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Africa must capitalise on transformative High Seas Treaty for global ocean conservation
Daily Maverick
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July 30, 2025
In June, the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) culminated in an ambitious political declaration that marks a turning point for global ocean governance. The highlight was the progress made in adopting the Biodiversity Beyond National...
BlackLine Studio360: The Platform for Future-Readiness
CFO Dive
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Africa must ride the High Seas Treaty wave
Institute for Security Studies
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Africa must ride the High Seas Treaty wave Having shaped the treaty, Africa must capitalise on recent global momentum to benefit from a new era in ocean governance. In June, the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) culminated in an...
Tsunami warnings Issued for California, Hawaii following powerful quake
Israel Hayom
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July 30, 2025
A magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck late Tuesday night off the coast of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering a wave of tsunami warnings across the Pacific Ocean, including for the coasts of Japan, Hawaii, Alaska, California, Oregon, and...
Live: First waves hit Russia, Japan but no tsunami threat for Australia
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 30, 2025
1h agoWed 30 Jul 2025 at 3:09am Let's bring you up to speed Good afternoon, and thank you for joining our live coverage of the aftermath of a powerful earthquake off Russia's eastern coast early this morning. Here's what's happened so far: The...
Who’s Making The World A Better Place? B&T’s Best Of The Best Social Changemakers!
B&T
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July 30, 2025
If you’re like B&T and you’re inspired by the way media contributes to making positive changes in the world beyond the industry, you’ll know just how important it is to recognise those at the forefront of these causes. Leading this contribution...
A Terrorist Tidal Wave of Dirty Tricks Struck Oceania 40 Years Ago
CovertAction Magazine
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July 25, 2025
Four decades ago, in the middle of political turmoil fanned by the U.S., Palau President Haruo Remeliik (far right), leader of the world’s first nuclear-free nation, was assassinated. [Source: earthisland.org] From Tahiti to New Zealand to New...
State Dept: Trump’s “Third Countries” for Immigrants Have Awful Human Rights Records
The Intercept
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July 29, 2025
The United States is building an unprecedented network of deportee dumping grounds, pursuing deals with around a third of the world’s nations to expel immigrants to places where they do not hold citizenship. Once exiled, these third-country...
Boho Haircuts Are Trending for Summer
Vogue - New York
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July 29, 2025
Cher, Brigitte Bardot, Diana Ross, Farrah Fawcett, and Jane Birkin: When it comes to the 1970s, these were the icons in bohemian and disco circles. It's a style (both beauty and fashion) that's still referenced today—just look at the recent Chloé...
Julien Goes Around the World (31)
International Judo Foundation
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Julien Brulard has spent the past few years travelling the world with his judogi, documenting his journey from country to country through judo. Now reaching the 31st episode of his global adventure, he returns to Japan, the birthplace of judo, for...
Island military veterans hope for US action
RNZ
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July 27, 2025
During the visit of the USS Cincinnati to Majuro in July, Marshallese veterans were honored with a dinner and program onboard the U.S. Navy vessel. U.S. Ambassador to the Marshall Islands Laura Stone is in the center back row and Marshall Islands...
How the world’s highest court bolstered the fight for climate reparations
Grist Magazine
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July 28, 2025
As global inaction over the climate crisis has mounted and Pacific islands nations have watched in frustration as their calls for decisive action have gone unheeded, a growing number of them, led by Vanuatu, have turned to the courts. If...
If it’s safe, dump it in Tokyo. We in the Pacific don’t want Japan’s nuclear wastewater
Pacific News Service
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By Joey Tau and Talei Luscia Mangioni Earlier this month, the Japanese government announced plans to discharge 1m tonnes of radioactive wastewater accruing since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011 into the Pacific Ocean. To Pacific...
The value in crisis
SuperyachtNews
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July 28, 2025
Captain Brendan O’Shannassy doesn’t deal in vague ideas. After decades at sea running some of the fleet’s most iconic yachts, he’s had time (and reasons) to question how the industry actually works and how much of it still doesn’t. Now based in...
Israel’s little-known allies in the South Pacific
The Times of Israel
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July 27, 2025
Every time UN members vote on anything Israel and Palestine-related, South Pacific islanders wake up to an endless stream of derogatory comments on social media. That’s the price Oceania pays for being the one and only region in the Global South...
Empowering our communities and region with Genomics
The Guam Daily Post
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As biotechnology continues to advance rapidly, it is vital for communities in Micronesia to understand not only the uses and applications of these technologies, but also their broader social, cultural, and legal implications. Innovations like...
Micronesia leaders renew urgent call for ‘fast-acting cuts in short-lived super…
Pacific News Service
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Leaders from the Micronesia region meeting in Majuro in early July called climate change the “most significant threat” to the islands and renewed calls for urgent climate action. At the conclusion of the 27th Micronesian Island Forum meeting,...
Flags flown at half-staff on Guam in honor of CNMI Gov. Palacios' life and legacy.
The Pacific Island Times
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July 23, 2025
CNMI Gov. Arnold Palacios, Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr. and American Samoa Del. Uifa’atali Amata Radewagen at the CNMI Inauguration Ball on Saipan on Jan. 9, 2023. Photo courtesy of the Office of American Samoa Representative By Pacific...
'Led with integrity and heart': Tributes pour in for the late CNMI Governor Palacios, Apatang sworn in as new governor
Pacific Daily News
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Tributes poured in from around Micronesia after news broke that Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Gov. Arnold I. Palacios died while on medical evacuation to Guam late Wednesday night. Palacios, who would have turned 70 on Aug. 22, has...
Review: Delphina serves 'five-star freedom' in Sardinia
Globetrender
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July 23, 2025
Two very different flavours of Sardinian luxury, one shared philosophy: Delphina's resort duo of Capo D'Orso and Valle dell'Erica combine nature, play and understated elegance on the island's glorious northern coast, writes Olivia Palamountain...