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Pacific Nations Cup 2025 finals set for Denver, Utah
ColoradoBiz
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June 18, 2025
DENVER — World Rugby, in partnership with USA Rugby and TEG Rugby Live, has announced the full schedule for the 2025 Pacific Nations Cup, marking the second edition of the revitalized international tournament. In Brief: Denver to host PNC 2025...
World Oceans Summit Ends with Deep-Sea Mining Clash, But Gaps Remain in Funding and Fossil Fuel Action
eNCA
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NICE, France — The largest-ever United Nations summit dedicated to the oceans concluded on Friday in the southern French city of Nice, with world leaders pledging a strong commitment to step up marine protection and prepare for contentious...
Judicial Symposium 2025 Opens in Honiara
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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June 18, 2025
HONIARA, 19 JUNE 2025 – Judicial Officers across the Pacific and international fisheries legal experts are gathering in Honiara over a three (3) days Symposium. This marks yet another significant regional event co-hosted by the Honourable Chief...
Chief Justice Palmer opens Judicial Symposium 2025
The Islandsun
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June 19, 2025
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU Chief Justice of Solomon Islands Sir Albert R. Palmer opened the Judicial Symposium 2025 at the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Conference Centre in Honiara yesterday. The three-day Judicial Symposium is being co-hosted by the...
Labasa market vendors gear up for growth
FBC News
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Source: Ministry of Trade, Co-operatives, SMEs and Communications / Facebook A three-day workshop aimed at strengthening business skills and enhancing market operations was completed by thirty-nine market vendors from Labasa Market. The training...
At UN conference, countries inch towards ocean protection goal
The Straits Times
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June 15, 2025
NICE, France – Remote coral atolls in the Caribbean. Habitat for threatened sharks and rays around a Tanzanian island in the Indian Ocean. And 900,000 sq km of the Pacific Ocean around French Polynesia. These are some of the stretches of water now...
Matariki celebrated with events across London
1News
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Matariki is being celebrated on the other side of the world to the Pacific, with educational and performance events taking place in London. Storytelling workshops are being held at the National Maritime Museum in the afternoon Friday (local time)...
America: The Great Experiment
St. Thomas Source
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June 19, 2025
America is not just a country, but a dynamic new frontier, a unique cultural, political, social, and psychological experiment. Unlike any other, this experiment redefines ancient land as a new nation. The United States operates with a distinctive...
Pacific media freedom:an update on rankings
The National
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Media freedom is a crucial element of a functioning democracy. In the Pacific Islands, media freedom levels differ. This post analyses is the latest media freedom rankings for Pacific nations and suggests two ways the re-elected Albanese...
The Pacific Islands: America’s Power Vacuum and China’s Offensive
The Diplomat
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June 17, 2025
The United States has traditionally provided significant assistance to Pacific island countries. Many of these countries and regions still use the U.S. dollar as their currency and, absent their own armed forces, rely on the U.S. military for...
BOB BIRD: A renewal of anti-war conservatives
Alaska Watchman
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June 18, 2025
American history has always been taught from a perspective that centralization and an increase of government power is good. Thus, the maligned Articles of Confederation have long been tossed into the dustbin as short-sighted, inefficient and...
The Pacific Islands: America’s Power Vacuum and China’s Offensive
The Diplomat
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June 17, 2025
The United States has traditionally provided significant assistance to Pacific island countries. Many of these countries and regions still use the U.S. dollar as their currency and, absent their own armed forces, rely on the U.S. military for...
In Quran burning conviction, UK judge uses violence against defendant as evidence of his guilt
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE)
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Last year, FIRE launched the Free Speech Dispatch, a regular series covering new and continuing censorship trends and challenges around the world. Our goal is to help readers better understand the global context of free expression. Want to make...
Schoeman: I wanted to be a Bok, now I stroke Highland cows and make whisky
The Times
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Pierre Schoeman is not hiding his history. How could he, really, when he speaks with such a thick Afrikaans accent that when he talks about touring Scottish lochs with his wife it sounds as if he has just sneezed.Born in Mbombela, a town near...
Trailblazing Women in Media Fiji Conference kicks off, Championing gender equality and leadership in Pacific Journalism
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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June 17, 2025
SUVA, 17 JUNE 2025 (WOMEN IN MEDIA FIJI/FBC NEWS/FIJI TIMES): The inaugural Women in Media Fiji Conference has officially commenced at the Grand Pacific Hotel in Suva. This landmark event brings together female media professionals from across the...
Media must protect its women
FBC News
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June 16, 2025
Women in media need stronger protections against online abuse, stolen content and digital threats. This, according to Minister for Women, Children and Social Protection Sashi Kiran. Speaking at the opening of the inaugural Women in Media...
Australia overtakes China in the Pacific as America vacates the lane
The Interpreter
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June 17, 2025
Something interesting is happening in how Australians think about their own country’s influence in the Pacific. According to the Lowy Institute’s 2025 poll, 39 per cent of Australians now see Australia as the most influential power in the Pacific...
Overwatch 2 Season 17 Adds Map Voting and Rounds Out Stadium's Roster
CNET
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The next season of Overwatch 2 is pretty packed with content compared to other odd-numbered seasons, and developer Blizzard is going all-out with its investments into Stadium mode and player choice for the game. Season 17 is chock full of charming...
Queen Camillia
The Times of India
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The joy of the Trooping the Colours is just about to settle down. And there might be a rather grayish palette inside the British Royal Family now. Queen Camilla, reportedly, has been facing some health issues, and lately – those issues have only...
Where are the youth leaders?
Samoa Observer
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As much as the current batch of election hopefuls claim to be in touch with the younger generation, they could not be further away from the truth. This is shown in the lack of younger candidates. None of the political parties contesting the...