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Pacific Nations Cup underway at Tafuna Tennis Courts
Talanei
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June 30, 2025
Governor Pulaalii Nikolao Pula delivered the first serve to open the Pacific Nations Cup at the tennis courts in Tafuna Monday morning. More than 65 tennis players, coaches, and officials from 11 countries are competing in the tournament, which...
What we’re watching: Weekly disaster update, June 30
Center for Disaster Philanthropy
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July 1, 2025
We know all too well that disaster can strike anytime, anywhere in the world. Some disasters make headlines; others do not. Here at the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP), we monitor the status of disasters worldwide and compile a list of the...
American Samoa hosting 2025 Pacific Nations Cup
Samoa News
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July 1, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa Tennis Association (ASTA) along with the International Tennis Federation (ITF) / Oceania Tennis Federation (OTF) is excited to host the 2025 Pacific Nations Cup, where over 65 athletes and coaching...
Israel and Ukraine Used Smuggled Drones To Wreak Havoc on Their Enemies. Could China Do the Same?
The Washington Free Beacon - Virginia
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June 30, 2025
A covert Israeli drone base secretly installed in the heart of Iran. More than 100 Ukrainian remote-controlled military aircraft smuggled deep into Russia, concealed under wooden sheds. Israel and Ukraine have activated these assets to devastating...
Our voyage to Statehood, 60 years on: understanding the nature and practice of free-association as we reflect on our development journey
Cook Island News
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June 28, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Brown. SUPPLIED. This year, the Cook Islands marks 60 years of self-governance, an historic milestone in our voyage to statehood, by Mark Brown, Prime Minister of the Cook Islands. In 1965, our people chose to shape our own...
Ani-One Asia Streams
Anime News Network
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Image via Dr. Stone anime's X/Twitter account©米スタジオ・Boichi／集英社・Dr.STONE製作委員会Ani-One Asia announced on Thursday and Friday that it will stream the Dr. Stone: Science Future (second part), Hotel Inhumans, With You and the Rain, Onmyō Kaiten...
Hundreds of Fossils Reveal Squids’ Evolutionary Origins and Early Dominance
WhoWhatWhy
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June 30, 2025
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Inside the 'hidden gem' country with an eerie prediction about its future - would YOU travel there?
Daily Mail
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June 22, 2025
Dreaming about decamping to a far-flung island where the world's troubles feel a million miles away? Then you could always make for a speck of an island in the Pacific Ocean that manages to exist peacefully without a prison or an army. The...
Bhutan acts to stay off travel ban list
The Bhutanese
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June 28, 2025
After working very hard to stay off any travel ban list and cooperating with United States (US) authorities, Bhutan was congratulating itself when the USA, earlier this month, announced a list of countries facing full and partial travel ban that...
The neighbour market
The Monthly
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I realised too late that the front door was open. I should have called out and let myself in. Instead, I rang the bell, forcing Kitione Waqanisau to labour his way up the hallway on crutches. Kiti, as he likes to be called, guided me to the lounge...
New Study Finds Women And Young People Hit Hardest By Climate Anxiety
Forbes
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A young woman holds a cardboard 'No nature, no future'. (Photo by Alain Pitton/NurPhoto via Getty ... More Images)NurPhoto via Getty Images I never quite believed climate anxiety was real until about a year ago when I spoke to a couple of young...
New List of Countries you can Travel Visa-Free with Pakistani Passport in 2025
Daily Pakistan
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June 27, 2025
ISLAMABAD – Pakistani passport holders can now enjoy visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to more than 30 countries, marking a notable improvement in the country’s global travel standing. According to the latest data released by Henley & Partners,...
Mapa: ¿en qué países es legal el matrimonio homosexual? ¿Dónde fue legal primero?
KVIA - Texas
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June 27, 2025
Por CNN Español El matrimonio entre personas del mismo sexo es una realidad en al menos 39 países, según un reporte de la Asociación Internacional de Lesbianas, Gays, Bisexuales, Trans e Intersex (ILGA, por sus siglas en inglés) y la suma de...
Countries that might be the safest if the world falls apart
AOL
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If you are thinking about where to go if things go south globally, you're not alone. With global tensions climbing and the possibility of widespread conflict no longer a distant scenario, the idea of a personal exit strategy has become more than...
Trump’s Global Gulag Search Expands to 53 Nations
The Intercept
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June 25, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the Trump administration could resume deporting immigrants to countries other than their own without any chance to object on the grounds that they might be tortured. This may clear a legal path for the...
The U.S. Is Making Prison Deals in Other Countries
Esquire
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June 26, 2025
Is it possible for a nation of Reichstags to develop a world full of gulags, or does that stretch historical analogies beyond the breaking point? Let’s let the Intercept settle this question. An Intercept investigation finds that the Trump...
Global ship recycling rules go live with Hong Kong Convention
Offshore Energy
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June 26, 2025
As of today, June 26, the Hong Kong International Convention for the safe and environmentally sound recycling of ships (HKC) officially enters into force. It marks a long-awaited turning point in how the world dismantles and recycles end-of-life...
New Zealand abandons international fossil fuel pledge
Newsroom
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June 25, 2025
New Zealand’s departure from the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance came quietly, but not as a surprise to anyone closely following the Government’s fossil fuel policies. Resources Minister Shane Jones says the coalition’s fossil fuel plans meant the...
China irks NZ as its influence spreads in the South Pacific
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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June 23, 2025
Hong Kong, June 23 (ANI): The Pacific Islands are considered a point of vulnerability for Chinese encroachment and influence peddling, and the Cook Islands is following in the footsteps of Vanuatu and Solomon Islands in signing strategic deals...
World News | China Irks NZ as Its Influence Spreads in the South Pacific
Latestly
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June 23, 2025
Hong Kong, June 23 (ANI): The Pacific Islands are considered a point of vulnerability for Chinese encroachment and influence peddling, and the Cook Islands is following in the footsteps of Vanuatu and Solomon Islands in signing strategic deals...