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Pacific, the moral voice in global plastic negotiations
Pacific News Service
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As custodians of the world’s largest Ocean, the Pacific like in the climate change negotiations have the moral authority to speak out and lead international negotiations on plastic waste. The Pacific is disproportionately affected by global...
Russia’s Arctic LNG ambitions remain largely frozen
Lloyd's List
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July 17, 2025
A SECOND sanctioned liquefied natural gas tanker calling at Russia’s flagship Arctic LNG 2 project in less than a month has raised speculation that Novatek, Russia’s largest independent gas producer, may be trying to resume loadings at the...
Valencia offers the perfect mix for a city break to remember
Irish Mirror
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July 22, 2025
If the Big Apple is the city that never sleeps, then the Big Orange - Valencia - is the city that’s ever-sleek. Spain’s third-largest city has proved itself a master of reinvention over the years, yet for all its modern touches it still retains...
Rejection of Church Constructions in Indonesia: A Violation of Worship Rights
Tempo.co
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July 8, 2025
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The residents of Neighborhood Unit (RT) 2 and RT 5, Community Unit (RW) 03, in Kalibaru Subdistrict, opposed the construction of a church on Palautan Eres Street, Cilodong Subdistrict, Depok, Indonesia, on Saturday, July 5,...
Hands-on livestock training held at Kumoi Farms
Marianas Variety
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THE CNMI Department of Lands and Natural Resources, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, and Australia’s Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry or ADAFF are training residents of Guam, Palau, and the CNMI in animal husbandry and...
Reframing conservation as livelihood
Cook Island News
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July 21, 2025
Louisa Castledine, the owner of Ocean Toa Cook Islands, at the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, France. SUPPLIED/25071832 A new movement has been established to promote bold initiative that combines indigenous knowledge with scientific practices to...
OPINION Tydingco: Micronesia must become a global destination to revitalize tourism
Pacific Daily News
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The COVID-19 pandemic delivered a devastating blow to the tourism industry in Micronesia, decimating visitor arrivals and crippling economies that rely heavily on this sector. Now, as the global travel industry regains momentum, Micronesia must...
Bowen: Pacific voices must shape future approaches to climate change
The Mandarin
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July 8, 2025
Chris Bowen will travel to the four Pacific Island nations this week in a bid to deepen Australia’s climate and energy partnerships. Australian Energy Minister Chris Bowen. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen is...
Pacific visit to advance regional climate action and COP31 bid
Island Times
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July 8, 2025
7 July 2025– The Albanese Government is continuing to lead on action to tackle climate change at home and across our region with Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen visiting four Pacific Island nations this week to deepen climate...
Guam’s Jordan Baden wins gold, shatters women’s 5K record at Mini Games
The Guam Daily Post
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With only three days remaining in the 12th Pacific Mini Games in Koror, Palau, Guam's mighty contingent earned five medals in athletics, baseball and judo. Two days ago, Guam's Jordan Baden won her first-ever medal while representing her island...
Atkins Kroll Saipan drives community impact as hole-in-one sponsor for 23rd HANMI Charity Classic
Marianas Variety
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Atkins Kroll Saipan is a hole-in-one sponsor of this year’s HANMI Charity Golf Tournament set for July 26 at LaoLao Bay Golf Resort. Contributed photo ATKINS Kroll Inc., an Inchcape company proudly announces its sponsorship of the 23rd HANMI...
FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League - Oceania Conference 2, Stop 5: The Solomon Islands Prevent a Second Tonga Double
FIBA Basketball
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KOROR (Palau) - The competition was fierce at Stop 5 of the FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League – Oceania, Conference 2, with almost every match-up proving to be a close contest. The Tongan teams came out strong once again at stop five, looking to...
Pacific region sets out climate targets at UN Bonn dialogue
Pacific Community (SPC)
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At the UN climate talks in Bonn, Pacific nations called for urgent and fairer climate finance to deliver NDC3.0, warning that delays are costing lives and stalling action. Pacific Island countries are calling for faster and fairer access to...
Lance Cpl. Flores Promotes During Koa Moana 2025
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 7, 2025
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jaden Flores, a landing support specialist and Nebraska native with Combat Logistics Battalion 15, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, promotes to his current rank during Koa Moana 25 in Palau,...
FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League - Oceania Conference 1, Stop 4: Fiji Flex Their Muscle
FIBA Basketball
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KOROR (Palau) - Fiji dominated the competition at Stop 4 of the FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League – Oceania, Conference 1. Both the women’s and the men’s competition saw heightened levels of energy and physicality out of the break, which played to the...
Climate Change Minister Embarks on Pacific Tour to Boost COP31 Bid
The Epoch Times
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July 7, 2025
Australian Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen looks on during a federal cabinet meeting in Perth, Australia, on June 3, 2025. Matt Jelonek/Getty Images Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen is set to tour four Pacific...
Pacific hope rises as ICJ Advisory Opinion on climate change nears
Islands Business
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July 19, 2025
Mixed results at UNOC3 In Nice, France, 170 countries adopted the “Our Ocean, Our Future” declaration and the Nice Action Plan. They pledged voluntary commitments without clear enforcement or accountability guidelines. One major area of progress...
Edging Toward Japan: Expressing Solidarity with the 'Expo Lady'
The Mainichi
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"Expo lady" Tomiyo Yamada, right, receives a stamp from the Dutch pavilion at the World Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, after visiting all pavilions at the event, in Osaka's Konohana Ward on May 28, 2025. (Mainichi/Makiko Nagao) By Damian Flanagan It was...
Off the beaten path: A date that will live in infamy
The Newnan Times-Herald - Georgia
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Hawaii, the 50th state, is located far from any of the seven continents. The “Aloha State” is the southernmost of the U.S. states. Hawaii consists of a series of islands that form a volcanic archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean. These islands...
Barcelona’s best hotels for a brilliantly affordable city break
The Times
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Just like its rangy restaurant scene, Barcelona’s hotel offering is brilliant for anyone on a budget. For while, naturally, this stylish Spanish city is home to a plethora of plush pads, it also boasts an unusually — for a major European centre —...