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Why is this shot-putter's hand so big? Is the Seine making athletes sick? Your Olympic health questions answered.

Why is this shot-putter's hand so big? Is the Seine making athletes sick? Your Olympic health questions answered.

Olympians need to fuel up and get in the right mindset to perform at peak levels in the hopes of taking home gold. But then there are the X factors — like COVID-19, injuries, pregnancies and even dirty water — that can add extra challenges to...

Colin Jost visits the Olympic medical tent after injuring his foot while covering the surfing event

Colin Jost visits the Olympic medical tent after injuring his foot while covering the surfing event

Colin Jost has taken a trip to the medical tent while covering Olympic surfing in Tahiti. The SNL star is in French Polynesia as he reports on the surfing event for Paris 2024, but it seems he's run into a bit of trouble. Jost took to Instagram...

Is the Seine making athletes sick? How do ice vests work? Your Olympic health questions answered.

Is the Seine making athletes sick? How do ice vests work? Your Olympic health questions answered.

Olympians need to fuel up and get in the right mindset to perform at peak levels in the hopes of taking home gold. But then there are the X factors — like COVID-19, injuries, pregnancies and even dirty water — that can add extra challenges to...

Can you catch E. coli in the Seine? Is there a COVID outbreak? How is Colin Jost's foot? Your Olympics health questions answered.

Can you catch E. coli in the Seine? Is there a COVID outbreak? How is Colin Jost's foot? Your Olympics health questions answered.

Olympians need to fuel up and get in the right mindset to perform at peak levels in the hopes of taking home gold. But then there are the X factors — like COVID-19, injuries, pregnancies and even dirty water — that can add extra challenges to...

Colin Jost’s time as Olympic surfing correspondent in Tahiti is over — and he may have left early amid health woes

Colin Jost’s time as Olympic surfing correspondent in Tahiti is over — and he may have left early amid health woes

Colin Jost has said au revoir to his post as NBC’s Olympic surfing correspondent in Tahiti. As the top surfers in the world finished the competition on Monday, the “Saturday Night Live” star apparently packed up his bags early, with an Australian...

At UN conference, countries inch towards ocean protection goal

At UN conference, countries inch towards ocean protection goal

NICE, France – Remote coral atolls in the Caribbean. Habitat for threatened sharks and rays around a Tanzanian island in the Indian Ocean. And 900,000 sq km of the Pacific Ocean around French Polynesia. These are some of the stretches of water now...

Cook Islands Also Declares Dengue Outbreak in the Pacific Ocean

Cook Islands Also Declares Dengue Outbreak in the Pacific Ocean

(Vax-Before-Travel News)The Cook Islands in the South Pacific Ocean recently confirmed it is also experiencing a dengue fever outbreak in May 2025. On May 22, 2025, the Ministry of Health officially declared a dengue fever outbreak in Rarotonga, a...

Pacific Ocean Commissioner: Op -ED – Ripples to Waves:

Pacific Ocean Commissioner: Op -ED – Ripples to Waves:

By Dr Filimon Manoni, Pacific Ocean Commissioner KOROR, 30 JUNE 2025 (PIFS) — It’s been two weeks since the curtains fell on the third UN Ocean Conference. At this largest ever ocean summit, the Pacific voice echoed as a collective, calling for...

UH researches explain the impacts of groundwater input to coral reefs

UH researches explain the impacts of groundwater input to coral reefs

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - University of Hawaii researchers said ground water flowing into the ocean at just the right amount can boost the growth of coral reefs but too much can be harmful. The researchers describe the effect as a “Goldilocks...

New book details family's two-year sailing journey to the Caribbean islands

New book details family's two-year sailing journey to the Caribbean islands

What happens when you trade your house keys for a boat anchor? For Annie Jomphe and her family, it meant rediscovering joy, connection, and purpose—now captured in her new book. A Penticton mother has turned a life-changing experience into a new...

Tjibaou on New Caledonia talks in Paris: “We want to resolve this now”

Tjibaou on New Caledonia talks in Paris: “We want to resolve this now”

Koror, Palau-It’s been two weeks since the curtains fell on the third UN Ocean Conference. At this largest ever ocean summit, the Pacific voice echoed as a collective, calling for more global ocean accountability, and offering transformational...

10 beautiful islands in the world you must visit in July 2025

10 beautiful islands in the world you must visit in July 2025

It's time to hit the beach! The hot summer breeze is suffocating you in your homes and you can't spend the entire season within the walls of your abode. Thus, with the Fourth of July weekend coming soon or even later in July, you can plan an...

John Wayne was embarrassed by John Ford film 'I felt guilty and awkward'

John Wayne was embarrassed by John Ford film 'I felt guilty and awkward'

Back in 1963, John Wayne starred in adventure comedy Donovan’s Reef, opposite Lee Marvin, Jack Warden and Elizabeth Allen.Set in French Polynesia but filmed in Hawaii, Duke once again teamed up with four-time Oscar-winning director John Ford....

The Ocean Still Holds Mysteries. That’s Why We Must Save It

The Ocean Still Holds Mysteries. That’s Why We Must Save It

When the world’s first marine reserves were established in the 1920s, Jacques Cousteau was an adolescent. The deepest we could dive was about 500 ft. Humans were beginning to imagine what could be beneath the surface, what discoveries lay waiting,...

The Ocean Still Holds Mysteries. That's Why We Must Save It

The Ocean Still Holds Mysteries. That's Why We Must Save It

A diver surveys a coral reef on Nov, 27, 2017 near the Comoros archipelago, Indian Ocean. Credit - Alexis Rosenfeld—Getty Images When the world’s first marine reserves were established in the 1920s, Jacques Cousteau was an adolescent. The deepest...

Why Fishing With A Local is hooked on benefits beyond the catch

Why Fishing With A Local is hooked on benefits beyond the catch

Fishing With A Local school holiday program with Figtree High out of school care group. Photo: Supplied. When George Newcombe talks about fishing, it’s about more than catching a meal. For this UK-born adventurer turned Illawarra and Shoalhaven...

Miss Tahiti 2025 Candidates Test Their Knowledge Before Election

Miss Tahiti 2025 Candidates Test Their Knowledge Before Election

Pirae, French Polynesia – Ten contestants for the Miss Tahiti 2025 title participated in a general knowledge test on June 11, 2025, ahead of the upcoming pageant later this month. The event is a crucial part of the competition as participants...

Helen Clark warns in new Pacific book renewed nuclear tensions pose ‘existential threat to humanity’

David Robie also blogs at Café Pacific From: Asia Pacific Report Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark has warned the country needs to maintain its nuclear-free policy as a “fundamental tenet” of its independent foreign policy in the face...

Education Ministry receives an increase in budget allocation

Education Ministry receives an increase in budget allocation

“We want to resolve this now, and that is why I am committed to dialogue.” That’s Emmanuel Tjibaou, president of the independence party Union Calédonienne (UC) and one of New Caledonia’s deputies in the French National Assembly. On Wednesday this...

Brazil’s So-Called Arte Popular Gets Even More Popular

Brazil’s So-Called Arte Popular Gets Even More Popular

Earlier this spring, artist Julia Isídrez led an informal guided tour at the São Paulo gallery Gomide & Co. The occasion was a joint exhibition featuring her work alongside that of Maria Lira. At face value, the two artists don’t seem to have much...

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