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A drop in the ocean? Pacific nations tap local know-how for marine conservation
South China Morning Post
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June 27, 2025
Pacific island nations are racing to enhance marine conservation, establishing sweeping “no-take” zones and pledging to sustainably manage vast swathes of their territorial waters despite facing limited resources and geopolitical pressure. Among...
Where are they now? Hull FC’s 2016 Challenge Cup final winning team
Love Rugby League
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June 28, 2025
This weekend sees Warrington Wolves take on Hull FC in Round 17 of Super League, a clash that will always bring back memories of the 2016 Challenge Cup final, especially for those of an Airlie Birds persuasion. Just under nine years ago, on August...
RFK Jr. Defunds Global Vaccine Group That Has Prevented Nearly 19 Million Deaths
Truthout
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June 26, 2025
Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. The Trump administration is intensifying its campaign against vaccinations, with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy...
Cook Islands heads to Fiji with renewed hope for OFC Women’s Nations Cup
Cook Island News
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June 26, 2025
Cook Islands national women’s football team departed yesterday for the 2025 OFC Women’s Nations Cup. CIFA MEDIA/25062522 The Cook Islands national women’s football team departed yesterday for the 2025 OFC Women’s Nations Cup, set to kick off in...
“A Clown Show”: RFK Jr. Fires CDC Panel & Stacks It with Anti-Vaxxers, Cuts Funding for Int’l Vaccines
Democracy Now!
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This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman with Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: We turn now to public health and vaccines. Health...
U23 men, 3x3teams leave for Palau
The National
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THE Basketball Federation of Papua New Guinea yesterday bid farewell to the national Under-23 men and women 3×3 basketball teams that left last night for the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Palau. The teams will compete in both the FIBA 3×3 Youth...
ADB’s Director General for Pacific in Honiara
Solomon Star
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June 25, 2025
Director General (DG) of the Pacific Department within the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) is on a five-day visit to the Solomons. Emma Veve who was appointed to the position in late February 2025 arrived in Honiara on Monday and has been visiting...
Humboldt Bay Trail South celebrates grand opening Saturday
Times-Standard - California
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June 26, 2025
This Saturday, community members and stakeholders from throughout Humboldt County will come together to celebrate the completion of the Humboldt Bay Trail South project, some four miles of paved trail connecting Eureka to Arcata along the...
BEN MORGAN: Iran. A win for the US?
The Daily Blog
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June 24, 2025
Holy shit look at what NZDF could have been like: Detail structure and equipment for a NZ Defence Force in 2030 if military spending had been constant at 5% GDP since 2015 ChatGPT said: If New Zealand had maintained military spending at 5% of GDP...
Daryl Powell addresses Jazz Tevaga rumours with further recruitment admission made
Love Rugby League
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June 26, 2025
Wakefield Trinity head coach Daryl Powell has confirmed Manly Sea Eagles forward Jazz Tevaga is a player he is fond of, amid heavy rumours with a possible play to bring him to West Yorkshire. Reports from All Out Rugby League emerged last night...
China in the Pacific – Joint statement of the Third China-Pacific Island Countries Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
The Fiji Times
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June 26, 2025
FROM May 28 to 29, 2025, the People’s Republic of China and Pacific Island Countries having diplomatic relations with China (hereinafter referred to as “All parties”) held the third China-Pacific Island Countries Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. The...
New Zealand abandons global alliance on oil, gas phase-out, Greens concerned about reputational risk
The New Zealand Herald
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June 25, 2025
It was confirmed today that New Zealand had notified the Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance (Boga) on Saturday that it was pulling its associate membership. The Boga, which was formed at a UN climate summit in 2021, is a grouping of countries and other...
Tourism HQ revamps rite of passage for first-time travellers with Spring Break Fiji 2.0
NZBusiness Magazine
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June 25, 2025
Pictured above: Spring Break Fiji at Beachcomber Island. After more than a decade of delivering unforgettable island getaways to thousands of young Kiwis and Australians, Spring Break Fiji is re-emerging from the pandemic years with new owners, a...
New Zealand abandons international fossil fuel pledge
Newsroom
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June 25, 2025
New Zealand’s departure from the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance came quietly, but not as a surprise to anyone closely following the Government’s fossil fuel policies. Resources Minister Shane Jones says the coalition’s fossil fuel plans meant the...
Big promises, bigger price tags and a bridge too far
Samoa Observer
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Free money. Bigger pensions. No GST on food. And now, a bridge connecting Upolu and Savai’i. It’s a campaign platform full of generosity and ambition, and it’s coming from the same political party that held power for more than 40 years. The...
'Slow but sure' economic rise in most of Pacific - World Bank
RNZ
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June 23, 2025
Photo: AFP The Pacific regional economy is growing, slowly but surely, reports the World Bank. In their latest Pacific update, released 17 June, they argue for more employment of women to help the economy amidst global economic uncertainty,...
Largo High sprinter Laiana McClinton on the fast track to success
Tampa Bay Newspapers INC - Florida
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LARGO — Few athletes can claim to be both state champion and international inspiration. That Laiana McClinton of Largo has achieved both at just 17 years old makes her rise from curious spectator to Florida’s fastest sprinter all the more...
Celebrating Turtle Island cultures at Salem’s 2025 World Beat Festival
Salem Reporter - Oregon
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June 25, 2025
Salem’s award-winning World Beat Festival returns to Riverfront Park this weekend, June 27 to 29, with a focus on honoring Indigenous people and nations of the Americas. Hosted by the Salem Multicultural Alliance, the festival features musical...
Scott Brown says he's running for U.S. Senate for 'a better America'
WSHU Public Radio - Connecticut
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June 25, 2025
Scott Brown, the former U.S. senator from Massachusetts and former Ambassador to New Zealand, is taking another crack at running for the Senate in New Hampshire. Brown announced his entrance into the 2026 race to fill the seat left vacant by Sen....
THEATRE REVIEW: From Tapa Cloth to Power Ballads: ‘Survive’ is a Celebration of Queer Resilience
TP+
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June 25, 2025
SURVIVE features three solo performances by queer Aotearoa artists. Photo: Supplied Aroha Awarau | Guest Writer Bold, heartfelt, and culturally grounded, Survive is a theatrical triumph bringing queer Māori and Pacific stories centre stage. As the...