might not ... <a title="Geosiris is an early contender for Sexiest Plant of 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/25/geosiris-is-an-early-contender-for-sexiest-plant-of-2019-109889/" aria-label="Read more about Geosiris is an early contender for Sexiest Plant of 2019">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caroline Wake, Senior Lecturer in Theatre and Performance, UNSW Review: Beware of Pity, Sydney Festival 2019 Performances in the Roslyn Packer Theatre typically begin when the house lights go down, the stage lights come up, and the audience falls silent. In Beware of Pity, the house lights ... <a title="Beware of Pity is beautiful to watch, but clashes with modern sensibilities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/25/beware-of-pity-is-beautiful-to-watch-but-clashes-with-modern-sensibilities-110440/" aria-label="Read more about Beware of Pity is beautiful to watch, but clashes with modern sensibilities">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Deep Saini speaks with Michelle Grattan about the week in Australian politics. They discuss Scott Morrison’s decision to install former Labor president Warren Mundine as the candidate for the ultra-marginal NSW seat of Gilmore, ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Morrison’s first political plays of 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/25/video-michelle-grattan-on-morrisons-first-political-plays-of-2019-110500/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Morrison’s first political plays of 2019">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2019
Flooding of ricefields and villager homes beside the causeway between Vinzons and Labo in Camarines Norte, Bicol region, during Typhoon Usman on 29 December 2018. Video: Café Pacific By David Robie It was nerve wracking, and at times really scary. The wind howled and bowled over grown trees, the rain fell in a continuous deluge, ... <a title="Typhoon Usman and nightmarish Christmas holiday times in Bicol" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/25/typhoon-usman-and-nightmarish-christmas-holiday-times-in-bicol/" aria-label="Read more about Typhoon Usman and nightmarish Christmas holiday times in Bicol">Read more</a>
