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PM Rabuka to skip Pacific Foreign Ministers meet today
The Fiji Times
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August 13, 2025
Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sitiveni Rabuka will not attend todays Pacific Foreign Ministers meeting in Suva. The Pacific Islands Forum has confirmed Fiji will be represented by Ratu Inoke Kubuabola, Special Envoy of the...
Islands play first international match
Taipei Times
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August 16, 2025
The Marshall Islands finally got off the mark in international soccer on Thursday and promptly lost 4-0 to the US Virgin Islands on a high school pitch in Arkansas, but not before making history as the world’s newest national team. The remote...
Chewing betel nut has deep Pacific roots, but health officials warn of cancer risk
Hawaii Public Radio
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August 25, 2025
At a small farmers market in downtown Hilo, several tables display rows of betel nut that hang from a line, attached to their original branches, or contained in sealed plastic bags. On Hawaiʻi Island, there is no shortage of buyers for the...
The World Court just ruled countries can be held liable for climate change damage – what does that mean for the US?
Space.com
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August 25, 2025
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The International Court of Justice issued a landmark advisory opinion in July 2025 declaring that...
Trump-era officials under fire as nuclear fund for Bikini islanders is squandered
Pacific News Service
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Former staff have lashed the U.S Department of the Interior for failing to predict that a 2017 decision to lift oversight from a US$59million trust fund for Pacific Islanders displaced by American nuclear testing would lead to the fund’s...
Fisheries conservation and sustainability focus of seminar in Marshall Islands
RNZ
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August 6, 2025
Speaking to the opening of a National Ocean Symposium Tuesday, Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine called for communities throughout the Marshall Islands to get active in protecting their ocean resources for current and future generations....
Devon coach helps Marshall Islands football team
BBC
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Jonathan MorrisBBC News, South West ShareSave The Marshall Islands team is ready for their first opponents A footballer from Devon is helping to put a remote nation on the global football map. Matt Webb, a centre-back for Sidmouth Town and...
Counting down to zero: the final warning from a climate diplomat
The Guardian
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August 26, 2025
On 15 March 2022, I was on a video call with a dear friend when I experienced a twitching on the left-hand side of my face and a slurring of my speech. My wife, Fiona, took me to hospital because we both thought I was having a stroke, and I spent...
Fijian PM Rabuka's 'ocean of peace' proposal set for approval at Pacific leaders' summit
RNZ
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August 14, 2025
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka first introduced the concept at the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in Rarotonga in 2023. Photo: Fiji Government Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka's 'Ocean of Peace' initiative is slated for approval at the Pacific...
Life after deportation: Marshall Islands Halfway House proposed
The Pacific Island Times
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August 3, 2025
Microwaves By Jack Niedenthal Riem Simon spent 13 years in U.S. prisons and now wants to help the rising number of deportees from the U.S. adjust to Marshallese society through a program he has developed: “Welcome to the Marshall Islands Halfway...
Washington AG posts 'Know Your Rights' flyers in 12 languages about state law limiting rent increases
KREM 2 - Washington State
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August 14, 2025
The Attorney General's Office is working to inform tenants of their rights and how to file a complaint if they receive an unlawful rent hike. SEATTLE — With a new Washington law limiting rent increases in effect, the Attorney General’s Office is...
'Last nation without a team' to make international bow
RTE Ireland
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August 13, 2025
Marshall Islands assistant manager Justin Walley admits the country's imminent first ever international football match still feels like a dream. The Marshall Islands have long claimed to be "the last nation on earth without a football team", and...
Coast Guard, partners conclude Operation Ika Moana in Samoa
Seapower Magazine
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August 25, 2025
Boats crews comprising Samoan Police Maritime Wing officers, U.S. Coast Guard Mobile Training Team members, and Operation Ika Moana participants conduct training offshore Apia, Samoa, Aug. 12, 2025. During Operation Ika Moana, patrol boat crews...
Pacific unity at risk over Forum snub: Fiji PM Rabuka
Pacific News Service
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Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka confirmed he has been formally informed by the Solomon Islands about its decision to exclude nearly two dozen countries from the upcoming Pacific Islands Forum meeting. The list includes major donors such as...
I’ve seen supercars with no front number plate. Is that legal?
The Times
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Q. I’ve seen supercars on the road without front number plates. I’m guessing the owners don’t want a rectangular piece of metal stuck on the nose, spoiling the look and the aerodynamics. But is it legal? I ask because I’m about to take delivery of...
Marshallese deportations escalate in Arkansas and elsewhere under Trump
Arkansas Times
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August 5, 2025
Eighteen Marshallese citizens who had been legally residing in Arkansas, California, Washington and Hawaii were deported back to the Republic of the Marshall Islands on June 10, according to a press release issued by the Republic of the Marshall...
Solomons PM excludes 21 donor nations from PIF meeting amid China-Taiwan tensions
Pacific Media Network
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In a major move influenced by Beijing, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele has announced that 21 donor countries, including the United States and China, will be excluded from the upcoming Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders meeting,...
Marshalls president: It’s wrong to ban partners from Forum talks
Marianas Variety
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Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine, flanked by Speaker Brenson Wase, right, and parliament chaplain Rev. Lawson Matauto, at the opening of the Nitijela in early August where she spoke forcefully for Taiwan's inclusion at the Pacific Islands...
‘No one wants to leave’: Marshallese communities push back against the migration narrative
The Pacific Island Times
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August 9, 2025
In the Marshall Islands, where land is not just property but lineage, identity and spiritual inheritance, the idea of leaving is not an option. Even as rising seas flood runways, submerge burial grounds and transform forests into sandbars,...
Pacific must own its agenda: PM Manele
The Islandsun
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August 9, 2025
BY NED GAGAHE Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele says the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) remains the cornerstone of regional unity, cooperation, and collective action for Pacific peoples. Speaking to local media on Friday, August 9, 2025 during a press...