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KALW Almanac - Monday July 7, 2025
KALW - California
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Today is Monday July 7, 2025 July 7 is the 188th day of the year 177 days remain until the end of the year 77 days until autumn begins the sun rose in San Francisco at 5:53:23 am and sunset will be at 8:35:15 pm Today we have 14 hours and 41...
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...
Tovosia: USP Honiara campus a pillar of transformation
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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October 3, 2024
The Acting Prime Minister Bradley Tovosia has described the newly opened University of South Pacific Honiara Campus as a pillar of transformation. Tovosia made this statement at the formal opening of the USP Honiara Campus at King George this...
Eco Forum Global Guiyang 2025 Grandly Opens
The Kingston Whig-Standard
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July 6, 2025
Breadcrumb Trail Links Newsfile Article content Guizhou, China–(Newsfile Corp. – July 6, 2025) – On July 5, Eco Forum Global Guiyang 2025 officially opened in Guiyang under the theme “Harmonious Coexistence Between Humans and Nature – Global...
Deal for new fisheries research centre at SINU
Solomon Star
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September 19, 2024
A project for the construction of a Fisheries Research Center at the Solomon Islands National University (SINU) was officially signed early this week. The signing was held on September 16, 2024, at the conference room of the Ministry of Foreign...
WOMEN IN TECH STATISTICS 2024: MALE TO FEMALE RATIO
Hollywood Gazette
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September 23, 2024
WOMEN IN TECH STATISTICS 2024: MALE TO FEMALE RATIO Last Updated: September 17, 2024 Women in tech statistics for 2024 show that the role of women in tech fields is imbalanced to say the least. While it’s true that the STEM industry is skewed to...
Why NZ's first space unit was named after a WW2 squadron
RNZ
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July 6, 2025
Space and Defence Minister Judith Collins reestablishes No 62 Squadron as NZ's first space unit. Photo: NZDF / supplied The air force has reactivated the name of a World War 2 squadron - but this time, as the country's first space unit. No 62...
Bakong blockchain provider Soramitsu partners Nigerian public research body
Ledger Insights
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September 16, 2024
Today Japan’s Soramitsu announced a strategic partnership with the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER), a government funded research body and think tank. The collaboration is for blockchain technology research and to develop...
Niser, Soramitsu partner for Blockchain research, application
Fresh Angle
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Soramitsu and the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER) have entered into a strategic partnership for the promotion of blockchain technology research, capacity building and application in Nigeria. Soramitsu is an award-winning...
BEHIND THE NEWS | The real fertility crisis
The Fiji Times
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July 6, 2025
As nations across the world react to falling birth rates and ageing populations with growing anxiety, a recent report by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) urges a radical shift in how we understand and respond to population change. Rather...
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...
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...
East Honiara MP, Councillors meet
Solomon Star
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September 24, 2024
In a landmark initiative, the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Honiara Constituency Morris Toiraena has organized his first-ever official meeting with Honiara City Council (HCC) Councilors representing the wards within his constituency. The...
MRF-D 24.3 U.S. Navy personnel support Melioidosis research study, develop medical support strategies in the Indo-Pacific
DVIDS - Georgia
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September 9, 2024
DARWIN, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA 09.10.2024 U.S. Sailors with the Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 24.3 Marine Air-Ground Task Force supported the Tropical and Emerging Infectious Diseases team within the Global and Tropical Health Division...
Royal Australian Navy Welcomes HMAS Arafura as New Arafura-Class OPV
Defense-aerospace.com
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July 2, 2025
The Royal Australian Navy has added a new hull to its order of battle. On 28 June the service commissioned HMAS Arafura, first of the Arafura-class offshore patrol vessels, during a ceremony at Fleet Base West near Fremantle. Defense officials...
Regional research agenda series: Meet our peer reviewers, Mr Naikatini and Ms Sumareke
Pacific Community (SPC)
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This month, we are pleased to introduce more exceptional peer reviewers from our team. Mr Alivereti Naikatini Mr Naikatini is the Director of Research & Development, at the Ministry of Forestry, Fiji. With a Master of Science in Environmental...
Reinforcing the links between the law and Pacific fisheries' sectors
RNZ
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June 18, 2025
The Judicial Symposium 2025 opened on Wednesday in Honiara, bringing together Regional Chief Justices of Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu. Photo: Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency Justice experts and fisheries...
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...
Vanishing giants: The Indian Ocean’s biggest fish need saving (commentary)
Mongabay
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June 25, 2025
New research confirms the decline of predatory and large-bodied fishes in the western Indian Ocean due to overfishing, unregulated fishing practices and climate change. The lead author of a new paper published in the journal Conservation Biology...
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...