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Top military expert issues dire warning about Australia's defence over fears China is gearing up for huge strategic move on our doorstep
Daily Mail
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June 9, 2025
By ASHLEY NICKEL FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA Published: 22:32 EDT, 8 June 2025 | Updated: 22:44 EDT, 8 June 2025 A leading security analyst warned Australia's military bases and critical infrastructure are 'unprotected' from foreign aggressors and...
'No community is immune to climate change impact:' Tuvalu's prime minister calls for global action on sea-level rise
The Pacific Island Times
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June 9, 2025
A 16-year-old child swims in the flooded area of Aberao village in Kiribati. The Pacific island is one of the countries worst affected by sea-level rise. Photo courtesy of UNICEF By Pacific Island Times News Staff Feleti P. Teo, Tuvalu’s prime...
Pacific Islands focus: health sovereignty, polio outbreak and regional relationships
Croakey Health Media
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June 9, 2025
Introduction by Croakey: As we wait to hear whether Australia will co-host COP31 climate negotiations next year with Pacific Islands nations, Vanuatu’s climate minister Ralph Regenvanu has expressed disappointment about the Federal Government’s...
'Act responsibly for humankind' - Palau president on deep sea mining order
RNZ
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June 8, 2025
Surangel Whipps Jr, left, wants US President-elect Donald Trump to see firsthand the impacts of climate change. Photo: RNZ Pacific / PICRC Palau's president says the US order to fast-track deep sea mining is not a good idea. Deep sea mining...
Want a special way to mark World Oceans Day? Try these luxury experiences
South China Morning Post
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June 8, 2025
June 8 is World Oceans Day, an observance designed to raise awareness of the vital role our water bodies play in supporting life on Earth, through biodiversity and their ability to regulate the climate, and the urgent need to protect them. Today,...
Quest for Amelia Earhart wreckage
The Post & Courier - South Carolina
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At an elevation of about 1,000 feet, he continued, Earhart was about 100 miles away from Howland Island. The enterprising pilot , however, grew increasingly disoriented and was quickly running out of fuel. “Imagine that. She’s flying in circles...
2024 was hottest year on record for South-West Pacific, says WMO report
Down to Earth
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The year 2024 was the hottest-ever recorded in the South-West Pacific region, marked by extreme heat, devastating cyclones, heavy floods, and the largest marine heatwave event ever observed, according to the State of the Climate in the South-West...
Honolulu Civil Beat: Lifeblood for Pacific islands threatened as warming ocean drives tuna east
Spectrum Bay News 9 - Florida
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June 6, 2025
Editor’s Note: Here in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, signs that climate change has arrived are all around us. We see it in our disappearing beaches, the flooding of our homes, the ever-looming menace of wildfire. For us, climate change is more...
Mapped: The State of Freedom Around the World in 2025
Visual Capitalist
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July 5, 2025
The State of Freedom Around the World in 2025 This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Key Takeaways Finland has the...
WWII soldier interred 81 years after being killed in action
The Daily Star - Louisiana
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July 5, 2025
BATON ROUGE — Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Charlton J. Meginley, retired U.S. Air Force colonel, joined Southwest Louisiana Veterans Cemetery Director Susan Daggett and staff for the interment on Wednesday of Private First...
Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire edition
Asia Pacific Report
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July 4, 2025
By Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal Author David Robie and Little Island Press are about to publish next week a 40th anniversary edition of Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior, a first-hand account...
Analysis: Trump’s Mineral Policy Offers an Important Strategic Opportunity in the Pacific
The Virginia Star
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July 4, 2025
by Wyatt J. Greco In an April 2025 executive order, President Trump affirmed that offshore critical minerals are key to creating supply chains that do not depend on adversaries like the People’s Republic of China. While US leadership on deep-sea...
Bush, Wong, and Pacific aid: The real defence gap
The Mandarin
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July 3, 2025
Bush, Bono, Obama — and now Wong. The Pacific aid vacuum is growing, and Canberra’s response might just be the real national security test. Private Media/Zennie It’s not every day you hear former US president George W. Bush on the same page as...
In the Pacific, 'who has kava is king' but some fear it's hurting families
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 5, 2025
Michael Louze has seen a kava-led boom unfolding on the roads of Vanuatu's remote islands. Over the 25 years he's exported the crop, he's never seen prices so high — or growers so flush with cash. "Farmers are buying Land Cruisers with cash...
Trump’s Mineral Policy Offers Strategic Opportunity in the Pacific
The Gateway Pundit
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July 4, 2025
Credit: FOX Sunday Morning Futures screenshot A seabed mining agreement with the island nation of Nauru would reduce China’s influence while establishing America as an industry authority This story originally was published by Real Clear Wire. By...
Seth Sablan gives Team Marianas 3rd gold
Marianas Variety
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(Northern Marianas Sports Association) — Youth athlete Seth Sablan continues to have an impressive debut in the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Palau, as he won another medal in the wrestling competition. After clinching a bronze medal in the men’s...
Truth behind Amelia Earhart’s missing plane may have been solved after 88-year mystery
Metro
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July 4, 2025
Researchers believe they may have found the plane Amelia Earhart, pictured, disappeared after an attempt to fly around the world in 1937 (Picture: Bettmann Archive) A team of researchers believe they may have found Amelia Earhart’s missing plane...
As Sea Levels Rise, an Island Nation Creates an Escape Route
Inside Climate News
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July 1, 2025
The small island nation of Tuvalu is being swallowed by the sea. With just around 10,000 residents, this Pacific network of reef islands and atolls has seen sea levels rise around 6 inches over the past three decades—one and half times the global...
Nauru Airlines and Air Marshall Islands announce new cooperation agreement
AeroTime News
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July 3, 2025
South Pacific carriers Air Marshall Islands and Nauru Airlines have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) strengthening ties between the carriers, “to enhance regional aviation resilience, improve connectivity and service...
China Denies Pacific Military Base Ambitions After Fiji PM Flags Concerns
StratNews Global
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July 3, 2025
Home China China Denies Pacific Military Base Ambitions After Fiji PM Flags Concerns Fiji's Prime Minister said on Wednesday his country had development cooperation with China, but was opposed to Beijing establishing a military base in the Pacific...