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Developing Countries Decry "Problematic" Loss And Damage Finance Gap As Global “Fill The Fund” Campaign Launched
Scoop
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July 10, 2025 Developing country representatives on the Board of the UN’s Fund for responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) have issued a critical joint statement expressing concerns over the scale and status of resources, noting that a lack of...
Police physical fitness levels to improve following directive from Commissioner Manning
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 11, 2025
Commissioner of Police, David Manning, has issued a directive for RPNGC personnel to better adhere to fitness levels befitting the standards expected to do their jobs. The Commissioner made mention of the directive while training with KUMUL23...
ICC Members Tell Victims of the Crime of Aggression to Wait
Pass Blue
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July 10, 2025
If the amendment to the International Criminal Court’s crime of aggression had been approved by the court’s members at a special session at the UN this week, it could have given the ICC jurisdiction to prosecute, for example, President Vladimir...
The Rainbow Warrior bombing 40 years on: re-energising for global peace
Talanoa 'O Tonga
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July 10, 2025
The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior on 10 July 1985, with the death of Greenpeace photographer Fernando Pereira, was a terrible tragedy. But a greater tragedy is the horrendous legacy of Pacific nuclear testing for the people of Rongelap, the...
Tonga wins gold in Pacific Nations Cup women’s tennis final
Talanoa 'O Tonga
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July 10, 2025
Tonga’s women’s tennis doubles team defeated Fiji to claim gold at the 2025 Pacific Nations Cup in American Samoa. Leah Heimuli and Amelia Tatafu delivered a stunning performance in Pago Pago, overcoming Fiji’s Josephine Debalevu and Tarani Kamoe...
Pacific Islands News Roundup – July 4 – July 10, 2025
Pacific Islands Report
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July 11, 2025
Editor’s Note: We are undergoing a web host migration process and may need to make necessary modifications to our format and frequency over the next several weeks. Thank you in advance for your understanding. Political Leadership and Regionalism,...
Global Voices: 40 Years on from the Bombing of Rainbow Warrior
Samoa Global News
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July 10, 2025
The Rainbow Warrior bombing 40 years on: re-energising for global peace, By: David Robie. The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior on 10 July 1985, with the death of Greenpeace photographer Fernando Pereira, was a terrible tragedy. But a greater tragedy...
British beach dubbed 'UK's answer to the Seychelles' named the prettiest
The Mirror
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July 11, 2025
For all the beauty of Seychelles, the 14-hour stopover flight to get there is a strong deterrent. Luckily, there is one relatively unknown beach that promises the same majesty of the East African colony much closer to home. Kuoni, the family...
They need to listen and act now: Pacific countries ramp up…
Pacific News Service
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Pacific countries have taken a critical step to finalise their priorities as they ramp up the call for a high-ambition treaty that addresses the full life cycle of plastic. Ahead of the second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental...
21st Iteration of Pacific Partnership Prepares for Indo-Pacific Mission Aboard USS Pearl Harbor
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 11, 2025
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HAWAII, UNITED STATES 07.09.2025 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – Pacific Partnership 2025 (PP-25) officially kicks off with the arrival of the Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52)...
Kulas record second win
FBC News
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July 8, 2025
Source: OFC The Fiji Kulas recorded its second OFC Women’s Nations Cup win after beating Tonga 3-nil at the HFC Bank Stadium in Suva tonight. Fiji now leads group B with six points from two wins. They’ll play Vanuatu on Saturday at 7pm in their...
Thompson makes career history with gutsy win at Wimbledon
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 4, 2025
Jordan Thompson's run at Wimbledon has continued with the wounded warrior storming into the fourth round of his favourite event for the first time in his career. Still harbouring a debilitating back injury that had him protesting after his two...
'We let our club down tonight': Voss bemoans another horror night
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 4, 2025
Carlton has slumped to a crushing 56-point defeat against arch-rivals Collingwood as pressure again intensifies on embattled coach Michael Voss. The Blues were blown away after quarter-time as the ladder-leading Magpies flexed their muscles in a...
The Rainbow Warrior bombing
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 10, 2025
BY David Robie THE bombing of the Rainbow Warrior on 10 July, 1985, with the death of Greenpeace photographer Fernando Pereira, was a terrible tragedy. But a greater tragedy is the horrendous legacy of Pacific nuclear testing for the people of...
Mothers up in arms about confusion around RSV jab for newborns
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 3, 2025
A group of Victorian mothers have written to the health minister after struggling to get their children an antibody nirsevimab injection as part of the state's free RSV vaccination program. When Alissa Holder took her six-month-old baby to get a...
Man stabbed in case of 'mistaken identity' contract killing, police say
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 3, 2025
The victim of an "ambush-style" stabbing in Western Sydney was attacked with machetes, with police believing his death is now likely a case of mistaken identity. Police on Friday morning said the two teenage boys charged with Luke Manassa's death...
You can visit a UK beach named among the most idyllic in the world - 'it's the English Seychelles'
GB News
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July 10, 2025
Lounging on a beach and enjoying the sun is what many people look forward to on their holidays, but you don't need to travel far to find a "paradise" island. New research found Pentle Bay on the Isles of Scilly to be one of the world's most...
Hotlist: 2025 Trending Destinations!
Fact Magazine
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July 10, 2025
Craving somewhere new? This year’s biggest travel trends are all about the unexpected – from remote escapes to reinvented cities and surreal natural wonders. Check out these four hot trending destinations of 2025. And the best part? You’ll get...
Deep Sea Surprise: 800+ New Marine Species Uncovered
AOL
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Octopus cyanea found in the both Indian and Pacific ocean. It grows to 16 cm in mantle length with arms to atleast 80 cm.© Amirkhans world/Shutterstock.comOur oceans are as remarkable as they are mysterious; the deep dark waters as foreign to us...
Authorities on alert after new fire ant nest discovered in NSW
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 3, 2025
Authorities are using genetic testing to work out the origin of red imported fire ants discovered on a property at Tweed Heads, just south of the Queensland border. The nest was discovered late on Tuesday by a pest control contractor. It was...