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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...
China denies military base ambitions in Pacific Islands, focus instead on improved livelihoods
The Straits Times
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July 3, 2025
SYDNEY – China’s embassy in Fiji on July 3 denied that Beijing wanted a military base or sphere of influence in the Pacific Islands after Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said islands were trying to cope with a powerful China seeking to...
India Ranked 50th Poorest Country In Terms Of GDP Or Per Person Income
Trak.in
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July 3, 2025
GDP per capita, calculated by dividing a country’s total economic output by its population, serves as a useful indicator of individual economic productivity. According to 2025 estimates from the International Monetary Fund, the latest data...
New Ritz-Carlton Yacht Cruises Explore Bora Bora, Bali, and More in 2026–27
Travelbinger
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June 26, 2025
If you’ve ever dreamed of cruising in ultra-luxury, The Ritz‑Carlton Yacht Collection just dropped something to get excited about. Their Winter 2026–27 line-up unveils 32 new getaways aboard two yachts, the Evrima and the soon-to-launch Luminara,...
Scientists 'finally discover' Amelia Earhart's lost plane solving mystery after 88 years
LAD Bible
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The mystery of Amelia Earhart is one that almost everyone in modern times is aware of, but the secret whereabouts of where her plane crashed may have finally been solved decades later. Known as the renowned female pilot who had as many adventures...
Fishermen under investigation
Marshall Islands Journal
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July 2, 2025
GIFF JOHNSON Community complaints about a large group of fishermen living in an apartment building in the Batkan area of Majuro led to law enforcement raiding the building and removing the men from the location last week, first to the MIPD Uliga...
Fiji Says Chinese Military Base, Missiles Not Welcome In Pacific
Zero Hedge
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The tiny South Pacific archipelago country of Fiji has come out firmly against China establishing a military base in the Pacific Islands, according to a statement of Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka issued Wednesday. He emphasized that China has no...
Amelia Earhart disappeared 88 years ago, on July 2, 1937. Purdue thinks it knows where.
Yahoo News
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(This story has been updated with new information.) WEST LAFAYETTE, IN — On the 88th anniversary of Amelia Earhart's disappearance, the Purdue Research Foundation and the Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI) announced a joint effort to locate the...
China base not welcome, Fijian prime minister says
Taipei Times
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July 2, 2025
Fiji’s prime minister yesterday said that China should not be allowed to gain a permanent military foothold in the strategically contested South Pacific region, adding that a potential conflict in the Taiwan Strait would impact Pacific islands....
Tātāriki empowering students
Ashburton Courier
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July 2, 2025
Mātāriki has been celebrated at Ashburton College with the announcement of a new student leader set to empower Māori among the student body. Lucius Hunt was named the college’s inaugural Tātāriki during a Mātāriki dawn service at the school’s Te...
Pacific relationship will ‘remain constant’: Peters
Otago Daily Times
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June 22, 2025
Few people are as well placed to comment on the shifting sands of international politics in the South Pacific as Foreign Minister Winston Peters, who is about to address the Otago Foreign Policy School on that topic. Political editor Mike Houlahan...
Strange But True: The UK has the World’s longest country name, Here's why
Pulse
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July 1, 2025
Countries don’t always go by the names we commonly use. When we think of country names, we often picture short, familiar ones like France, Brazil, or Japan. But beyond these common names lie the full, official names of these countries, many of...
Indonesia uncovers drug smuggling ring using fake migrant IDs
Antara
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July 2, 2025
The suspect’s identity card had also been altered. This is a modus operandi involving manipulation of identity,Jakarta (ANTARA) - Minister for the Protection of Migrant Workers, Abdul Kadir Karding, has revealed that some drug couriers or...
Fiji PM says China military presence not welcome in Pacific
Deutsche Welle
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July 2, 2025
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said on Wednesday that he is opposed to China gaining a permanent military foothold in the South Pacific region. "If they want to come, who would welcome them? Not Fiji," Rabuka told reporters during an address...
Fiji says would not welcome China military presence in Pacific
Inquirer
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July 2, 2025
SYDNEY — Fiji’s prime minister said Wednesday that China should not be allowed to gain a permanent military foothold in the strategically contested South Pacific region. China has spent years cementing its influence in a string of Pacific island...
The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection Reveals Winter 2026–2027 Itineraries
Breaking Travel News
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June 26, 2025
The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection unveils its Winter 2026–2027 itineraries, introducing an expanded portfolio of luxury yachting experiences across French Polynesia, Hawaii, and Asia-Pacific aboard Evrima and Luminara. Sailing from October 2026...
20,000 malicious IPs and domains taken down in INTERPOL infostealer crackdown
International Criminal Police Organization
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SINGAPORE – More than 20,000 malicious IP addresses or domains linked to information stealers have been taken down in an INTERPOL-coordinated operation against cybercriminal infrastructure. During Operation Secure (January – April 2025) law...
‘It’s not Chinese assistance’
Island Times
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July 1, 2025
CANBERRA, 30 JUNE 2025 (THE GUARDIAN) — China is bolstering its geopolitical influence in the Pacific by “branding” Asian Development Bank projects – funded in significant part by Australian taxpayer dollars – as Chinese projects, the Australian...
Micronesian Summit in Majuro this week
Marianas Variety
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Flags from most of the Micronesian islands participating in the regional summit this week fly outside the International Conference Center in Majuro on Monday. Photo by Giff Johnson MAJURO — The Micronesian Islands Forum cranks up with officials...