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PACER+ Concludes Talanoa session with Commitments for Action
Samoa Global News
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March 1, 2025
The Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus Implementation Unit (PPIU) hosted the second Revenue Mobilisation Talanoa for PACER Plus Signatories this week in Apia, Samoa. The Talanoa brought together senior officials from...
Exploring New Frameworks for Taiwan-China Relations: Associated Statehood and Confederation
Modern Diplomacy
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February 14, 2025
The Taiwan-China relationship remains one of the world’s most intricate geopolitical challenges. Taiwan operates as a de facto independent state with a democratic government and a flourishing economy, while China regards it as an inseparable part...
PACER Plus Talanoa Concludes With Commitments To Strengthen Pacific Economies
Scoop
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Friday, 28 February 2025, 5:17 pm Press Release: PACER Plus APIA, Samoa – The Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus Implementation Unit (PPIU) hosted the second Revenue Mobilisation Talanoa for PACER Plus Signatories this...
NASA Analysis Shows Irreversible Sea Level Rise for Pacific Islands
JPL NASA
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September 25, 2024
Team members, led by researchers at the University of Hawaii and in collaboration with scientists at the University of Colorado and Virginia Tech, started with flood maps of Kiribati, Tuvalu, Fiji, Nauru, and Niue. They plan to build...
Plastic pollution could put 2.3 million Pacific Islanders’ livelihoods at stake
Pacific News Service
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By Sanjeshni Kumar In seven to eight years, the Pacific will no longer be able to rely on the ocean for food security or as a source of livelihood as it does today because of plastic pollution. Experts say that by 2030, up to 53 million metric...
Sea level will rise for Pacific Islands even with a greenhouse gas emission reduction, NASA study finds
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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September 26, 2024
Pacific Island nations such as Tuvalu, Kiribati and Fiji will experience at least 20 centimetres of sea level rise in the next 30 years regardless of whether greenhouse gas emissions change in the short term, according to new research from NASA....
Pacific news in brief for 19 February
RNZ
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February 19, 2025
The arrest has disrupted Ms Malimali's first month in the job, she says. Photo: Fiji Police Force/Supplied Fiji - drugs Three people were arrested in Fiji on Sunday morning for drug possession. Assistant police chief of operations Livai Driu said...
Opening Remarks In Meeting With China Foreign Minister
Scoop
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Rt Hon Winston Peters Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Foreign Affairs 26 February 2025 Opening remarks by New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters in meeting with China Foreign Minister Wang Yi, in Beijing on 26 February 2025: Thank you,...
NASA analysis shows irreversible sea level rise for Pacific islands
Phys.org
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September 25, 2024
In the next 30 years, Pacific Island nations such as Tuvalu, Kiribati, and Fiji will experience at least 8 inches (15 centimeters) of sea level rise, according to an analysis by NASA's sea level change science team. This amount of rise will occur...
PINA at 50
The Fiji Times
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October 22, 2024
A perspective on the history and future of the Pacific Islands News Association from incoming President Kalafi Moala. The common feeling among participants at the recent 7th Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) Summit was that Niue was the...
Justin Bieber Net Worth (Money & Salary)
Hollywood Gazette
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February 27, 2025
Title: Justin Bieber Net Worth (Money & Salary) Last Updated: February 21, 2025 What is Justin Bieber’s Net Worth? Justin Bieber is a Canadian pop singer who has a net worth of $300 million. After being discovered on YouTube in 2007, Justin Bieber...
We need to talk about our military spend in the age of Orange America Retribution and Chinese encroachment
The Daily Blog
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February 25, 2025
That sound you hear is Lange rolling in his grave as Luxon sells our Independent Foreign policy to the American Military Industrial Complex for 3 Magic Beans. We are rapidly shedding any pretence of peace and diplomacy for a little brother sheriff...
International student scholarships aimed at encouraging a more equitable world
ICEF Monitor
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February 6, 2025
Our recent article, East African student mobility: Current trends and future possibilities, focuses on the need for more mutually beneficial relationships between leading study abroad destinations and countries where outbound student mobility is...
Fiji among 14 to gain from US$156.8m grant
FBC News
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Fiji is among 14 countries that will share in a US$156.8 million grant and co-finance package to help safeguard the socio-economic benefits received from tuna against the impacts of climate change. A US$107m grant was secured by Conservation...
In advance of historic Commonwealth Meeting in Samoa, experts to lay...
Pacific News Service
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Incorporating new scientific data, experts issued statements urging action on the global goal to protect 30 percent of the ocean by 2030 at the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), from 21-26 October. This year’s meeting marks...
The Pacific Islands News Association at 50: part I
Pacific News Service
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A perspective on the history and future of the Pacific Islands News Association from incoming President Kalafi Moala. The common feeling among participants at the recent 7th Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) Summit was that Niue was the...
Women Journalists Unite to Tackle Gender Issues in Media
Tavuli News
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October 8, 2024
Critical discussions at the 7th Pacific Media Summit in Niue brought together women journalists from Melanesia and Australia, highlighting pressing issues affecting their roles in the media industry. The summit served as a platform for attendees...
Samoa joins child protection summit
Samoa Observer
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Samoa is among 17 Pacific island nations prioritising strengthening child protection systems at the inaugural Pacific Child Wellbeing Summit in Suva, Fiji. Aligned with the aspirations of Pacific Islands Forum Leaders and the priorities set out in...
Unveiling the world's hidden islands"
NewsBytes
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Summarize Discover the world's hidden gems, from Socotra's alien-like flora to Tristan da Cunha's remote living. Explore Svalbard's Arctic wilderness, dive into Niue's clear waters, or marvel at Palau's underwater wonders. These islands offer...
Earth roasts through its second consecutive hottest year on record
Yale Climate Connections - Connecticut
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January 10, 2025
In 2024, the planet broke the record set in 2023 for the hottest year on record, NOAA, NASA, the European Copernicus Climate Change Service, Berkeley Earth, and the UKMET Office reported on January 10. There were 14 straight months of...