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A Credibility Test: Will the U.S. Stand by the Pacific Islands Region Amid Its Exclusion?
Asia Society
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August 27, 2025
Scheduled for September in the Solomon Islands, the 2025 Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting was expected to serve as a key test for U.S.-Pacific Islands relations. However, recent developments indicate that the U.S.—along with China and...
World Air Quality Report Ranks World’s Most Polluted Capital Cities
Forbes
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Air pollution is among the greatest environmental threats to human health according to the World Health Organization (WHO), across not only low but also middle and high-income countries. It states that in 2019, 99% of the global population lived...
Why Is Alaska Airlines Taking Over Hawaiian’s Boeing 787s?
Simple Flying
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August 28, 2025
Most US airline giants have grown to their massive size over the years thanks to a series of mergers. While its acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines will not place Alaska Airlines on par with United, American, or Delta, it will solidify its position...
Man taken to court for camera on shared path in France
The Connexion
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August 28, 2025
The camera was fixed “high up” and facing a right of way used by the entire neighbourhood msnobody/Shutterstock A man who installed a video surveillance camera overlooking a shared path near his property has been ordered to remove it by the...
SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHT
The Islandsun
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August 28, 2025
9th Pacific Water and Wastewater Ministerial Forum highlights role of water and sanitation BY LORETTA B MANELE The Ninth Pacific Water and Wastewater Ministerial (PWWM) Forum held in Honiara from August 25-26 highlights the role of water and...
Samoa dengue cases reach nearly 11,000, but cases drop compared to previous week
RNZ
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August 27, 2025
Photo: 123RF The latest update from Samoa's Ministry of Health shows 10,982 clinically diagnosed cases of dengue fever have been recorded since January. The report, dated 25 August, said of these, around 3379 are laboratory-confirmed. However, the...
Accor’s Perth Hotels Poised for Record-Breaking Spring and Summer
Hospitality Net
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August 27, 2025
Accor hotels across Perth and regional Western Australia are on track to deliver one of their strongest years in recent memory, with occupancy levels running well ahead of 2024. Accor is the largest hotel operator in Western Australia, with 23...
Ninth Pacific Water and Wastewater Ministers Meeting concludes
Solomon Star
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August 27, 2025
The Ninth Pacific Water and Wastewater Ministers (PWWM) Meeting concluded on Tuesday in Honiara, with Ministers from 14 Pacific Island countries and territories committing to urgent action to strengthen water and sanitation across the region. The...
Pacific Water Ministers Meeting Concludes with Strong Regional Commitments
Tavuli News
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August 27, 2025
Wednesday 27 August 2025, Honiara – The Ninth Pacific Water and Wastewater Ministers (PWWM) Meeting concluded yesterday in Honiara, with ministers from 14 Pacific Island countries and territories committing to urgent action to strengthen water and...
Chinese warships raise concern in NZ
Taipei Times
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August 22, 2025
China set off alarm bells in New Zealand when it dispatched powerful warships on unprecedented missions in the South Pacific without explanation, military documents showed. Beijing has spent years expanding its reach in the southern Pacific Ocean,...
SHIPPING TIMES | Uto ni Yalo sails to Honiara for Pacific Islands Forum meet
The Fiji Times
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August 27, 2025
The Uto ni Yalo voyaging canoe, with a regional crew from Oceania, has left Suva for the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM) in Honiara, Solomon Islands. Upon reaching Temotu, the crew will accompany the Taumako TePuke canoe to Honiara,...
Japan’s Ties to Pacific Island Nations Have New Significance 80 Years after World War II, as U.S.-China Rivalry in Region Grows
The Japan News
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August 22, 2025
The Yomiuri Shimbun Then Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, front center, welcomes Pacific leaders in Tokyo at the 10th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM10) in 2024. By Yuko Mukai 8:00 JST, August 23, 2025 Eighty years ago, Japan lost its...
Seabourn reveals entertainment roster for 2026 world cruise
Seatrade Cruise News
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August 26, 2025
Seabourn lifted the lid on its entertainment lineup for Seabourn Sojourn’s 2026 world cruise. The 129-day 'Ring of Fire: Hidden Gems' voyage will depart Long Beach, California on January 6, featuring Grammy-winning artists and theatrical...
91,000 Premature Annual Deaths in US Linked to Air Pollution From Oil and Gas As People of Color Bear Brunt
Earth.Org
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August 25, 2025
Researchers looked at data from 2017, the most recent year for which a dataset of emissions is available. Between then and 2023, US oil and gas production has increased by 40% and consumption by 8%. — Tens of thousands of premature deaths in the...
Chinese warships conduct unprecedented manoeuvres in South Pacific
Newstalk ZB
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August 22, 2025
China set off alarm bells in New Zealand when it dispatched powerful warships on unprecedented missions in the South Pacific without explanation, according to military documents obtained by AFP. Beijing has spent years expanding its reach in the...
More than 2,000 nuclear weapons have been detonated in the past 80 years. Their effects still linger around the world
CNN
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August 24, 2025
Growing up in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the 1950s and 60s, Mary Dickson was among the millions of American schoolchildren taught to “duck and cover” in the event of a nuclear war. “I just remember thinking, ‘That’s not going to save us from a...
Petra Ecclestone: ‘I feel safe in Dubai. London’s not the same place it was’
The Times
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Petra Ecclestone, 36, the daughter of the Formula 1 billionaire Bernie Ecclestone and the Croatian model Slavica Radic, is a model and beauty brand founder. Raised in Chelsea, London, she now lives in Brentwood, Los Angeles, with her second...
Santa Barbara Boy Scouts Rescue Former Scoutmaster Lost in the Sierra Nevada
Santa Barbara Independent - California
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August 24, 2025
A group of Santa Barbara Boy Scouts hiking deep in the wilderness of the central Sierra Nevada came across a man who, by all appearances, wasn’t supposed to be there. “He just looked like — basically looked like a homeless guy,” said Scoutmaster...
Australia tops new list of most expensive passports in the world - but here's the list of countries it will get you into without a visa
Daily Mail
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August 24, 2025
By NICHOLAS WILSON, NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 09:53 EDT, 24 August 2025 | Updated: 09:53 EDT, 24 August 2025 The Australian passport has been revealed as the most expensive in the world for the second year in a row, but research suggests...
Retire in This Island Country for That 'Permanent Vacation' Feeling
Kiplinger
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August 23, 2025
Editor’s note: This article is part of an ongoing series on retiring abroad. To see all the articles in the series, jump to the end. Fiji is such a dream vacation destination — a place that seems so exotic and ephemeral — that it is difficult to...