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UN expects climate finance roadmap to offer “clear next steps”
Climate Home News
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June 23, 2025
Climate negotiators in Bonn have been tasked with taking a “deep dive” into how a roadmap to boost climate finance for developing countries should look, so that it can be finalised at COP30 in Brazil – but a series of consultations last week...
Inside the “shadow fleet” that financed Iranian terror cells worldwide
CTech
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June 22, 2025
The war with Iran raises concerns that the Revolutionary Guards may attempt to activate the global Islamic terror cells they established and funded through the Quds Force. These groups, such as Hezbollah in Lebanon and others in Syria, have...
Shocking! Maldives and 9 other countries that could vanish sooner than you think
The Times of India
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Rising sea levels caused by climate change present an existential threat to many low-lying countries, particularly small island nations and coastal states, as highlighted by reports from the World Economic Forum and the Lowy Institute. These...
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...
U.S. Coast Guard strengthens partnership with Federated States of Micronesia at semi-annual Joint Committee Meeting
DVIDS - Georgia
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June 23, 2025
SANTA RITA, Guam — The U.S. Coast Guard actively participated in the semi-annual bilateral Joint Committee Meeting (JCM) with the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) on June 4 to 5, 2025, at Joint Task Force-Micronesia (JTF-M) Headquarters. Led...
World Bank: Uncertainty reigns for PIC-11
The Fiji Times
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June 18, 2025
THE tourism outlook for the Pacific is currently facing uncertainty, due mainly to an expected weakening in global economic growth, projected to slow to 2.3 per cent in 2025, the World Bank revealed in its latest economic update released...
Pacific Economic Update: Slowing Growth Highlights Need for More Inclusive Workforce
Odisha Diary
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June 17, 2025
HONIARA, June 17, 2025 — Economic growth is slowing across the Pacific as countries face weak global growth, natural hazards and climate related shocks. The World Bank’s flagship Pacific Economic Update, released today in Honiara, projects...
Republic of the Marshall Islands joins IUCN as newest Pacific…
IUCN
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Situated in the heart of the Pacific Ocean, the Marshall Islands is a nation of over 1,000 islands and atolls, renowned for its rich marine biodiversity, including extensive coral reefs, seagrass beds and vital fish stocks. The country faces...
Plutonium levels at Montebello Islands remain elevated 70 years after nuclear weapons tests
Scimex Newsfeed
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June 23, 2025
Funder: We acknowledge funding from the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency and Edith Cowan University, with analysis from the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation. We acknowledge the financial support from...
Marshall Islands, NSB sign security cooperation pact
Taipei Times
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June 4, 2025
National Security Bureau (NSB) Director-General Tsai Ming-yen (蔡明彥) and Marshallese Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Kalani Kaneko yesterday signed a letter of intent on security cooperation. The letter is aimed at strengthening the security...
Carney's first foreign policy test begins at G7 — amid Middle East crisis and Trump's trade war
CBC/Radio-Canada
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June 15, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney will welcome leaders of the world's most powerful democratic countries Sunday for the start of a three-day meeting in the Rocky Mountains — a high-stakes summit that longtime G7 observers say could be one of the most...
IRI: Republic of the Marshall Islands Registry – A Dynamic Week of Innovation, Collaboration, and Global Engagement
Hellenic Shipping News
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June 5, 2025
The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Registry wraps up a dynamic week at Nor-Shipping 2025. With 16 team members at the conference and adjacent events, the global team from International Registries, Inc. and its affiliates (IRI), which...
100 days to surrender
Splash 247
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June 22, 2025
Philippos Ioulianou, managing director of Emissionlink, on what shipping has learned from the EU ETS. In less than 100 days, shipping companies operating in Europe face a critical test as the deadline for surrendering carbon allowances under EU...
Taiwan, Marshall Islands pledge to expand cooperation
Focus Taiwan
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June 3, 2025
Taipei, June 3 (CNA) President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) on Tuesday reaffirmed Taiwan's commitment to expanding existing cooperation with the Marshall Islands to include new areas such as education, sports and aviation. Speaking ahead of a closed-door...
From Marshall Islands to Dakotas, Environmental Crimes Cannot Be Covered Up
The Diplomat
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May 29, 2025
In 1985, as a young environmentalist, one of the first campaigns I was involved in was as a deckhand on the Greenpeace ship, the Rainbow Warrior. Little did I know that my job would involve relocating an entire community of 350 people and all...
Taiwan launches global call on health tech with trade partners
Healthcare Asia
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June 9, 2025
The Go Healthy with Taiwan campaign also aims to attract health and sports proposals. Taiwan kicked off its 2025 "Go Healthy with Taiwan" global call for proposals on 3 June which aims to attract global health and sports tech pitches to partner...
Solomons Joins Regional Initiative to Safeguard Financial Lifelines as Pacific Banking Project Goes Live
Solomon Star
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June 5, 2025
Solomon Islands will maintain uninterrupted access to the global financial system through its participation in a World Bank project to strengthen correspondent banking relationships in the Pacific region. Solomon Islands joins Fiji, Kiribati,...
Solomon Islands joins regional initiative to safeguard financial lifelines as Pacific Banking Project goes live
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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June 5, 2025
Solomon Islands will maintain uninterrupted access to the global financial system through its participation in a World Bank project to strengthen correspondent banking relationships in the Pacific region. Solomon Islands joins Fiji, Kiribati,...
Lai welcomes Marshallese president
Taipei Times
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June 3, 2025
President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday welcomed Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine to Taiwan with full military honors, and expressed the hope that both sides would deepen their cooperation for coprosperity. Heine was greeted with a 21-gun...
Senate parliamentarian’s decision sets up roadblock for GOP’s planned SNAP changes
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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June 22, 2025
WASHINGTON -- Congressional Republicans want to use their party's sweeping tax and spending measure to make significant changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the farm safety net, but a ruling from the Senate parliamentarian...