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Strengthening Taiwan-Palau Friendship
Island Times
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July 4, 2025
The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), under the auspices of the Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan), is proud to present the Taiwan-Palau Trade and Cultural Show, held from July 11 to 13, 2025, at the Surangel & Son’s Super...
A glimpse into the 2025 Pacific Mini Games - voices of athletes in Palau
RNZ
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July 3, 2025
2025 Palau Mini Games enters its fifth day of competition on Friday. Photo: Facebook / Palau 2025 Pacific Mini Games The 2025 Pacific Mini Games has been a colourful affair so far, bringing together 23 Pacific nations to compete in a variety of...
Regional Pacific Workshop Strengthens Link Between Agriculture and Tourism
Hospitality Net
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July 3, 2025
UN Tourism, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO), concluded a successful three-day Regional Workshop on Sustainable Gastronomy...
Myanmar Military News Updates – Jul 31, 2025 Morning
MoeMaKa
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July 31, 2025
Myanmar Military News Updates – Jul 31, 2025 Morning 🚩🚩 1. MNDAA: Airstrike that killed 7 civilians in Kutkai seriously harms hard-earned peace agreement The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) stated that the airstrike carried out...
Who’s Making The World A Better Place? B&T’s Best Of The Best Social Changemakers!
B&T
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July 30, 2025
If you’re like B&T and you’re inspired by the way media contributes to making positive changes in the world beyond the industry, you’ll know just how important it is to recognise those at the forefront of these causes. Leading this contribution...
The U.S. military is investing in this Pacific island. So is China.
The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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By Michael E. Miller,Lyric Li and An Rong Xu Washington Post KOROR, Palau - The U.S. military will next year upgrade Palau’s main harbor, usually frequented by dive boats full of tourists heading to emerald lagoons, so that American warships can...
Sant Jordi Club, Barcelona
The Architects’ Journal
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July 28, 2025
The winning team will transform the ‘Sant Jordi Club’ events space connected to the indoor sports arena – designed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki for the 1992 Summer Olympics – into a new flexible and multifunctional concert hall capable of...
U.S. Launches Largest Sanction Package Targeting Iranian Trade Since 2018
The Maritime Executive
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More than 50 individuals and entities, as well as 50 ships ranging from tankers to containerships, are being designated in the largest U.S. sanction package targeting Iranian assets since 2018. The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Office of...
Navy officials' outrage over run-down barracks prompts housing facelift at Air Force base on Guam
The Pacific Island Times
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July 29, 2025
The exterior of the Palau dorm hall reflects the troops' deplorable housing conditions at Andersen Air Force Base. Photo courtesy of Project on Government Oversight Andersen Air Force Base has awarded a $36.8 million contract to the...
Air Force awards dorm repairs after Navy secretary visit
Marianas Business Journal
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Sea Pac Engineering Inc. of Los Angeles, Calif., was awarded a $36.88 million firm-fixed-price contract for troop housing construction, according to a July 29 release CHamoru Standard Time. The contract provides for design and full repair of the...
Pacific news in brief for 29 July
RNZ
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July 28, 2025
The US provides Palau with financial support in exchange for US military access to its territory. Photo: ABC/Supplied Palau - refugees A proposal from the United States to temporarily host asylum seekers in Palau has been met with resistance in...
BlackLine Studio360: The Platform for Future-Readiness
CFO Dive
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Yap defense projects form US power projection in Micronesia
The Pacific Island Times
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July 29, 2025
Yap International Airport/Photo courtesy of YIA The U.S. Department of Defense has released details of its proposed airport and seaport projects on Yap, which would facilitate military deployment and project power posture in the Federated States...
The value in crisis
SuperyachtNews
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July 28, 2025
Captain Brendan O’Shannassy doesn’t deal in vague ideas. After decades at sea running some of the fleet’s most iconic yachts, he’s had time (and reasons) to question how the industry actually works and how much of it still doesn’t. Now based in...
Tsunami warnings Issued for California, Hawaii following powerful quake
Israel Hayom
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July 30, 2025
A magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck late Tuesday night off the coast of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering a wave of tsunami warnings across the Pacific Ocean, including for the coasts of Japan, Hawaii, Alaska, California, Oregon, and...
Pacific Islands military veterans hope for US action over benefits
Asia Pacific Report
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July 28, 2025
By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal/RNZ Pacific correspondent United States military veterans in the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia and Palau received increased attention during the Biden Administration after years...
Yap defence projects form U.S power projection in Micronesia
Pacific News Service
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The U.S Department of Defence has released details of its proposed airport and seaport projects on Yap, which would facilitate military deployment and project power posture in the Federated States of Micronesia. While the defence plan does not...
PHOTOS: From F-22s to CV-22s, the Aircraft of REFORPAC
Air & Space Forces Magazine
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July 25, 2025
Thousands of Airmen have poured into the Indo-Pacific region over the past few weeks for Resolute Force Pacific 2025, the Air Force’s largest-ever contingency-response exercise in the region. running July 10-Aug. 8. REFORPAC, as the service calls...
A Terrorist Tidal Wave of Dirty Tricks Struck Oceania 40 Years Ago
CovertAction Magazine
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July 25, 2025
Four decades ago, in the middle of political turmoil fanned by the U.S., Palau President Haruo Remeliik (far right), leader of the world’s first nuclear-free nation, was assassinated. [Source: earthisland.org] From Tahiti to New Zealand to New...
Governments leave International Seabed Authority negotiations without promised ocean action
Sierra Leone Telegraph
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July 26, 2025
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 July 2025: Weeks after governments promised bold action to protect the ocean at the UN Ocean Conference in Nice (June 2025), the International Seabed Authority (ISA) Council and Assembly meetings have concluded with no...