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Team Samoa’s remarkable journey In Budapest — Saturday 14 December
Samoa News
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December 17, 2024
Budapest, HUNGARY — It was the full team out in force for Samoa’s final day of races at the World Aquatic Swimming Championship in Budapest. With huge spirit shining through the team, they concluded their time in the event on a high. The day...
New Zealand Launches Critical Salvage Operation for Sunken Navy Vessel in Samoa
gCaptain
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December 17, 2024
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has initiated a complex salvage operation to recover fuel and pollutants from the HMNZS Manawanui, which sank off Samoa’s coast in October. Commodore Andrew Brown, NZDF’s Senior National Representative for...
ICJ Set to Decide Whether Fueling Climate Change Violates International Law
Truthout
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December 16, 2024
Part of the Series The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has just completed hearings on the climate crisis in a case that could have critical consequences for the survival of future generations. From December 2-13, more than 100 states and...
Major corporations under fire for turning blind eye to horrifying worker exploitation: 'We will report about all your lies and wrongdoing'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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July 10, 2025
A 2024 report found that women in the Indian state of Maharashtra were being pressured into getting hysterectomies so they didn't have to miss work cutting sugar cane. The report by The New York Times and The Fuller Project also discovered that...
Inspiring togetherness: Team Samoa’s remarkable journey in Budapest
Samoa News
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December 16, 2024
Budapest, HUNGARY — It was the full team out in force for Samoa’s final day of races, Saturday, December 14, 2024 at the World Aquatic Swimming Championship in Budapest. With huge spirit shining through the team, they concluded their time in the...
How This Indigenous Attorney Fights For Climate Justice
Honolulu Civil Beat - Hawaii
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December 19, 2024
Growing up on Guam, Julian Aguon saw the law used against Indigenous peoples. Now he’s fighting back in the world’s highest court. This story by Anita Hofschneider was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s Weekly newsletter here....
Gov. Green lays out his priorities in current political climate
Hawaii Public Radio
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December 20, 2024
A federal government shutdown looms as Congress goes down to the wire on a Friday night deadline to deal with the budget. Closer to home, Gov. Josh Green this week released his proposed spending plan as the legislative session opens next month....
The Samoa Agreement: Focus on the Caribbean Economic Development and EU Partnership
American University - Washington D.C.
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Introduction The Samoa Agreement was signed on November 15, 2023 and serves as the framework for European Union (EU) relations with the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific (OACPS) states. The OACPS, with 79 member states, is the largest...
Samoa Youth Dialogue Building a Pathway for Future Generations
Talamua
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September 2, 2024
Apia, Samoa – 02 September 2024 – The Samoa Youth Dialogue, a vital component of the global Summit of the Future, brought together young leaders, policymakers, and stakeholders to discuss pressing issues affecting Samoan youth and their future....
Pacific news in brief for 11 July
RNZ
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July 10, 2025
The prestigious titles of Turaga Tui Nayau, Sau Ni Vanua Ko Lau and Tui Lau are being be bestowed upon Ratu Tevita this week. Photo: Facebook / Ministry of itaukei Affairs Fiji - donation China's Ambassador to Fiji Zhou Jian has handed over a...
Lae factory will deliver clean water to PNG households -Rotomold
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 7, 2025
The man behind one of the South Pacific’s biggest tank manufacturers says a new factory in Lae will help ease long-running water shortages across Papua New Guinea. Prakash Chand, the Managing Director and Chairman of Rotomould Group, officially...
Samoa Prime Minister calls for a re-think in aid to the region post Covid
Pacific News Service
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Covid is an opportunity to put things right in the aid system, Samoa’s Prime Minister, Fiame Naomi Mataafa told the New Zealand Council for International Development’s annual conference Tuesday. PM Mata’afa and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark...
Pacific Island Countries Showcase Environmental Progress at EIANZ 2024 Conference in Sydney
Samoa Global News
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December 12, 2024
A Pacific delegation comprising of representatives from Fiji, Samoa, Tuvalu and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) attended the Environment Institute for Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ) 2024 annual conference...
This Indigenous attorney is fighting for climate justice in the world’s highest court
Grist Magazine
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December 16, 2024
Julian Aguon wore a dark blue suit and garland made of white coconut fronds, brown hibiscus tree bark, and brown cowry shells. Under the arched ceilings and chandeliers of the Peace Palace in The Hague, he stepped to the podium to make his case to...
Exciting Updates from the SPTO Division of Sustainable Tourism – November 2024 Issue
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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December 11, 2024
Bonjour from the SPTO Division of Sustainable Tourism! November was a vibrant month for the Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO), marked by milestone events and groundbreaking initiatives driving sustainable tourism development across the region....
Asian Development Bank and Samoa sign landmark agreement for solar power projects
Samoa News
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December 11, 2024
Manila, PHILIPPINES — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a transaction advisory services agreement with Samoa’s Electric Power Corporation (EPC) to support the development of a solar photovoltaic and battery energy storage systems with...
Samoa envoy praises China's role in clean energy transition
China Daily Global
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Luamanuvae Albert Mariner China has much to offer Samoa and other small island countries in the transition to clean energy and infrastructure, said Samoa's ambassador to China. "China's leadership in clean energy development and potential...
The slippery challenge of defining climate adaptation
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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November 28, 2024
Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Grist. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The essence of the Paris climate agreement was distilled into a single number. The almost 200 countries that signed the pact in...
Pacific leaders join forces ahead of landmark climate summit
Pacific News Service
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Pacific leaders Thursday (08 July) met COP26 President Alok Sharma to set out their priorities for the major climate change summit in November. Underscoring what is at stake for the Pacific, leaders and Ministers from 11 countries across the...
Experts warn Samoa agreement, surrogacy, pandemic treaty could harm Nigeria, Africa
The Sun Nigeria
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December 10, 2024
A coalition of legal and child rights organisations has expressed concerns over the potential negative impacts of several international agreements on Nigeria and the African continent. The experts argued that treaties, including the Samoa...