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Second Pacific Loss and Damage Dialogue opens with urgent call for…
Pacific News Service
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By Sanjeshni Kumar in Apia, Samoa The Second Pacific Loss and Damage Dialogue opened today in Apia, Samoa, reaffirming the urgency of addressing climate-induced loss and damage as a critical priority for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in...
Tucson Speaks Out: August 12
The Arizona Daily Star
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This artist rendering provided by NASA shows the Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2. NASA Poking ourselves in the eye USA operates the best observatories in the world, on ground and in space, that study our planet, Earth. That’s about to change....
Arsenal salaries for 2025-26: Viktor Gyokeres among top earners as Gunners spend big in pursuit of silverware
The National News
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Arsenal will be hoping this is the year they finally get to taste success after three near-misses when the Premier League season kicks off this weekend. Mikel Arteta's team has not won a trophy since lifting the FA Cup five seasons back. However,...
Son recalls father’s promise as fans pay tribute | ‘Fiji’ lives on in spirit
The Fiji Times
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August 13, 2025
“No matter what, I am always going to be here.” Those were the words George Brooks Veikoso, known to the world as ‘Fiji’, often told his children. An expression of deep love uttered to reassure his offsprings, these very same words offered comfort...
Narcissistic imperialism and the fight against it: the role of the Resistance
Al Mayadeen
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August 12, 2025
Alexander Tuboltsev examines how ancient lessons on narcissistic rulers apply to today’s Western imperialism, arguing that the US-Israeli aggression meets its strongest counterforce in the steadfast Resistance across West Asia. Sometimes, works...
Australian Survivor scored a world-first TV event. Then it sacked the host...
WAtoday
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August 12, 2025
Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size It wasn’t supposed to be like this. When Network Ten announced Survivor: Australia v The World...
Kiwi Hit ‘Tinā’ Passes ‘Whale Rider’ at New Zealand Box Office
Variety Australia
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August 13, 2025
What started as a feel-good hit for Pacific cinema earlier in 2025 has become a box office champion. “Tinā” only released in New Zealand cinemas in February, but it’s been steadily climbing the ladder, now unseating the 2002 classic “Whale Rider”...
Cook Islands paddlers aim to make waves at IVF World Championships
Cook Island News
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August 12, 2025
Team Cook Islands departed Rarotonga last Friday, looking forward to putting their seven months of solid work to the test at the 4th International Va’a Federation World Distance Championships which is being held in Niteroi, Rio from August 13 to...
Two Female Referees Join World Rugby Level 2 Match Official Course in Fiji
Samoa Global News
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August 10, 2025
08 August 2025, Apia Samoa – Lakapi Samoa proudly announces the participation of two female match officials in the World Rugby Level 2 Match Official Course held in Suva, Fiji. Accompanying them is Lakapi Samoa’s Match Official Development...
Barbadian youth leader Ashley Lashley appointed to UN Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change
Barbados Today
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August 12, 2025
238 United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has announced the appointment of fourteen young climate leaders to the third cohort of his Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change, including Ashley Lashley of Barbados, a passionate advocate...
Bajan among 14 appointed to UN Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory Group
The Nation Barbados
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August 12, 2025
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has announced the appointment of fourteen young climate leaders to the third cohort of his Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change, including Ashley Lashley of Barbados, a passionate advocate for...
Kingdom’s FDI outflow stood at $1.7B until last year
Vietstock
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August 2, 2025
Kingdom’s FDI outflow stood at $1.7B until last year Outward FDI is also a sign of increased competitiveness, as firms seek to expand their market share, access resources, and acquire new technologies in other countries. Cambodia’s cumulative...
New Zealand government snubs Cook Islands’ 60th anniversary celebration
World Socialist Web Site
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August 12, 2025
In a clear and deliberate diplomatic snub, the New Zealand government boycotted celebrations in the Cook Islands on August 4 marking 60 years of “self-government in free association with New Zealand.” Constitution Day, or Te Maeva Nui, is held...
Today in History: August 2021 – NZ Prime Minister Performs a Ifoga to Apologise for Dawn Raids
Samoa Global News
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August 12, 2025
TODAY IN HISTORY 01 AUGUST 2021 – Four years ago this month in history – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern formally apologised for police crackdowns in the 1970s that “unfairly targeted” the country’s Pacific community. The infamous “dawn...
Youth ambassador connects culture to climate action
Cook Island News
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August 8, 2025
Charlene Akaruru at the first Pacific Youth Dialogue on Climate Loss and Damage in Apia, Samoa. LISA WILLIAMS/25080715 For a national youth ambassador on climate based in the Office of the Prime Minister, coming straight from the drumbeats and...
CDC Greenlights 440 Investment Projects Worth US$6.7 Billion in First Seven Months of 2025
AKP
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AKP Phnom Penh, August 12, 2025 -- The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved a total of 440 Qualified Investment Projects (QIPs) worth approximately US$6.7 billion during the first seven months of 2025, marking an increase of...
Beyond Lives Saved: Why Early Warning Systems Are a Smart Investment
Inter Press Service
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August 8, 2025
Asia-Pacific, Civil Society, Climate Change, Development & Aid, Environment, Featured, Global, Headlines, International Justice, Natural Resources, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations, Trade & Investment Opinion A buoy in a sea...
Small mountain states must enter global development agenda
Khabarhub
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August 8, 2025
As the international community mobilizes unprecedented resources for climate action and development, it risks leaving behind a critical group of nations—those perched on the world’s highest elevations yet lowest on the ladder of global visibility:...
“I know where I want to be”: Papali’i reveals his plans for 2026
Zero Tackle
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August 12, 2025
Josh Papali'i has had one of the best seasons of his 14-year NRL career, returning to the QLD Maroons side, winning State of Origin, playing for the ladder-leading Canberra Raiders, and becoming the club's most capped player. It's been a season...
Pacific news in brief for 12 August
RNZ
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August 11, 2025
The Pacific Islands Forum 'family photo' for 2024. Photo: RNZ/ Anneke Smith PIF - Taiwan Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called on the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) to allow for its participation at next month's meeting. In response to a...