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Nauru says deep sea mining and ocean conservation can coexist
RNZ
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June 18, 2025
Deep sea mining involves extracting potato size rocks called nodules - which are packed full of valuable metals - from the seafloor many kilometres deep. (file image) Photo: NOAA Ocean Exploration Ocean conservation and deep sea mining are not in...
SPTE 2025: How the World Reached the Pacific
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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July 4, 2025
The South Pacific Tourism Exchange (SPTE) 2025 was a celebration of connection, culture, and collaboration. Held in Fiji, this year’s event welcomed media, buyers, and seller’s from across the globe — and many of them arrived thanks to the...
Wealth beneath the waves: US takes a step toward promoting deep-sea mining amid concerns in the Pacific
The Pacific Island Times
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June 11, 2025
Around 16,404 feet beneath the northern Pacific Ocean, the whole seabed—stretching around 4,500 miles from east to west—is littered with potato-sized chunks of what look like charcoal lumps called polymetallic nodules. Rich in metals such as...
This is only country in the world without capital city, spread over 21 sqmt, not Vatican, Monaco, Tuvalu, it is..., located in...
DNA India
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According to historians, 12 tribes used to rule here traditionally, the effect of which is also visible on the flag of the country. The main source of income for the people here is forest mining. There are hundreds of countries in the world, which...
QU Dongyu leads first ever Treaty Ceremony reinforcing FAO’s normative role
Food and Agriculture Organization
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Rome – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu presided over the Organization’s inaugural Treaty Ceremony, held on Monday at FAO headquarters in Rome. The event marked a significant milestone in celebrating Members’ legal and political commitment to FAO’s...
Israel escalates Gaza strikes as Trump touts ‘a deal next week’
The Saturday Paper
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July 4, 2025
Great power rivalry Gaza: United States President Donald Trump launched a push for a ceasefire in Gaza this week that he said could lead to an end to the war, as Israel conducted a series of deadly air strikes in the enclave and signalled it might...
As Sea Levels Rise, an Island Nation Creates an Escape Route
Inside Climate News
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July 1, 2025
The small island nation of Tuvalu is being swallowed by the sea. With just around 10,000 residents, this Pacific network of reef islands and atolls has seen sea levels rise around 6 inches over the past three decades—one and half times the global...
Collaborators by Omission: Fiji Media’s Complicity in Illegal Appointment of Malimali as FICAC Commissioner. When future generations ask HOW this was allowed to fester in plain sight - the watchdogs chose to SLEEP
Fiji Leaks
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July 2, 2025
Let us be specific. Not a single mainstream media outlet investigated the highly questionable appointment of Barbara Malimali as Acting Commissioner of FICAC. None asked what qualified her. None reported that she had been barred from practising in...
Taking matters into our own hands: Pacific aid dependency
The National
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There has been a marked decline in Pacific development and progress against the Sustainable Development Goals since the early 2000s, attributable to the impacts of major disaster events, remoteness of Pacific Island countries (PICs) and distance...
Global ship recycling rules go live with Hong Kong Convention
Offshore Energy
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June 26, 2025
As of today, June 26, the Hong Kong International Convention for the safe and environmentally sound recycling of ships (HKC) officially enters into force. It marks a long-awaited turning point in how the world dismantles and recycles end-of-life...
PRC Seeks Dominance in Submarine Power Cable Infrastructure
The Jamestown Foundation
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Executive Summary: Beijing is promoting cross-border power transmission projects, deploying its leading producers of submarine electric cables to deepen integration with other countries’ critical infrastructure. Orient Cables, a national champion...
Microsoft has laid off more employees since 2023 than population of this country
Hindustan Times
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July 3, 2025
Microsoft is reportedly firing 9000 employees which is roughly 4 % of Microsoft’s 228,000‑strong global workforce. The latest round of cuts follow the massive layoff in May when around 6,000 jobs were slashed. In the past few years, the tech giant...
The $100-a-week super habit that could save Aussie business owners from a $500,000 retirement shock
The Economic Times
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July 3, 2025
A retirement crisis may be brewing under Australia’s economic radar, and it’s not among the unemployed, but among the self-employed. A new survey commissioned by AMP Bank has found that close to half of Australia's smallest business owners,...
Chinese threat or American pressure? What really fueled Australia’s 1.3 billion missile purchase
The Economic Times
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July 2, 2025
As China flexes its military muscle with live-fire drills near Australia and dual aircraft carrier exercises near Japan, Canberra responds with its wallet, confirming a $1.3 billion missile deal with the United States. The defence community is...
Climate visas, curing HIV and a coastal city conundrum
Landscape News
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July 2, 2025
Want to get the ThinkLandscape digest in your inbox? Sign up here. If you’re in the northern hemisphere, there’s a decent chance that it’s hot where you are right now. (Or, if you’re in the southern hemisphere, give it a couple of months.) This...
How nearly ONE THIRD of a country's population have applied to get a visa in Australia because of an Albo program
Daily Mail
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June 27, 2025
Amost a third of citizens in the Pacific nation of Tuvalu are seeking a landmark visa in the context of climate change to live in Australia as rising seas threaten their palm-fringed shores, official figures show. Australia is offering visas to...
Legal questions raised over climate conflict of $200 million fossil fuel fund
Renew Economy
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July 2, 2025
One of New Zealand’s trading partners is investigating whether the creation of an investment fund for gas producers breaches a “sustainable” free trade agreement that explicitly blocks new fossil fuel subsidies, the deputy leader of the Greens...
Paradise lost? One in three want to leave sinking islands behind
The Times
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They live among their gardens on tropical islands where the average temperature is a clement 28C but almost a third of people in the Pacific nation of Tuvalu want to flee by using a climate change escape visa. Australia has been offering the visas...
Michigan-China Economic review group director: CATL deal is 'high-risk experiment' for taxpayers
Detroit City Wire - Michigan
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July 1, 2025
Joseph Cella, Director, Michigan-China Economic and Security Review Group | LinkedInJoseph Cella, Director, Michigan-China Economic and Security Review Group | LinkedIn Joseph Cella, director of the Michigan-China Economic and Security Review...
International News Briefs for Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Havana Times
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July 1, 2025
HAVANA TIMES – Here are some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. Israel Bombs Crowded Gaza Cafe, Killing Dozens, Including Children Jul 01, 2025 Israeli attacks on Gaza killed nearly 100...