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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...
Tech-free ‘cloisters’ can help young minds
The Times
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Sir, I share Niall Ferguson’s concern about the catastrophic effect of AI upon cognitive development (“AI’s great brain robbery — and how universities can fight back”, weekend essay, Jul 5). Founding, in 2007, the UK’s only screen-free school, we...
Tanikoba Champions Smarter Infrastructure Risks
Tavuli News
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July 9, 2025
Fredson Tanikoba, Civil Project Engineer and Australia Awards alumnus, is helping to improve the safety efficiency and resilience of infrastructure delivery in Solomon Islands. Fresh from the prestigious RISK 2025 Conference in Melbourne, Mr...
Long-lost bow of WWII ship found nearly 83 years after it was blown off in Japanese torpedo strike
New York Post
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July 9, 2025
The long-lost bow of a historic warship was found by researchers resting on the seafloor of the Pacific Ocean — nearly 83 years after it was blown off in a torpedo strike during World War II. The 150-foot section of the USS New Orleans, damaged in...
Solomon Islands Students Graduate from Chinese Universities
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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July 4, 2025
Eight Solomon Islands students have recently graduated from various universities across China in June 2025. On Friday, 20th June, the Solomon Islands Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, H.E. Barrett Salato, attended the graduation...
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....
A torpedoed US Navy ship escaped the Pacific in reverse, using coconut logs. Its sunken bow has just been found
CNN
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July 9, 2025
CNN — (CNN) – The bow of a US Navy cruiser damaged in a World War II battle in the Pacific has shone new light on one of the most remarkable stories in the service’s history. More than 80 years ago, the crew of the USS New Orleans, having been hit...
Grand finalists set for High School Basketball
Solomon Star
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July 9, 2025
The finalists for the 2025 Advance Technologies High School Basketball Competition have been confirmed following a series of intense semi-final clashes on Sunday. In the boys’ division, defending champions Honiara Senior High School booked their...
Pacific Island Countries See Australia as Preferred Partner Over China: Research
The Epoch Times
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July 6, 2025
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends the leader’s retreat during the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Vava’u, Tonga, on Aug. 29, 2024. AAP Image/Lukas Coch Pacific Island countries (PIC) welcome Beijing’s contribution to...
Severed bow of famed U.S. ship torpedoed in WWII found on Pacific seafloor
CBS News
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July 8, 2025
The severed bow of the famed American warship USS New Orleans has been found by researchers during seafloor mapping operations in the Pacific Ocean. The bow was discovered resting about 675 meters deep in the Solomon Islands' Iron Bottom Sound,...
Australia Zoo rescues two crocodiles in devastating conditions
Noosa Today
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July 8, 2025
Australia Zoo’s Crocodile Rescue Team has successfully rescued two large saltwater crocodiles from devastating welfare conditions in the Solomon Islands, giving them a second chance at life. Both crocodiles, over two meters long, had tragically...
Solomon Islands Media Professionals Gain Insightful Experience Of China’s Media, Culture, And Mesmeric Growth
Scoop
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Four media professionals from the Solomon Islands (SI) successfully completed a two-week seminar on Full-Media Communication for “Belt and Road Countries” in China, describing the training program as an eye-opener as cooperation between the two...
Shipwreck fragment linked to one of WWII’s strangest rescue tales
Popular Science
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July 8, 2025
A few flecks of residual paint and an engraved anchor were enough to link mystery wreckage at the bottom of the South Pacific to the saga of the USS New Orleans. Researchers aboard the NOAA Ocean Exploration Trust’s Nautilus vessel accidentally...
‘BYSTANDERS’
The Islandsun
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July 9, 2025
Opposition leader Wale questions silence by CBSI, SICCI, SICTU, SIPEU over BSP bank’s ‘unjustifiable’ fees BY IRWIN ANGIKI Leader of Opposition, Matthew Wale is questioning the ongoing silence and inaction of the Central Bank (CBSI) over BSP’s...
How to livestream the exploration of shipwrecks in Guadalcanal
SI Live - New York
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July 8, 2025
Those intrigued by the mystery of the waters are invited to join explorers this month on Ocean Exploration Trust’s Exploration Vessel Nautilus for the virtual 21-day Maritime Archaeology of Guadalcanal expedition During World War II, the Solomon...
Suspected Rota virus affect Wagina
Solomon Star
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July 9, 2025
Young children and adults in Wagina, Choiseul Province are suffering from severe diarrhoea and vomiting in recent days in what is believed to be linked an outbreak of suspected Rota virus. The situation is a cause of concern for the community and...
Health Ministry confirms diarrhoeal outbreak in Honiara and Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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July 3, 2025
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) continues to actively monitor the increasing trend in diarrhoeal disease through its weekly syndromic surveillance system, and has confirmed diarrhoeal outbreaks in Honiara and Guadalcanal...
Undersea expedition discovers bow of USS New Orleans, lost in WW2
Military Times
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July 8, 2025
On Nov. 30, 1942, a torpedo slammed into the heavy cruiser New Orleans, sending the bow, two gun turrets and more than 180 sailors to the bottom of Ironbottom Sound, near Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Its whereabouts...
Solomon Islands Minister of Public Service attends United Nations Public Service Forum in Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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June 24, 2025
The Minister of Public Service, Hon. Francis Sade MP, is representing the Solomon Islands at the 2025 United Nations Public Service Forum held from 23rd to 25th June in the historic city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The Forum, co-organized by the...
Ocean Explorers map and maritime archaeology at Iron Bottom Sound
Solomon Star
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July 8, 2025
Ahead of the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII in the Pacific, Dr. Robert Ballard leads a team aboard E/V Nautilus exploring the shipwrecks of Guadalcanal. The Ocean Exploration Trust (OET)’s exploration vessel (E/V) Nautilus is underway on its...