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Discover How Crocodiles Can “Surf” for Hundreds of Miles Across the Ocean
AOL
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Heaviest Animals: Saltwater Crocodile© PomInOz/Shutterstock.comAuthorities are asking for stricter wildlife regulations in Queensland after residents were caught interacting with a massive local crocodile. Video footage showed two men taunting the...
Trend Micro bolsters pacific commitment as regional cyber landscape shifts
iTWire
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July 9, 2025
Trend Micro Incorporated, a global cybersecurity leader, is cementing its commitment to the Pacific Islands, building on strong public sector partnerships and rising demand for cyber resilience. The announcement follows the company’s inaugural...
Diaspora Bank Threatens Lawsuit Over Ghana’s Crypto Warning
News Ghana
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June 13, 2025
The African Diaspora Central Bank has demanded the Bank of Ghana retract its 10 June warning about unauthorized digital currency operations, threatening legal action if the central bank refuses. The dispute centers on conflicting claims about the...
‘We have to try everything’: Vanuatu envoy taking climate fight to ICJ
Digital Journal
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June 11, 2025
Vanuatu's Climate Change Minister, Ralph Regenvanu answers AFP journalists' questions during an interview on the sidelines of the third United Nations Ocean Conference - Copyright AFP Ludovic MARIN Nick Perry Tired of pleading for countries to act...
Influencer not disqualified from Vanuatu 'golden passport' due to no conviction - OCCRP editor
RNZ
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June 11, 2025
A Pacific editor for the newsroom that found online influencer Andrew Tate has Vanuatu citizenship says Tate was not disqualified from getting the "golden passport" because he has not been convicted. Tate, a self-described misogynist, faces...
EU adds Angola and nine other countries to high-risk list against financial crime
Ver Angola
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"The European Commission has updated its list of high-risk jurisdictions that have strategic deficiencies in their national anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism regimes," which serves to require EU entities to apply...
Nature finance: what’s being done and is it working? Make Change Happen podcast episode 34
International Institute for Environment & Development (IIED)
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[Music] Simon Cullen [00:06] Hello and welcome to the Make Change Happen podcast from the International Institute for Environment and Development. I'm Simon Cullen. Reading the news, you'll see lots of stories about climate finance and the need...
Kulas record second win
FBC News
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July 8, 2025
Source: OFC The Fiji Kulas recorded its second OFC Women’s Nations Cup win after beating Tonga 3-nil at the HFC Bank Stadium in Suva tonight. Fiji now leads group B with six points from two wins. They’ll play Vanuatu on Saturday at 7pm in their...
We need to believe in ourselves: Nasau
FBC News
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July 8, 2025
[Photo Credit: OFC] Fiji Kulas star Cema Nasau is urging her teammates to believe in themselves as the side prepare to take on Tonga tonight at the HFC Bank Stadium in Suva. Tonga and Fiji clash in round two of the OFC Women’s Nations Cup from...
The United Arab Emirates taps Toncoin for golden visa program
Cryptopolitan
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July 6, 2025
Toncoin just announced a partnership with the United Arab Emirates that allows it to offer a 10-year Golden Visa to investors who can stake a specific amount of TON tokens for at least three years. The blockchain-based residency program, which...
OFC Women’s Nations Cup: Kulas beat Tonga 3-0
Fijivillage
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The Fiji Kulas secured a hard-fought 3-0 victory over Tonga in their second OFC Women’s Nations Cup match at HFC Bank Stadium tonight. Fiji led 1-0 at halftime. Veteran midfielder Cema Nasau opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Sereana Naweni...
Micronesian Island Forum or Second Island Chain Alliance?
The Pacific Island Times
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July 9, 2025
These Islands By Robert Underwood Pacific island nations and territories like to discuss the Blue Continent and give dramatic visions about a Pacific future based on island wisdom, traditions and connections. Despite the diversity of island forms,...
Settler Colonialism in light of F. Fanon: Algeria yesterday, Kanaky today...
Black Agenda Report
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September 7, 2025
A depiction of the 1836 Battle of Constantine in Algeria. As settler-colonial violence escalates from Kanaky to Palestine, Fanon’s century-old warnings are critical today—capitalism’s genocidal expansion demands revolutionary violence in return....
Masters scholarships under the Commonwealth scholarship commission
Solomon Star
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July 9, 2025
Citizens of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) will be able to pursue a one-year master’s degree at their university of choice in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland beginning in 2026. This was made possible by the UK’s...
FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League - Oceania Conference 1, Stop 6: Fiji Finish Top of Both Tables Headed into Semi-Finals
FIBA Basketball
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KOROR (Palau) - With the semi-finals of the FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League – Oceania just around the corner, every team came out with a point to prove at Stop 6. Teams were particularly hungry in the men’s competition, with the first-place spot...
Leba ready to shine for Fiji Kulas in OFC match against Tonga tonight
Fijivillage
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At just 20 years old, Narieta Leba is set to light up the field tonight as she proudly represents the Fiji Kulas in their crucial clash against Tonga in the 2025 OFC Women’s Nations Cup. Leba is originally from Koroqaqa Village in Ba. She says...
‘Catastrophic failures’: Defence budget squeeze hits navy maintenance
The Strategist
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July 9, 2025
The Defence budget squeeze has starved the Royal Australian Navy of sustainment funding. We see this in the scandalous state of two of the Royal Australian Navy’s most significant ships, revealed in an Australian National Audit Office (ANAO)...
Catfishing teens behind rise in homophobic attacks
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 5, 2025
Josh is lying on a footpath, curled up into a ball, his head covered with his hands as three men lay into him with metal bars. "Am I going to make it out of here alive?" he remembered thinking. "What's going to happen?" He managed to get up but...
Need for independent science during plastic treaty negotiations
Pacific News Service
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Poor science heard during the negotiations for a new Plastics Treaty has caused concern for the Scientists Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty. A group of approximately 240 scientists representing over 250 independent scientists across the...
Uto Bulabula - Healthy Hearts Initiative Returns | A Growing Regional Response To Paediatric Cardiac Care In The Pacific
Scoop
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Photo/Supplied The Uto Bulabula - Healthy Hearts initiative will return for it’s second year to continue delivering life-saving cardiac surgeries to children across the Pacific, including, for the first time, patients from Tonga. Children are...