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Repair the Sea/Tikkun Hayam Announces Eighth Annual Reverse Tashlich
Jewish Press of Tampa Bay Florida’s Gulf Coast
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September 1, 2025
Temple Beth El Boca Raton RT Team 2024 On Rosh HaShanah, it is customary for Jews to go to a body of water and symbolically cast away their sins during the Tashlich Service. On Sunday, September 28, 2025, Repair the Sea will host its eighth annual...
Global plastic talks collapse as countries remain deeply divided
Panay News
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August 24, 2025
NEW YORK – Global talks to develop a landmark treaty to end plastic pollution have once again failed. The United Nations (UN) negotiations, the sixth round of talks in just under three years, were due to end on Thursday but countries continued to...
Taiwan, Boosting Its Defense Spending Amid Threats From Communist China, Is on Freedom’s Front Line
The New York Sun
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September 1, 2025
The world faces mounting uncertainties and challenges — from prolonged conflicts and democratic backsliding to economic coercion and disinformation campaigns. Authoritarian regimes increasingly employ gray-zone tactics that undermine the...
US The Honolulu Star-Advertiser UH launching advanced degrees in fisheries management
Yahoo News
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The University of Hawaii has hired eight faculty members for new master’s and doctorate degree programs in sustainable fisheries management, coincidentally as President Donald Trump opened up prohibited fishing areas to Hawaii’s longline fleet....
Israel announces official visit to South Pacific
World Socialist Web Site
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September 1, 2025
The Israeli Foreign Ministry announced last month an official “goodwill” visit to the South Pacific. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sharren Haskel will lead a delegation for discussions aimed at “deepening and advancing Israel-Pacific...
Course navigates global human rights principles
The Royal Gazette
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August 22, 2025
Created: Aug 22, 2025 12:42 PM (Updated: Aug 22, 2025 12:54 PM) Françoise Palau-Wolffe, a former Amnesty International Bermuda chairwoman, says the course will be led by facilitators with more than 25 years of experience in international human...
UH launching advanced degrees in fisheries management
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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August 24, 2025
The University of Hawaii has hired eight faculty members for new master’s and doctorate degree programs in sustainable fisheries management, coincidentally as President Donald Trump opened up prohibited fishing areas to Hawaii’s longline fleet....
Identification of Common Genes for Neuropathic Pain and Parkinson’s Disease Based on Bioinformatics Analysis and Their Potential Value in the Diagnosis of Neuropathic Pain
Dove Medical Press
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September 1, 2025
Introduction Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder worldwide, with its core clinical manifestations including resting tremors, bradykinesia, muscle rigidity, and postural and gait disorders.1 Additionally,...
Dawn discipline
Marianas Variety
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Timothy Asaivao IN the quiet, pre-dawn darkness of Saipan, while most of the island sleeps, Timothy L. Asaivao is already moving. The sea is still, reflecting the last stars of the night, as he and five teammates from the Marianas Outrigger Club...
Uto ni Yalo arrives in Lata
Solomon Star
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August 31, 2025
The Uto ni Yalo voyaging canoe, with a regional crew from Oceania finally arrived in Lata, Santa Cruz, Temotu Province this morning, Sunday 31st August 2025. The team left Fiji about eight days ago bound for Honiara ahead of the Pacific Island...
PICRC center and Ngiwal State Government Mark World Mangrove Day with Clam Planting initiative to Boost Ecotourism
Island Times
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August 22, 2025
On World Mangrove Day July 26, 2025, the Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC), in collaboration with the Ngiwal State Government, led by Paramount Chief Uongruios Elliot Udui, proudly announced the planting of 50 clams: 25 Duadeb (common...
Earth Today | No go yet on plastics treaty
The Gleaner
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August 21, 2025
SMALL ISLAND states have said that they will not resile from the effort to end plastics pollution, despite the failure to arrive at an agreed treaty after six rounds of global negotiations. The most recent round – the second part of the fifth...
Cook Islands seeks partners to bridge ‘obvious shortfall’ in infrastructure budget
Cook Island News
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August 21, 2025
Deputy Prime Minister Albert Nicholas is urging for more investment to help the Cook Islands boost its infrastructure. (Fraser Barton/AAP PHOTOS)/25082060 Pacific leaders, including Cook Islands Deputy Prime Minister, have made a passionate plea...
New Kiribati Humanitarian Warehouse strengthens national disaster response capability
Pacific Community (SPC)
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When Kiribati is next affected by a disaster, communities will have significantly improved access to immediate emergency relief supplies. A new national humanitarian warehouse opened today in Betio, stocked with prepositioned supplies, ensuring...
NAVFAC outlines proposed $12M Peleliu dock project
Marianas Business Journal
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There will be an increase of about 25 U.S. military personnel during the repair and reconstruction of the Peleliu South Dock, Naval Facilities and Engineering Command planners reassured citizens of Peleliu during an Aug. 14 meeting held in Koror....
Qantas renews flights to island paradise, launches two more routes
WAtoday
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August 29, 2025
Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Save this article for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. Got it Share For the intrepid Australian traveller...
Sunscreens protect us but also pose real planetary health concerns
Mongabay
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August 26, 2025
Sunscreens have become an important part of people’s sun management routine, protecting skin from harmful solar UV radiation. But many of these products contain chemicals that can be harmful to saltwater and freshwater ecosystems, while...
Ground engineering: What’s on in September 2025 and beyond
Ground Engineering
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August 29, 2025
SPOTLIGHT 15-18 September: BGA Earthworks 2025 Conference University of Birmingham This conference hosted by the British Geotechnical Association (BGA) will focus primarily on the design and construction of new earthworks. The event is timely...
Five Women have won their Seats in the Preliminary Count of Samoa’s General Elections
Samoa Global News
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August 30, 2025
Out of the 26 women who had put their hands up to enter Parliament, five have emerged victorious with solid wins in their respective Constituencies. Five women who secured their seats after the preliminary count on polling day, which means the...
A new future for New Caledonia?
EJIL: Talk!
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August 29, 2025
New Caledonia, a French overseas territory in the Pacific, might become a state within France. The French government and six delegations representing pro- and anti- independence factions in New Caledonia have signed the Bougival Accord, a draft...