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Pacific’s passionate plea
The Fiji Times
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August 20, 2025
Pacific leaders have made a passionate plea for help as climate change threatens some of the world’s smallest nations. Countries on the climate crisis frontline have called for investment and partnerships to build resilient infrastructure at a...
Our resolve strengthened despite Plastic treaty setback: AOSIS
Pacific News Service
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The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) has expressed deep concern and disappointment that the plastics treaty negotiations have failed to deliver the binding commitments that science, justice, and island communities urgently demand to end...
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...
Global Sun Care Products Market To Surpass USD 18.91 Billion By 2030, Clean Beauty And AI Skincare Innovations Lead Growth Arizton
MENAFN
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August 29, 2025
(MENAFN- GetNews) "Sun Care Products Market Research Report by Arizton"Industry Analysis Report, Regional Outlook, Growth Potential, Price Trends, Competitive Market Share & Forecast 2025–2030.According to Arizton research, the global sun care...
Aid and Influence in the Pacific Islands
Vision of Humanity
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August 20, 2025
These dependencies intersect critically with environmental vulnerabilities. IEP’s Ecological Threat Report 2024 identifies small, low-lying island countries such as Tuvalu and Kiribati among the world’s most vulnerable to climate change impacts....
Peleliu South Dock Rehabilitation aims to boost community access, Emergency response
Island Times
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August 19, 2025
PELELIU, Palau — The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), working with the Palau government and Peleliu State, has outlined plans to rehabilitate and modernize the South Dock in Peleliu following public meetings held Aug. 12 in Peleliu and Aug. 14 in...
A Credibility Test: Will the U.S. Stand by the Pacific Islands Region Amid Its Exclusion?
Asia Society
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August 27, 2025
Scheduled for September in the Solomon Islands, the 2025 Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting was expected to serve as a key test for U.S.-Pacific Islands relations. However, recent developments indicate that the U.S.—along with China and...
Parliamentary diplomacy important: deputy speaker
Taipei Times
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August 29, 2025
Deputy Legislative Speaker Johnny Chiang (江啟臣) yesterday underscored the importance of multilateralism and parliamentary diplomacy in his remarks at the closing of the Asian-Pacific Parliamentarians’ Union (APPU) General Assembly in Taipei....
New Itinerary Takes Off as Nat Geo Expeditions Announces New and Returning Private Jet Adventures
Laughing Place
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August 28, 2025
National Geographic Expeditions has announced new and returning itineraries for their Private Jet adventures, taking off in early 2027. What’s Happening: National Geographic Expeditions has announced new and returning favorite itineraries allowing...
Historic missed opportunity, plastic treaty talks end in Geneva with no…
Pacific News Service
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The world came to Geneva with hope. Eleven days of tense, high-stakes negotiations — hailed as the most consequential environmental talks since the Paris Climate Accord — were meant to deliver a historic treaty to end plastic pollution. But, as...
Deputy speaker stresses multilateralism, parliamentary diplomacy
Focus Taiwan
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August 29, 2025
Taipei, Aug. 29 (CNA) Deputy Legislative Speaker Johnny Chiang (江啟臣) on Friday underscored the importance of multilateralism and parliamentary diplomacy in his remarks at the closing of the Asian-Pacific Parliamentarians' Union (APPU) General...
Pacific Islands News Roundup – August 22 – August 28, 2025
Pacific Islands Report
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August 29, 2025
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UPSC Key: Fiji-India relationship, Tourism sector and Salwa Judum
The Indian Express
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August 26, 2025
Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance Mains Examination: General Studies-II: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests Story continues...
Many Pacific Islanders lack access to clean water, sanitation
Solomon Star
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August 28, 2025
A staggering number of Pacific Islanders continue to face water and sanitation challenges, according to the Communiqué issued at the conclusion of the 9th Pacific Water and Wastewater Ministerial (PWWM) Forum held in Honiara from 25–26 August...
Operation Island Chief reinforces Pacific unity against illegal fishing
Island Times
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August 29, 2025
HONIARA (FFA)—The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) has concluded Operation Island Chief 2025 (OPIC25), part of its ongoing programme of surveillance and monitoring operations to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing...
Colonial Gaze: Irma Stern at Brücke-Museum
Berlin Art Link
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August 29, 2025
by Fionn Adamian // Aug. 29, 2025 The exhibition text at the Brücke-Museum’s retrospective of Irma Stern—a splendid portraitist of finely defined facial cues and colorful idiosyncrasies, who was born in 1894 to a German-Jewish family in Western...
Rescued Hawksbill Turtle finds new home after losing limb to Fishing Line
Island Times
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August 19, 2025
By: Summer Kennard On a bright afternoon in Palau, Marine Law officials carried a blue cooler into the Palau National Aquaculture Center. Inside lay an injured hawksbill sea turtle—its bright, alert eyes peering up at us despite a grievous wound....
Australia stays committed to co-hosting COP31 with Pacific Nations
Island Times
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August 19, 2025
By: Bernadette Carreon Australia said it will continue advocating with Pacific nations to secure co-hosting rights the COP31 climate summit, at the same time announcing the appointment of Will Nankervis as its new Ambassador for Climate Change....
Holy cow! unexpected deep-sea predator comes to dine on unusual bait
AS
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August 27, 2025
Only 5% of the ocean floor has ever been explored. The vast majority remains a mystery, hidden by crushing pressure, freezing temperatures, and the absence of light. For marine biologists, discovering how life thrives in these extreme conditions...
PICRC collaborates with international experts to build capacity of local workforce for coral restoration
Island Times
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August 15, 2025
Coral reefs around the world are experiencing severe declines due to climate change and marine heatwaves, which trigger widespread coral bleaching and mortality. While many countries are scrambling to cope with these impacts, Palau is in a unique...