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world Solomon Islands blocks US, China and Taiwan from Pacific's top political meet
Asiaone
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August 9, 2025
SYDNEY - Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele has said that 21 donor countries, including the United States and China, will not be invited to the region's top political meeting, a move that follows pressure from Beijing to exclude...
UH Hilo anthropologist: Marshallese wayfaring and brain science
University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
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August 9, 2025
Reading time: 2 minutesMarshallese master navigators read the water and wind to find their way. (Photo: Chewy Lin via University of Stirling) A University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo professor is collaborating on a groundbreaking study into the heart of...
Solomon Islands PM calls for pause on Forum dialogue partner meeting
RNZ
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August 8, 2025
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele, right, at the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Nuku'alofa, Tonga. August 2024 Photo: RNZ Pacific / Lydia Lewis The Solomon Islands Prime Minister has made his case as to why at least...
US, China barred from attending top Pacific political forum
The Age
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August 9, 2025
“We support the continued attendance of all PIF partners, including Taiwan, at the annual PIF Leaders Meeting, as previously agreed by PIF leaders in 1992.” Loading Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has urged the PIF to “maintain its existing...
Solomon Islands Bars US, China, Taiwan From Key Pacific Political Summit
StratNews Global
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August 8, 2025
Home China Solomon Islands Bars US, China, Taiwan From Key Pacific Political Summit The Solomon Islands, China's biggest security ally in the Pacific Islands, is hosting the annual meeting of the 18-member bloc's forum in September. Solomon...
Marshallese Soccer Federation announces inaugural team lineup
KUAF - Arkansas
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The Marshall Islands Soccer Federation announced the 20 members of its first national men's team on Monday, including two players from Arkansas. Matt John, who is Marshallese and lives in Springdale, was selected as a forward for the team and said...
Solomon Islands blocks US, China, Taiwan from Pacific’s top political meet
WKZO - Michigan
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August 7, 2025
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele has said that 21 donor countries, including the United States and China, will not be invited to the region’s top political meeting, a move that follows pressure...
HUD Deputy Secretary Andrew Hughes assault on non-English speaking persons is unethical
Indybay - California
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August 25, 2025
HUD Deputy Secretary Andrew Hughes assault on non-English speaking persons is unethical By Lynda Carson - August 25, 2025 HUD’s new English-only policy may negatively affect Bay Area Public Housing Authorities (PHAs). “An English-only policy for...
Tuvalu reportedly considering pulling out of Pacific leaders' summit; 'hyping Taiwan question does not align with perception of most PICs'
Global Times
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Tuvalu's Prime Minister Feleti Teo speaks after a swearing-in ceremony in Funafuti, the capital of the south Pacific nation of Tuvalu, on February 28, 2024. Photo: VCG Prime Minister Feletei Teo of Tuvalu, which maintains so-called "diplomatic...
Demapan appointed deputy assistant secretary for Insular & International Affairs
Marianas Business Journal
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Angel Demapan, former minority leader of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives and chief of staff to Gov. Ralph DLG Torres, is the new deputy assistant secretary for Insular and International Affairs within the U.S. Department of...
US expands sanctions on Iranian oil exports, targets Greek shipping executive
Riviera
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August 25, 2025
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Antonios Margaritis, who, according to the announcement, “has leveraged his decades of experience in the shipping industry to illicitly facilitate the transport and sale...
ADF continues support for Pacific security
Asia Pacific Defence Reporter
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August 23, 2025
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has continued its successful support to surveillance operations in the Pacific region. Under Operation Solania, the ADF assisted the Solomon Islands through the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) to...
UH launches advanced degrees in fisheries management
Hawaii Tribune Herald
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August 25, 2025
The University of Hawaii has hired eight faculty members for new master’s and doctorate degree programs in sustainable fisheries management, coincidentally as President Donald Trump opened up prohibited fishing areas to Hawaii’s longline fleet....
First International Ready for Recycling Certificate Issued Under Hong Kong Convention
gCaptain
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July 30, 2025
GMS and the Liberian Registry have announced the landmark issuance of the world’s first International Ready for Recycling Certificate (IRRC) since last month’s entry into force of the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and...
Sweeping US sanctions target over 100 ships and entities linked to son of Iranian political adviser
Lloyd's List
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THE US blacklisted a sprawling network of nearly 150 vessels, entities and individuals on Wednesday, in what it said was its largest Iran-related action since reimposing sanctions on the Islamic Republic in 2018. The Treasury Department issued 115...
Fiji minister urges compassion after baby left in sanitary bin
RNZ
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July 29, 2025
Lautoka Hospital. Photo: Supplied/Fiji MOH A call has been made for compassion for the mother of a baby found in a sanitary bin in a Fiji university hostel. Fiji police say the baby was taken to Lautoka Aspen Hospital, where he was admitted in...
Pacific Islands military veterans hope for US action over benefits
Asia Pacific Report
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July 28, 2025
By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal/RNZ Pacific correspondent United States military veterans in the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia and Palau received increased attention during the Biden Administration after years...
America’s counterattack on China’s growing influence in the Pacific islands
WorldNetDaily
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August 24, 2025
Master-at-Arms 2nd Class James Phelps from Indianapolis, Indiana, assigned to the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40), conducts a dive at the grotto on the island of Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Oct. 27, 2021. (U.S....
Daily briefing: Damaging the climate could violate international law, court rules
Nature
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US Treasury Targets Iranian Oil Exports and Shadow Fleet
Hellenic Shipping News
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August 24, 2025
The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is further disrupting Iran’s oil exports by imposing sanctions on Greek national Antonios Margaritis, his network of companies, and nearly a dozen vessels involved in Iran’s...