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The European Union and the Pacific Community boost border security in Marshall Islands with advanced X-Ray technology
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Pacific Community (SPC)
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Photo: European Union Ambassador Barbara Plinkert and Marshall Islands Minister Anthony Muller, key handover of the Airport X-ray machine The Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) has received a state-of-the-art X-ray machine to reinforce border...
Owner: Pacific Community
The Pacific Tourism Organisation Hosts Two-Week Research Training for PNGTPA to Strengthen Tourism Data Capacity
From 16 to 30 September 2025, the Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) hosted a two-week research training program for the Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority (PNGTPA), aimed at strengthening PNGTPA’s capacity to manage and deliver...
The Pacific Humanitarian Warehousing Program (PHWP) Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) Journey: What are we doing differently?
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Pacific Community (SPC)
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The Pacific Humanitarian Warehousing Program (PHWP), being implemented across 15 participating countries1, provided a rare opportunity to reimagine how MERL can meaningfully contribute to ensuring sovereign warehouse storage and response...
Owner: Pacific Community
Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane likely located, research team claims
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CBS News
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Researchers from Purdue University are set to travel to the South Pacific to determine if a "visual anomaly" on a remote island is the wreck of Amelia Earhart's lost plane, saying there is "very strong" evidence the object is the iconic aviator's...
Owner: Shari Redstone (Family)
Life Sciences Cloud Content Migration: Separating Fact from Fiction
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BioPharma Dive
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Owner: Informa PLC
“Fossil Fuels Kill 24,000 Europeans”: Climate Deaths Shock Scientists While Governments Increase Oil Production
IN A NUTSHELL 🌍 The 21st century poses a formidable challenge with climate change threatening global stability. 🔺 Current fossil fuel production exceeds recommended levels by 77%, exacerbating environmental issues. 🌊 A projected 4°C temperature...
Owner: 3E Medias SAS
Who were the early settlers of Kiritimati Island?
Our Islands Our People By Raque Bagnol Let’s take a trip to Kiritimati Island, also known as Christmas Island, the world's largest atoll. Kiritimati is one of the islands in Kiribati, located about 2,500 kilometers south of Hawaii. The first...
Owner: Mar-Vic Cagurangan (Editor & Publisher)
Landmark ICJ climate ruling must be turned into concrete action on shipping
John Taukave is technical and cultural adviser to Pacific delegations of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), a Rotuman performing artist and a doctoral researcher at the University of Amsterdam. When a little-known UN agency meets in...
Owner: James William Ramsay
Strategic Minerals and the False Promise of Seabed Mining
By Drake Long On April 29, a small seabed mining enterprise known as The Metals Company (TMC) formally submitted an application to NOAA to commence commercial-scale mining in an area of the ocean known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. This followed...
Owner: The Center for International Maritime Security (Non-profit)
‘A matter of survival’: Amnesty International calls for urgent reform of Aotearoa's visa rules
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Pacific Media Network
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Amnesty International warns that Pacific people facing climate-related challenges are being blocked from migrating to Aotearoa New Zealand due to discriminatory visa rules. The organisation’s new report, Navigating Injustice, highlights how...
Owner: New Zealand Government
Pacific Islands News Roundup – October 3 – 9, 2025
Editor’s Note: We are undergoing a web host migration process and may need to make necessary modifications to our format and frequency over the next several weeks. Thank you in advance for your understanding. Political Leadership and Regionalism,...
Owner: East-West Center & University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
IAC endorses two new Marine Spatial Planning Micro-Qualifications
The Industry Advisory Committee (IAC) met at the Heritage Park Hotel this week to formally validate and endorse two new Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) Micro-Qualifications (MQs). The meeting marked the committee’s fourth and final session since it...
Owner: Catherine Lamani
This Canadian island has a dire warning: small islands may be losing their water lifeline
Aerial photo of ponds amongst the dynamic dune landscape. Image credits: Dalhousie University. Throughout centuries, Sable Island, a remote sand island near Canada, has provided sanctuary to rare seabirds, wild horses, plants, and insects, all...
Owner: Andrei Mihai & Tiberius Puiu
Amelia Earhart’s plane could finally be found in upcoming expedition
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Yahoo News
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(NewsNation) — Researchers will travel to the South Pacific next month to investigate a “visual anomaly” that they believe could be Amelia Earhart’s long-lost plane. Earhart disappeared on July 2, 1937, while attempting to become the first female...
Owner: Apollo Global Management
Honor Flight San Diego ... Veterans, Volunteers, And Coronado Connections
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Coronado Eagle & Journal - California
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Honoring our nation’s veterans isn’t just about ceremonies, proclamations, and words, it’s about showing gratitude through action. No group jumps into action in the service of veterans quite like Honor Flight. The Honor Flight Network is a...
Owner: Eckenroths Family
When people are displaced by climate change, what rights do they have?
Climate change is a global emergency that touches every human on this planet. But its effects hit some people harder than others. People in low- and middle-income countries, coastal areas, river valleys, low-lying areas and island states, are on...
Owner: Amnesty International (Non-profit)
News The Guardian ‘Humanitarian’ visa must be created for Pacific Islanders displaced by climate crisis, experts say
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Yahoo News - United Kingdom
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Climate and migration experts are calling for urgent action to create legal pathways for people displaced by the climate crisis, as a new report highlights the scale of the problem across the Pacific. Research by Amnesty International released on...
Owner: Apollo Global Management
Long-lost plane of Amelia Earhart 'finally discovered in lagoon'
The long-lost Electra 10E plane of Amelia Earhart, the famed aviator, may have been found at last, with researchers claiming they have "very strong" evidence that it lies in a lagoon. Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan were attempting a global...
Owner: Reach PLC
Amelia Earhart' long-lost plane 'finally discovered in lagoon'
Matt Jackson Trendswatch Content Editor 10:56, 03 Oct 2025 Amelia Earhart went missing in 1937(Image: Popperfoto/Getty Images) Amelia Earhart's long-lost Electra 10E plane might finally have been discovered after researchers have “very strong”...
Owner: Reach PLC
Purdue University Team Nears Possible Earhart Plane Site
InkFreeNews.com Posted Oct 07, 2025 Updated: Oct 6, 2025 @ 3:29 PM A satellite image shows the Taraia Object in a lagoon on Nikumaroro Island. Photo from Rick Pettigrew, Archeological Legacy Institute. News Release WEST LAFAYETTE — A Purdue...
Owner: Baumgartner Family