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PACIFIC JOURNOS MEET CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL, PRAISE CHINA
Solomon Star
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June 29, 2025
Beijing, China – SIX Pacific Islands journalists met with the Director of the Pacific Island Division, Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs of the Chinese Ministry on Foreign Affairs, Gu Xinqiang in Beijing and exchanged views within...
Full list of the countries where rabies is 'high risk' after UK tourist dies
Manchester Evening News
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June 18, 2025
A woman has tragically died in the UK after becoming infected with rabies in Morocco. She is said to have contracted the fatal viral disease while coming into contact with a stray dog during a visit to Morocco, the UK Health and Security Agency...
The John Ford movie that John Wayne admitted he’d been miscast in: “I felt awkward”
Far Out Magazine
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June 29, 2025
(Credits: Far Out / Paramount Pictures) John Wayne always exuded confidence. It was part of his schtick. Any hint of uncertainty and all that messianic swaggering would have come crashing down. Many of his co-stars said that he was equally at ease...
Clark warns in new Pacific book renewed nuclear tensions pose ‘existential threat to humanity’
Asia Pacific Report
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June 29, 2025
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 of gathering global storm clouds. Writing in...
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...
Crews depart from Hilo on an ancestral journey to circumnavigate the Pacific Ocean
Big Island Now - Hawaii
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June 4, 2025
On Tuesday morning, voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia departed from Palekai in Hilo for French Polynesia, continuing the Polynesian Voyaging Society’s Moananuiākea Voyage, a circumnavigation of the Pacific. The four-year journey spans an...
Ripple Effects of Groundwater Influx on Coral Reef Ecosystems
Bioengineer.org
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June 27, 2025
Groundwater’s Hidden Role in Sustaining Coral Reef Ecosystems Unveiled by Oceanographers Beneath the shimmering surface of tropical seas, freshwater seeps silently inject terrestrial nutrients and carbon into coral reef ecosystems, subtly yet...
A drop in the ocean? Pacific nations tap local know-how for marine conservation
South China Morning Post
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June 27, 2025
Pacific island nations are racing to enhance marine conservation, establishing sweeping “no-take” zones and pledging to sustainably manage vast swathes of their territorial waters despite facing limited resources and geopolitical pressure. Among...
Progress and frustration mark the UN’s third Ocean Conference
Canada's National Observer
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June 25, 2025
This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration Delegates from around the world convened in Nice, France, last week to discuss a range of ocean priorities, including the implementation of a...
Investigation: France tried to discredit research exposing hidden nuclear fallout in Pacific
Environmental Health News
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June 2, 2025
France’s nuclear agency spent more than €90,000 on a public relations campaign to counter research suggesting its tests in French Polynesia exposed far more people to radiation than officially acknowledged. Jon Henley reports for The Guardian. In...
What sharks are worth—and why that matters
Mongabay
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June 25, 2025
Stefanie Brendl, founder of Shark Allies, transitioned from shark tourism to advocacy after a pivotal free-diving encounter with a tiger shark, leading her to champion the world’s first shark fin trade ban in Hawaii. Her legislative work has since...
Why the UN Ocean Conference 2025 Was Make-or-Break for Marine Protected Areas
The National Interest - Washington D.C.
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June 24, 2025
The 2025 UN Ocean Conference put Marine Protected Areas at the heart of global ocean action, but global progress hinges on whether the United States steps up to lead. From June 9–13, Nice, France, hosted the third United Nations Ocean Conference,...
50 years after ‘Jaws,’ sharks face their own terror
Science News
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June 20, 2025
One June 20, 1975, a fictional great white shark stalked beachgoers on Amity Island — and struck terror into moviegoers around the world. Jaws, based on Peter Benchley’s best-selling novel, was a blockbuster. Its portrayal of sharks as...
2025 Fijian Drua Presentation and Awards Night
Islands Business
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May 28, 2025
France’s Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) has spent tens of thousands of euros in an effort to counter research revealing that Paris has consistently underestimated the devastating impact of its nuclear tests in French Polynesia in the 1960s and...
The 'Population Bomb' Won't Explode. It Will Fizzle Out.
Red State
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June 24, 2025
The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. Image credit: public domain image of French nuclear test at Fangataufa atoll in French Polynesia All of us who grew up in the '60s and...
France spent €90,000 countering research into impact of Pacific nuclear tests
The Guardian
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May 27, 2025
France’s Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) has spent tens of thousands of euros in an effort to counter research revealing that Paris has consistently underestimated the devastating impact of its nuclear tests in French Polynesia in the 1960s and...
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...
Islands of Intrigue: Cruising Papua New Guinea
Cruising World
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June 20, 2025
Like clockwork, anywhere we dropped the hook, canoes came out to greet us, to trade and to share stories. Birgit Hackl Pushy islanders circling the boat in their canoes. Drunken rascals harassing or assaulting crews. The constant threat of being...
What these Tahitian women want you to know about France's nuclear testing
Hawaii Public Radio
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June 16, 2025
Although France conducted nearly 200 nuclear tests in the South Pacific during the 20th century, few Tahitians have received compensation to this day. That's unlike the Marshall Islands, which has a treaty with the United States that allows...