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Pacific Islands Countries Push For Action at UN Ocean Conference
The Diplomat
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June 20, 2025
Last week, more than 60 world leaders convened in Nice, France, for the third – and the most-attended – United Nations Ocean Conference. There was cause for celebration: during the week-long conference, 19 countries ratified the Agreement on...
World Earthquake Report for Tuesday, 24 June 2025
Volcano Discovery
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June 24, 2025
Previous news Tue, 24 Jun 2025, 03:13 An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 occurred early morning on Tuesday, June 24th, 2025, at 5:04 am local time near Tirana, Bashkia Tiranë, Albania, as reported by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre...
New Zealand halts Cook Islands funding over China deals
BBC
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June 19, 2025
New Zealand has paused millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over wide-ranging deals that its smaller Pacific neighbour had made with China. Wellington, the Cook Islands' biggest funder, said it was blindsided by the deals that were...
Temotu proposes sister relations with Hunan province of China
The Islandsun
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June 18, 2025
BY SAMIE WAIKORI Temotu province will soon establish a sub-national sister relationship with China’s Hunan province. Stanley Tehiahua, Temotu Province’s Premier made the announcement at the province’s recent 42nd Second Appointed Day celebration...
Acting PM commends successful completion of critical Airport upgrade
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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June 5, 2025
The Acting Prime Minister and Minister for Communication and Aviation, Hon. Frederick Kologeto, has commended the successful and timely completion of the Honiara International Airport runway and lighting project during a handover ceremony at the...
UN Ocean Conference makes progress on protecting marine waters
Mongabay
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June 19, 2025
The United Nations Ocean Conference, held June 9-13 in Nice, France, saw some progress on better protecting the hundreds of thousands of species that live in marine waters and the communities that depend on the sea for work or sustenance. New...
SI delegation return from Beijing trip
Solomon Star
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May 20, 2025
A delegation from the Solomon Islands has returned from a transformative two-week trip in Beijing, which focused on China’s successful strategies for urban growth, smart city development, and modernization of governance systems The trip was...
Forest Utilisation and Downstream processing training in China
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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May 20, 2025
A total of eleven forestry officers are currently undergoing two months intensive training on forest utilisation and downstream processing in China. The Seminar on Forest Utilization and Downstream Processing for Solomon Islands is a piloted...
At UN Ocean Conference, Nations and Funders Seek to Create and Expand Large-Scale Marine Protected Areas
Inside Climate News
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June 18, 2025
NICE, France—Resolute about their efforts to protect 30 percent of the Earth’s global ocean by 2030, world leaders agreed to sweeping but nonbinding commitments at last week’s United Nations Ocean Conference to designate vast stretches of their...
Asia Pacific slips on malaria goals
Science and Development Network
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[JAKARTA, SciDev.Net] Malaria cases in the Asia Pacific region have surged in the last few years, reaching 4.8 million in 2024 and putting the region further off track to reaching its elimination goal by 2030, a summit heard. Cases jumped 170 per...
Samoan woman stranded in Israel 'praying for Lord's protection'
RNZ
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June 19, 2025
A hospital in southern Israel and two towns near Tel Aviv were struck after a barrage of Iranian missiles early on June 19, with rescuers reporting at least 47 people injured in the latest attacks. Photo: AFP / Jack Guez A Samoan woman is among...
Health services face legal risk over poor quality care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients
Croakey Health Media
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June 18, 2025
*** Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article mentions someone who has died *** An urgent need to improve healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and to progress structural reform are among the...
Hope for beekeeping industry
The Islandsun
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May 22, 2025
BY INDY MAEALASIA A recent report on the Beekeeping industry in the Solomon Islands has shown a deeper interest for strategic partnership and co-investment among beekeepers and stakeholders to revive the once thriving industry. Unveiled on Tuesday...
Dmakeiukl Rangers begin drone training to strengthen conservation efforts in Palau
Island Times
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June 20, 2025
On June 6, rangers from the Dmakeiukl Alliance took part in a hands-on drone training to enhance the monitoring and protection of coastal and terrestrial ecosystems in Palau. The training is part of a broader effort to strengthen the rangers’...
New Zealand Freezes Aid to Cook Islands Over China Pact, Demands Restoration of Trust
Arise News
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June 19, 2025
New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in aid to the Cook Islands following revelations of sweeping agreements between the Pacific nation and China deals that Wellington says it was never consulted on. The NZ$18.2 million (US$11 million)...
World bee day celebration
Solomon Star
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May 19, 2025
The Solomon Islands will host its first-ever World Bee Day celebration on Tuesday, 20th May. The event is being organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) in collaboration with the Australian Centre for International Agricultural...
America's Imperial 'Gift': 'Crusader Democracy' Versus 'Christian Nationalism'
Scoop
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The United States has always fancied itself as the founder of modern democracy (aka 'Democracy'). And, although that country has been self-absorbed for most of its history, it has always sensed that Democracy was its greatest export. 'America'...
Launch of CanScreen5 training in the Asia–Pacific region
IARC
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June 3, 2025
3 June 2025 Researchers at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) launched a new Cancer Screening in Five Continents (CanScreen5) Training of Trainers learning programme for countries in the Asia–Pacific Region during a webinar on...
One of Earth's ancient volcanic mysteries solved
ScienceDaily
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April 30, 2025
Geologists led by the University of Maryland and the University of Hawai'i finally connected the dots between one of the largest volcanic eruptions in Earth's history and its source deep beneath the Pacific Ocean. In a paper published in the...
SI Maritime Authority to improve inshore/offshore MBES
The Islandsun
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May 17, 2025
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU Solomon Islands Maritime Authority (SIMA) is looking to increase its inshore and offshore multibeam echosounder (MBES) Capability and Charting by implementing the S100 standards in 10 years from now. The S-100 standard is a...