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Latin America’s Top Human Rights Court Sets ‘Blueprint for Action’ on Climate Crisis

Latin America’s Top Human Rights Court Sets ‘Blueprint for Action’ on Climate Crisis

BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) —In a landmark advisory opinion Thursday, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights linked governments’ human rights obligations to their responsibility to address the threat of climate change—a move expected to shape policy...

Top Latin American court upholds right to “healthy climate”, urges fossil fuel control

Top Latin American court upholds right to “healthy climate”, urges fossil fuel control

Latin America’s top court of human rights has decided for the first time that people have the right to a “healthy climate” without “dangerous” human interference, and has urged states to regulate fossil fuel extraction and exploration, in a...

Business class on this plane is so bad, even the crew hates it

Business class on this plane is so bad, even the crew hates it

Low rent I can empathise with your reader who felt deceived by Europcar at London Heathrow (Traveller Letters, June 21), as the same disreputable action happened to us on a trip to the UK. The friendly check-in person offered us a free upgrade...

Weekly global protein digest: More countries lift HPAI-related trade restrictions on Brazilian poultry

Weekly global protein digest: More countries lift HPAI-related trade restrictions on Brazilian poultry

Livestock analyst Jim Wyckoff reports on global protein news Cattle industry trade conjecture: Mexico border may open up for cattle crossings sometime between now and July 11 Not all ports but maybe a couple. (t would make sense to stairstep on...

PNG SECURES LANDMARK GREEN CLIMATE FUND GRANT

PNG SECURES LANDMARK GREEN CLIMATE FUND GRANT

Prime Minister (PM) James Marape has welcomed the approval of a ground-breaking US$63.4 million (PGK K261.80 million) grant by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) for Papua New Guinea, the country’s first-ever single-nation GCF project. This marks a...

Sydney trio charged over multi-million-dollar luxury goods con

Sydney trio charged over multi-million-dollar luxury goods con

Lamborghinis, Rolexes and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash have been seized from a Western Sydney group police allege netted $10 million by selling fake designer items. Three men are expected to face court after sweeping raids on Wednesday...

NSW government's plan to fast-track rental supply in high-growth areas

NSW government's plan to fast-track rental supply in high-growth areas

New measures aimed at increasing the supply of rental homes in NSW and fast-tracking infrastructure in the outer suburbs have been unveiled by the state government. Under the proposed changes, private developers would be allowed to build public...

Marie Kaipu shines as PNG defeat Sāmoa in OFC Women's Nations Cup opener in Fiji

Marie Kaipu shines as PNG defeat Sāmoa in OFC Women's Nations Cup opener in Fiji

The Oceania Football Confederation's (OFC) Women’s Nations Cup 2025 is underway in Fiji, and the champions from 2022 - Papua New Guinea - got off to a great start against Sāmoa, thanks to two goals from their legend Marie Kaipu. The match, played...

Opposite of a 'dark, dungeon mortuary': Inside the work of an embalmer

Opposite of a 'dark, dungeon mortuary': Inside the work of an embalmer

Unlike the image often conjured of embalmers — "the creepy guys down in the dark, dungeon mortuary" — Luan Murray sees her job as offering a service to people who are grieving the death of a loved one. On any given day, the mortician from...

21 Crypto Tax-Free Countries in 2025

21 Crypto Tax-Free Countries in 2025

When it comes to crypto and tax, location does matter. While most countries impose strict capital gains and income taxes on digital asset transactions, others offer zero or near-zero rates. To maximize your crypto wealth, you might want to...

Australian neighbours in possible new 36-nation US travel ban, but America-bound Aussie travel grows

Australian neighbours in possible new 36-nation US travel ban, but America-bound Aussie travel grows

The memo, seen by The Washington Post, shows the new restrictions would apply to 25 African nations, including Egypt, as well as numerous countries in the Caribbean and Central Asia. Multiple Pacific Island nations also feature in the list,...

Emirati acting pioneer Raziqa Al Taresh dies aged 71

Emirati acting pioneer Raziqa Al Taresh dies aged 71

Artists from across the Gulf have been paying tribute to Emirati stage and screen actress Raziqa Al Taresh, who has died aged 71. Al Taresh rose to prominence from her role on the Emirati comedy show Ish’hafan in 1978. Since then, she has featured...

Inter-American Court of Human Rights says states must protect people from climate change

Inter-American Court of Human Rights says states must protect people from climate change

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that countries belonging to the Organisation of American States (OAS) have an obligation to take "all necessary measures" to protect populations from climate change. The decision means that...

A glimpse into the 2025 Pacific Mini Games - voices of athletes in Palau

A glimpse into the 2025 Pacific Mini Games - voices of athletes in Palau

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...

Building Pacific capacities to support trade and market access

Building Pacific capacities to support trade and market access

To strengthen the skills of Pacific biosecurity, border control, exporter representatives and relevant stakeholders in using Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards (SPS) databases and platforms, a regional capacity-building workshop is underway in...

Latin America court calls  for unified climate action as legal fights mount

Latin America court calls for unified climate action as legal fights mount

SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Member states must cooperate to tackle climate change and not take actions that set back environmental protections, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) said in a non-binding advisory opinion issued yesterday. The...

Swimmer Amaya Bollinger wins silver in 200M butterfly

Swimmer Amaya Bollinger wins silver in 200M butterfly

Guam earned its first swimming medal at the 12th Pacific Mini Games on Thursday in Koror, Palau. Amaya Bollinger delivered a standout performance in the 200-meter butterfly, capturing silver - on her 17th birthday - in 2 minutes 24.77 seconds....

'Nostalgia-fuelled binge': How the $US2 million retro video game bubble burst

'Nostalgia-fuelled binge': How the $US2 million retro video game bubble burst

Second-hand video games and consoles used to be the kind of thing you found in hard rubbish — or maybe at a garage sale. Now, they're collectibles. Sometimes extremely valuable ones. This is Mick "Intrepid Class Gaming" Burrows. A sparky by day,...

Prime Minister Marape meets Ambassador of Italy to PNG

Prime Minister Marape meets Ambassador of Italy to PNG

Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has met the Ambassador of Italy to Australia with accreditation in Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, His Excellency Paolo Crudele. H.E Crudele paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister at his...

New visa offers lifeline for Tuvaluans amid global climate crisis

New visa offers lifeline for Tuvaluans amid global climate crisis

Pacific Islanders, especially those from the climate-threatened nation of Tuvalu, are taking advantage of Australia’s new resettlement aimed at helping people affected by climate change. The move is part of a special agreement called the Falepili...

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