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Teen urges Kiwi youth to tackle climate-fuelled food poverty
RNZ
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July 8, 2025
Joel Titus visited Malaita in the Solomon Islands in December 2024 as a World Vision New Zealand youth ambassador. Photo: Supplied A young Kiwi Indian is urging young New Zealanders to rise up against the dual threats of climate change and food...
Fisheries showcases fish aggregating devices at trade fair
The Islandsun
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July 11, 2025
BY CHRIS ALEX The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) took part in this week’s National Trade Fair at FOPA Village, Panatina, with a special focus on demonstrating Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) — an initiative aimed at...
A campus facade tells a unique story
The National
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IN my last feature article, I stressed the importance of shops giving their customers a good shopping experience. That would require the façade being upgraded and the interior also designed in such a way to make it appealing to customers or people...
"Izlel e Delyo Haydutin" – The Bulgarian cosmic tale
BNR - Radio Bulgaria
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July 11, 2025
For centuries, legends in the Rhodope Mountains have told the story of a legendary rebel leader named Delyo Voivode. The grateful local people have dedicated some of their most beautiful songs and stories to him. The song "Izlel e Delyo Haydutin"...
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...
Plant more trees
The Islandsun
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July 5, 2025
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU Philip Micah Tatagho from the Guadalcanal Province reforestation department from the Ministry of Forestry and Research has called on Solomon Islanders to engage in reforestation. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Island Sun...
Japan risks its reputation in Oceania with Fukushima discharge
Pacific News Service
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A rollcall of Pacific Island nations have very different views on the release of treated radioactive wastewater. By Derek Grossman Japan’s decision last month to begin discharging treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean from its...
Movers & Shakers: Victoria’s childcare system reviewers, Jones to the OECD
The Mandarin
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July 10, 2025
DCCEEW secretary revealed, DAFF secretary takes IPAA ACT presidency, NSW appoints Safe Work commissioner, latest ambassadors get postings. Senior Executive Service Band 2 The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water has...
New SITESP scholarships target specialised areas
The Islandsun
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July 5, 2025
BY INDY MAEALASIA THE new Solomon Islands Tertiary Education Skills Plan (SITESP) 2026 will offer 1,445 scholarships aimed at building qualifications and skills in critical workforce shortage areas. Speaking at a recent official signing, Minister...
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...
Mapping for the future: MACBLUE led workshop upskills Vanuatu in seagrass and mangrove conservation
Pacific Community (SPC)
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The MACBLUE GIS workshop series concluded last week in Vanuatu, bringing together key stakeholders for a week-long event from June 23 to 27. Throughout the week, participants immersed themselves in hands-on training focused on the use of GIS and...
Ocean explorer connects Guam community to deep-sea wonders during museum event
The Guam Daily Post
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Amanda Dedicatoria described towering hydrothermal vents rising from the ocean floor like underwater skyscrapers. Just hours before hosting the Guam Museum’s second Ocean Nights event on June 27, the Guam-based science writer reflected on her...
SI JOINS AIIB
Solomon Star
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July 3, 2025
Solomon Islands has now become a member of the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). This came after Minister of Finance and Treasury Harry D. Kuma received the official Certificate of Membership this month from the President of AIIB in...
Pacific Islands focus: deep sea mining, reproductive injustice and a new breast screen campaign
Croakey Health Media
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July 10, 2025
Introduction by Croakey: World leaders are calling for a moratorium on deep sea mining to prevent devastating and irreversible environmental harm. This week, governments are meeting in Jamaica at the 30th Session of the International Seabed...
Harold K.L. Castle Foundation welcomes Dr. Amber W. Datta as marine program officer
Maui Now - Hawaii
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July 9, 2025, 4:00 PM HST Dr. Amber W. Datta headshot. (Courtesy: Harold K.L. Castle Foundation) The Harold K.L. Castle Foundation has appointed Dr. Amber W. Datta as its new marine program officer, tasking her with leading the foundation’s...
Conference unites 15 Pacific universities
The National
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THE Pacific Islands Universities Regional Network (PIURN) conference brought together 15 member universities from the Pacific Island countries and Territories to the PNG University of Technology in Lae, Morobe. PIURN coordinator Mathilde Souchon,...
WWII American warship’s severed bow found 80 years after being blown off in battle
KLIN News Talk - Nebraska
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July 9, 2025
Fox News senior foreign affairs correspondent Greg Palkot discusses World War II veterans and their return to Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of D-Day on ‘Special Report.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A team of researchers...
8 graduate from Chinese Universities
Solomon Star
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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...
Professor Donner returns to Sikaiana after 32 years
The Islandsun
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July 5, 2025
BY LORETTA B MANELE After many years, a professor who once lived among the Sikaiana people to carry out his research makes a return. According to a press statement from the Sikaiana Cultural Village at Red Beach, North-East Guadalcanal, they...
Lost bow of WWII US ship found 80 years after coconut-log powered reverse escape
Interesting Engineering - New York
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July 9, 2025
The missing front section of the USS New Orleans, a US Navy cruiser severely damaged during World War II, has been discovered deep in the Pacific Ocean, more than 80 years after it was torn off in battle. A team from the Nautilus Live expedition,...