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Jordan revamps rules of granting citizenship to foreign investors
The National News
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Jordan's move to revamp its Citizenship By Investment programme has opened up more pathways for foreign investors to obtain a passport, but it is unlikely to make an economic impact in the short term, analysts say. Amman will grant Jordanian...
Le Masiofo Siva Academy marks 5 years of cultural pride
Pacific Media Network
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Sāmoan culture is thriving in West Auckland, thanks to the dedication of a dance academy from New Lynn. To celebrate its fifth anniversary, Le Masiofo Siva Academy (LMSA) will present a one-night-only production titled "E Maota Tauave, Mamalu...
RFK Jr. says U.S. will stop funding vaccine group Gavi
Healthcare Finance News
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June 30, 2025
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy speaks via video to a Gavi summit last week New York Times screenshot Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said the United States will cease making contributions to Gavi, a global alliance...
Need for independent science during plastic treaty negotiations
Pacific News Service
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Poor science heard during the negotiations for a new Plastics Treaty has caused concern for the Scientists Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty. A group of approximately 240 scientists representing over 250 independent scientists across the...
6 Surprising Reality TV Bombshells From Survivor's Parvati Shallow's Gripping Memoir
Screen Rant
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July 8, 2025
Parvati Shallow, Survivor legend and reality TV competitor, has pulled back the curtain on her life in the spotlight, sharing some incredible behind-the-scenes secrets about her appearances on screen in her new book, Nice Girls Don't Win....
Wakefield Trinity make a statement with signing 'in his prime' from NRL
Wakefield Express
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July 8, 2025
Head coach Daryl Powell is excited by the prospect of working with a current NRL star after Wakefield Trinity announced the signing of Jazz Tevaga for next season. The Samoan international hooker or lock Jazz Tevaga has been prized away from NRL...
Parvati Shallow Is More than a Villain
New York Mag
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July 8, 2025
Photo: Maya Dehlin Spach/Getty Images To reality TV fans, Parvati Shallow is more than a Survivor winner. She’s a legend, schemer extraordinaire, and (on The Traitors, at least) wearer of iconic sparkly headbands. Known for her skillful...
Archaeologists make surprising discovery at Easter Island - turning everything we know on its head
Daily Mail
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July 8, 2025
There's no doubt Easter Island is geographically one of the most isolated places on Earth. More than 2,000 miles off the coast of Chile, it was first settled by humans around AD 1200, who built its famous enlarged head statues. Historically, the...
FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League - Oceania Conference 2, Stop 5: The Solomon Islands Prevent a Second Tonga Double
FIBA Basketball
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KOROR (Palau) - The competition was fierce at Stop 5 of the FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League – Oceania, Conference 2, with almost every match-up proving to be a close contest. The Tongan teams came out strong once again at stop five, looking to...
World Bank strips Namibia of upper middle income status over falling Gross National Income
Business Insider Africa
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July 7, 2025
This change, detailed in the World Bank’s FY26 Updated Country Income Classification report, is primarily due to a decline in the country’s Atlas The figure falls below the new threshold of US$4,495 required to maintain upper-middle-income status....
Samoan researcher returns home safely from Israel
Talanei
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June 30, 2025
A Samoan agricultural researcher with the Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa (SROS) arrived home safely from Israel last Saturday, June 28, after navigating a complex repatriation trip amid escalating hostilities in the Middle East....
Lae factory will deliver clean water to PNG households -Rotomold
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 7, 2025
The man behind one of the South Pacific’s biggest tank manufacturers says a new factory in Lae will help ease long-running water shortages across Papua New Guinea. Prakash Chand, the Managing Director and Chairman of Rotomould Group, officially...
Smallest Village Opens Women’s Committee Community Project
Talamua
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July 1, 2025
By Lagi Keresoma/ Apia, Samoa – 02 July 2025 – One of the smallest of the nine villages that make up the Sagaga 4 constituency, has proven that leadership and working together in a community spirit, transcends being small. Alamutu sub-village with...
‘There was always a bad name’: The community link driving NSW quartet to inspire the next generation
PerthNow
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July 7, 2025
Powerhouse NSW winger Brian To’o remains under an injury cloud for Wednesday night’s State of Origin decider. But it would have to take something serious to keep him from pulling on the Blues jersey with three of his best mates who may have gone...
CBS to Continue Monetary Policy to reduce High Liquidity
Talamua
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June 30, 2025
Apia, Samoa – 01 July 2025 – The Central Bank of Samoa (CBS) will maintain its monetary policy stance aimed at reducing the elevated level of liquidity in the financial system for fiscal year (FY) 2025/2026. In making its decision, the Bank...
How These French Founders Built A Warby Parker Competitor That’s Even More Affordable
Forbes
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The three founders of Izipizi, a French eyewear company founded in 2010, are staring at a decades-old photo of themselves on an iPad in an office in New York. Now in their late 30s, Xavier Aguera, Charles Brun and Quentin Couturier are 17 in the...
ABIF board appointments
The Fiji Times
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July 7, 2025
WESTPAC Fiji chief executive officer Shane Smith has been appointed chairman of the Association of Banks in Fiji (ABIF). Mr Smith started his 40-year long career with the bank since joining as an 18-year-old customer service officer at the Suva...
Samoan citizen home safely from war torn Middle East
Talamua
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June 30, 2025
Apia, Samoa – 30 June 2025 – A Samoan official who was on a ten months training on agricultural research and innovations in Israel has returned home safely after diplomatic efforts to move her out safely in the middle of the war between Israel and...
Insider Reveals Why Jonathan LaPaglia Was Axed By Survivor Australia: ‘Not Surprised’
Pedestrian
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June 30, 2025
Outgoing Australian Survivor host Jonathan LaPaglia was allegedly fired by production company Endemol Shine via email last week, an inside source has revealed to PEDESTRIAN.TV. On Monday, Network Ten confirmed LaPaglia would not be returning to...
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei makes first public appearance since Iran-Israel war
The National News
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Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made his first public appearance since the 12-day war between Israel and Iran, attending a mourning ceremony on the eve of Ashura. Mr Khamenei was seen in a video broadcasted by state media greeting...