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Commentary: Trump’s Mineral Policy Offers Strategic Opportunity in the Pacific
The Ohio Star
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July 5, 2025
by Wyatt J. Greco In an April 2025 executive order, President Trump affirmed that offshore critical minerals are key to creating supply chains that do not depend on adversaries like the People’s Republic of China. While US leadership on deep-sea...
SI ranked 25th in 2025 global alcohol consumption
Solomon Star
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June 25, 2025
The Solomon Islands has been ranked 25th in the world for alcohol consumption in 2025. Thats according to the latest data released by the World Population Review. The global report, which measures alcohol consumption in litres of pure alcohol per...
SOLCHO project halted, review underway
Solomon Star
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June 25, 2025
CONSTRUCTION work on the new Solomon Islands National Provident Fund (SINPF) commercial property investment dubbed as ‘SOLCHO’ has been temporarily suspended to allow for an independent engineering review on its foundation. This was confirmed by...
China irks NZ as its influence spreads in the South Pacific
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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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...
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...
Pacific can be a pillar of stability
The National
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IN the ever-evolving global security landscape, the strategic importance of the Pacific cannot be overstated. Democratic nations such as Papua New Guinea, Fiji, and the Solomon Islands, though small in size and defence capacity, occupy critical...
Ani-One Asia Streams
Anime News Network
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Image via Dr. Stone anime's X/Twitter account©米スタジオ・Boichi／集英社・Dr.STONE製作委員会Ani-One Asia announced on Thursday and Friday that it will stream the Dr. Stone: Science Future (second part), Hotel Inhumans, With You and the Rain, Onmyō Kaiten...
International Day of Seafarers to be commemorated on Wednesday
The Islandsun
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June 24, 2025
BY NED GAGAHE Solomon Islands Maritime College will host this year’s International Day of Seafarers on Wednesday 25th June 2025 at Ranadi Campus, Honiara. The event will be celebrated with the theme “My Harassment-Free Ship” and will focus on...
Global eco forum in China's Guiyang highlights green transformation
Xinhua News Agency
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GUIYANG, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Eco Forum Global Guiyang 2025, China's only national-level international forum dedicated to ecological civilization, kicked off on Saturday in Guiyang, the capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province. This year's...
Trump’s Mineral Policy Offers Strategic Opportunity in the Pacific
The Gateway Pundit
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July 4, 2025
Credit: FOX Sunday Morning Futures screenshot A seabed mining agreement with the island nation of Nauru would reduce China’s influence while establishing America as an industry authority This story originally was published by Real Clear Wire. By...
After 32 years, Prof. Bill Donner returns to Sikaiana.
Tavuli News
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July 4, 2025
In a touching cultural homecoming, the Sikaiana people yesterday welcomed back American anthropologist Professor Bill Donner — 32 years after he last lived among them. Now based at Kutztown University in Pennsylvania, Prof. Donner spent more than...
Analysis: Trump’s Mineral Policy Offers an Important Strategic Opportunity in the Pacific
The Virginia Star
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July 4, 2025
by Wyatt J. Greco In an April 2025 executive order, President Trump affirmed that offshore critical minerals are key to creating supply chains that do not depend on adversaries like the People’s Republic of China. While US leadership on deep-sea...
Sterling K. Brown’s ‘Washington Black’ Dares to Dream in Globe-Trotting Adventure
TV Insider
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July 3, 2025
It was the joy. That’s what attracted three-time Emmy winner Sterling K. Brown to this thrilling, globe-trotting adventure story of George Washington “Wash” Black, who escaped from a childhood of enslavement on a 19th-century Barbados sugar...
SI represented at the Fish conference in Taiwan
Solomon Star
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June 16, 2025
Solomon Islands was represented at the 12th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference (IPFC12) jointly hosted with the Asian Society of Ichthyologists (ASI) Annual Meeting in Taipei, Taiwan. The event was held last week from June 9-13, 2025. The joint...
Inside the Pacific's largest exotic animal export industry
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 20, 2025
On the outskirts of Honiara, the capital of Solomon Islands, a row of metal cages clings to the side of a forest-covered hill. Inside, birds screech and shuffle. A large hornbill pecks at the wire with its giant curved beak. Another hops...
Albanese to use a former PM John Curtin memorial speech to define Australia’s sovereignty in US-Alliance
The West Australian
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July 4, 2025
Anthony Albanese is expected to use a speech in Sydney on Saturday to draw parallels between Australia’s foreign policy under his government with that of war-time PM John Curtin. Marking the 80th anniversary of the Labor leader’s death, Mr...
AN INTERVIEW WITH PROF TRANSFORM AQORAU
Solomon Star
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June 29, 2025
THIS INTERVIEW IS BASED ON A RECENT VISIT BY SINU VICE CHANCELLOR TO CHINA Our interview takes the Question & Answer format. Solomon Star: Were you surprised at (a) what you saw; (b) has it changed any pre-conceived idea(s) you might have held of...
Team Guam athletics ready to run in Palau Mini Games
The Guam Daily Post
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With the 12th Pacific Mini Games underway in Koror, Palau, Team Guam’s athletics contingent will begin its medal quest on Friday. Ahead of the competition, which has attracted more than 1,500 athletes from 24 nations, Guam’s athletics team had one...
The All Important Pacific Chessboard As Superpowers Circle The Globe! China’s Moves, America’s Missiles, And Fiji’s Fight For Sovereignty
Inventiva
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July 3, 2025
For military giants like the United States and China, overseas bases are more than just simple outposts, they are instruments of military projection, presence, and persuasion. Thus, the global network of American military installations, stretching...
ITLOS Judge Highlights Legal Duty To Strengthen Fisheries Enforcement At Judicial Symposium
Scoop
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HONIARA, 20 JUNE 2025 – As the Judicial Symposium 2025 wraps up today in Honiara, one of the standout moments of the three-day gathering was the keynote address delivered by Honourable. Judge Dr Kathy-Ann Brown of the International Tribunal for...