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WATER SPORTS KICKS THINGS OFF IN DAY 1
GSPN
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June 30, 2025
By Charlotte Oh KOROR, Palau – Guam’s swimming and va’a teams kicked off the 2025 Pacific Mini Games to an exciting start in Palau. Wearing Guam’s flag with honor, these athletes competed with focus and strength while also making memories that...
Ani-One Asia Streams
Anime News Network
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Image via Dr. Stone anime's X/Twitter account©米スタジオ・Boichi／集英社・Dr.STONE製作委員会Ani-One Asia announced on Thursday and Friday that it will stream the Dr. Stone: Science Future (second part), Hotel Inhumans, With You and the Rain, Onmyō Kaiten...
Marijuana Vs Hemp Debate - A Billion Kina Question or a Pandora's Box?
Lekmak
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June 16, 2025
It’s a plant that can build your house, fuel your body, and clothe you. It’s also a plant that looks almost exactly like its notorious cousin, marijuana. This is the heart of a complex puzzle facing Papua New Guinea right now: what to do about...
What Was Achieved at the UN Ocean Conference in France?
Earth.Org
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June 16, 2025
From pledges to establish Marine Protected Areas to calls for a Global Plastic Treaty and to end deep-sea mining, Earth.Org recaps the key achievements at last week’s UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3) in Nice, France. — Some 15,000 people, including...
Education Ministry receives an increase in budget allocation
Islands Business
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June 30, 2025
“We want to resolve this now, and that is why I am committed to dialogue.” That’s Emmanuel Tjibaou, president of the independence party Union Calédonienne (UC) and one of New Caledonia’s deputies in the French National Assembly. On Wednesday this...
Be vigilant against regulation creep, Women in Media urged
Fiji Sun
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June 18, 2025
Ms Doviverata told women that while the media community had celebrated the repeal of draconian media laws in Fiji three years ago, the industry must not become complacent. Women in Media Fiji lead and co-founder Rosi Doviverata. We must continue...
‘It’s not Chinese assistance’: Australia accuses China of taking undue credit for aid projects in the Pacific
The Guardian
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June 29, 2025
China is bolstering its geo-political influence in the Pacific by “branding” Asian Development Bank projects – funded in significant part by Australian taxpayer dollars – as Chinese projects, the Australian government says. On the island of...
Ocean Summit, Chaired By Costa Rica And France, Ends With Agreements But Without Clear Funding
MENAFN
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June 17, 2025
(MENAFN- Costa Rica News) The UN ocean summit concludes Friday in Nice with progress toward better protecting the high seas, but without clear promises of funding. After bringing together some 60 world leaders, the meeting also closes with tougher...
Samoa to participate in Inaugural PacificAus Sports Cricket Invitational
Samoa Global News
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June 16, 2025
Samoa’s national women’s cricket team are travelling to Port Moresby to compete in the Inaugural PacificAus Sports Cricket Invitational. The team will be battling against an Australian Indigenous team and teams from Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu...
Israel-Iran conflict intensifies; Trump ponders more travel bans
NBR
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June 16, 2025
Good morning and welcome to your Monday summary of the key international events from over the weekend. First, the conflict in the Middle East intensified after Iran launched a new wave of missiles at Israel, targeting fighter jet fuel production...
Samoa Competing in Inaugural PacificAus Sports Cricket Invitational
Talamua
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June 15, 2025
Apia, Samoa – 16 June 2025 – Samoa’s National Women’s Cricket team is competing in the Inaugural PacificAus Sports Cricket Invitational that started in Papua New Guinea in the weekend. The team is battling against an Australian Indigenous team,...
Cassy’s teary farewell to passengers went viral. Now her airline is back in the game
The Sydney Morning Herald
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June 27, 2025
Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size It was a memorable moment at the start of the pandemic. In late March 2020, Cassy Appleton,...
Our voyage to Statehood, 60 years on: understanding the nature and practice of free-association as we reflect on our development journey
Cook Island News
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June 28, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Brown. SUPPLIED. This year, the Cook Islands marks 60 years of self-governance, an historic milestone in our voyage to statehood, by Mark Brown, Prime Minister of the Cook Islands. In 1965, our people chose to shape our own...
The Fight for Climate Justice at the World Court
Rolling Stone
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June 27, 2025
There is no English equivalent for the word the women of Yakel use to describe the shame they feel when they are unable to carry out their customary duties. It is not exactly embarrassment. It is not simply sorrow. It is something deeper — a...
Conference Counsel: Temples, missionaries, education part of hastening
Daily Herald - Utah
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Photo supplied, Intellectual Reserve Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles provides words of inspiration during the Saturday morning session of general conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on April 5, 2025....
Pacific Islands News Roundup – June 20 – June 26, 2025
Pacific Islands Report
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June 28, 2025
Editor’s Note: We are undergoing a web host migration process and may need to make necessary modifications to our format and frequency over the next several weeks. Thank you in advance for your understanding. Political Leadership and Regionalism,...
Supporting locally-led climate action through Nature-based Solutions in the Pacific
Pacific Community (SPC)
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An SPC-led assessment finds that scaling Nature-based Solutions in the Pacific requires stronger local capacity, funding access, and community-driven action for lasting climate resilience. Across the Pacific Islands, climate change is no longer a...
Reframing the French Indo-Pacific: French Polynesia, a Model of Shared Sovereignty?
The Diplomat
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June 27, 2025
As Emmanuel Macron wrapped up his visits to Vietnam, Indonesia, and Singapore – where he delivered the keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue at the end of May – the French president reaffirmed the Indo-Pacific’s strategic importance for both...
Saudi prince abandons Panathinaikos football club buyout
The National News
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Saudi Prince Faisal bin Abdulaziz Nasser bin Abdulaziz Al Saud announced Saturday that he is abandoning plans to buyout financially-troubled Panathinaikos. The prince said he made the move after the Athens team's shareholders rejected "a very...
'We have done our best': Palau ready to host the 2025 Pacific Mini Games
RNZ
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June 27, 2025
Twenty-four countries are going to be represented at the event, where athletes will compete in 12 sports. Photo: Facebook / Pacific Mini Games Palau 2025 There is a buzz in the air as athletes and team officials have started arriving in Koror,...