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U.S. Coast Guard strengthens partnership with Federated States of Micronesia at semi-annual Joint Committee Meeting
DVIDS - Georgia
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June 23, 2025
SANTA RITA, Guam — The U.S. Coast Guard actively participated in the semi-annual bilateral Joint Committee Meeting (JCM) with the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) on June 4 to 5, 2025, at Joint Task Force-Micronesia (JTF-M) Headquarters. Led...
Lost at sea: How Tuvalu’s plight holds lessons for the future
The Interpreter
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June 22, 2025
What happens when a country ceases to exist? Where do its people go, who no longer have a citizenship to protect them? Statelessness usually follows conflict, or the dissolution or unification of a country, such as occurred with the Soviet Union,...
UN expects climate finance roadmap to offer “clear next steps”
Climate Home News
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June 23, 2025
Climate negotiators in Bonn have been tasked with taking a “deep dive” into how a roadmap to boost climate finance for developing countries should look, so that it can be finalised at COP30 in Brazil – but a series of consultations last week...
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...
Sea caption who oversaw dramatic launches and rescues dies
The Herald (Scotland)
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June 22, 2025
Died: April 26, 2025 Captain John MacLeod, who has died aged 91, was a sea captain and Clyde river pilot. As the special pilot for Scott Lithgow’s during its heyday of shipbuilding on the Clyde he oversaw some of the most complex vessel launches...
Navy announces $8 billion contract for Hawaii and Wake Island
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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June 20, 2025
1/2 Swipe or click to see more COURTESY PHOTO U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing fly over Wake Island en route to Marine Corps Air Station...
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...
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...
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’...
ABC launches Majuro service
Marshall Islands Journal
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June 19, 2025
ABC Radio Australia hit the airwaves in Majuro at 7pm last Friday going live for the first time in over a decade with its 24/7 programs on 106.7FM. To mark the milestone development, Australian Ambassador Paul Wilson hosted a gathering at Wallaby...
Global Ocean Summit in Nice ends with a raft of pledges for marine protection
Savannah Herald - Georgia
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June 18, 2025
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) pushed for stronger language on “loss and damage.”PHOTO/ Pablo_Marx, Flickr By PATRICK MAYOYO and Agencies newshub@eyewitness.africa The port of Nice echoed with the sound of foghorns on Friday – a brassy...
Regional collaboration enhances Lower Secondary Assessment tools
Pacific Community (SPC)
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With the dawn of a new decade in 2020, Pacific assessment experts united to ensure that quality assessment papers are collaboratively created and based on statistical evidence. Since then, the Pacific Community (SPC) has played its custodian role...
Judicial Symposium 2025 Opens in Honiara
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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June 18, 2025
HONIARA, 19 JUNE 2025 – Judicial Officers across the Pacific and international fisheries legal experts are gathering in Honiara over a three (3) days Symposium. This marks yet another significant regional event co-hosted by the Honourable Chief...
Stocks fall as Trump's threats against Iran send oil prices surging -- as it happened
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 17, 2025
8h agoWed 18 Jun 2025 at 6:05am Market snapshot ASX 200: -0.1% to 8,531 points Australian dollar: +0.5% to 65.05 US cents Wall Street: Dow Jones (-0.7%), S&P 500 (-0.8%), Nasdaq (flat at 0.0%) Europe: FTSE (-0.5%), DAX (-1.1%), Stoxx 600 (-0.9%)...
Tanzania Champions Aquatic Foods at UN Ocean Conference in Nice
Inter Press Service
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June 17, 2025
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What could a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty look like?
Climate Home News
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June 17, 2025
The 2015 Paris Agreement to tackle climate change famously does not name the controversial root cause of the very problem it is intended to solve: fossil fuels. In the year of its 10th anniversary, Gillian Cooper, political director of the Fossil...
Pacific Economic Update: Slowing Growth Highlights Need for More Inclusive Workforce
Odisha Diary
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June 17, 2025
HONIARA, June 17, 2025 — Economic growth is slowing across the Pacific as countries face weak global growth, natural hazards and climate related shocks. The World Bank’s flagship Pacific Economic Update, released today in Honiara, projects...
RWA backing: How do issuers ensure 1:1 peg with tokenized assets?
Coin Telegraph
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June 17, 2025
The real-world asset (RWA) market has emerged as one of the key trends in the cryptocurrency industry in 2025, with companies increasingly jumping on the tokenization bandwagon. Although some studies pointed to a massive 260% increase of RWAs this...
Slowing growth faces Pacific, need for more inclusive workforce highlighted
Solomon Star
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June 17, 2025
HONIARA — Economic growth is slowing across the Pacific as countries face weak global growth, natural hazards and climate related shocks. The World Bank’s flagship Pacific Economic Update, released on Tuesday in Honiara, projects regional growth...
Our Ocean Conference concludes, Palau pledges to protect reefs, reiterates stance on deep-sea mining
Island Times
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June 17, 2025
The third United Nations Ocean Conference ended on Friday in Nice, France, after five days of high-level discussions and negotiations. Key outcomes of the meeting included renewed support for the High Seas Treaty and international calls for a...