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Pacific airlines team up for pilot cadetships, four countries sign new trade and healthy food deal
The New Zealand Herald
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July 4, 2025
The airlines said the programme would include “rigorous training, structured mentorship, and professional development to produce a pilot workforce trained to operate in complex and remote Pacific environments”. The two airlines said they would...
James Ellsmoor | International Sustainability Summits highlight benefits of collaboration, inclusivity
The Gleaner
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July 3, 2025
OVER THE course of the past few weeks, several major regional and international events focused on sustainability and the environment have served as a reminder that to achieve the prosperous future we want for local, regional, and global...
India offers $500,000 in relief to quake-hit Vanuatu. China sends supplies, engineering team
The Print
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January 3, 2025
New Delhi: India Thursday offered $500,000 (Rs 4.3 crore) in rehabilitation assistance to Vanuatu, following the 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of its capital city Port Vila on 17 December. “As a close friend and partner under...
Expedition to set sail to Nikumaroro in search of Amelia Earhart's plane wreckage
KATU - Oregon
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Amelia Earhart's lost plane may have been found, and one expedition aims to answer that question once and for all. The expedition focuses on exploring an anomaly first spotted on satellite images of the lagoon of Nikumaroro...
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...
OILING THE WHEELS OF TRADE How Russia Sidesteps Sanctions to Sustain Critical Oil and Gas Revenue
Europe Diplomatic Magazine
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July 3, 2025
The SCF Turgut oil tanker owned by Sovcomflot, a Russian state-owned shipping company © Sovcomflot We merrily pump it into the fuel tanks of our vehicles without really giving a thought to where it comes from. We should, perhaps, stop and think....
Marrying ChatGPT: Is this the future of love?
Al Hakam
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June 22, 2025
Qasim Choudhary, Missionary, Marshall Islands I once thought humanity had reached the height of absurdity back in 2018, when a Japanese man named Akihiko Kondō famously married a hologram. But fast forward to the present, and I stand corrected....
UOG research grant to advance Micronesia coastal sustainability
The Guam Daily Post
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The University of Guam Center for Island Sustainability and Sea Grant is inviting researchers across Micronesia to apply for competitive grants aimed at addressing critical challenges in coastal ecosystems, communities and economies. According to...
Technology Replacing Jobs Statistics 2024 By Concerns, Attitude, Potential Number of Jobs Lost to Automation and Rate of Adoption by Industry
Hollywood Gazette
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September 6, 2024
Technology Replacing Jobs Statistics 2024 By Concerns, Attitude, Potential Number of Jobs Lost to Automation and Rate of Adoption by Industry August 31, 2024 — Introduction Technology Replacing Jobs Statistics: Artificial intelligence has just...
Research Voyage Examines Movement of Marine Species Across North Pacific
ECO Magazine
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A research trip by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa scientists to Wake Island and Johnston Atoll—two remote spots in the Pacific—will provide new and comprehensive insights into the historic and potential future role of these two places as...
Research voyage explores marine links across North Pacific
University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
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Reading time: 4 minutes A research trip by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa scientists to Wake Island and Johnston Atoll—two remote spots in the Pacific—will provide new and comprehensive insights into the historic and potential future role of these...
Idaho Downwinders on track for compensation of impacts from nuclear fallout
ABC 6 - Idaho
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July 3, 2025
EMMETT, Idaho — The fight may be close to over for compensation for Idaho Downwinders after decades of suffering the effects of nuclear fallout. But that fight may not be over for everyone. I spoke with a leader of the movement to see what's next....
How Trump's big beautiful bill aims to 'supercharge' immigration enforcement
BPR News - North Carolina
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From an aerial view, the U.S.-Mexico border fence ends with a gap on Jan. 20, 2025 near Sasabe, Ariz. Republicans' tax and spending bill includes $46.5 billion for border wall projects. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption John...
UAMS, Community Partners Hold SNAP Enrollment Events for Marshallese
UAMS
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December 18, 2024
View Larger Image Dec. 18, 2024 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), the Northwest Arkansas Food Insecurity Community of Practice, the Marshallese Education Initiative (MEI) and other community organizations have partnered to...
A Mysterious Anomaly May Be Amelia Earhart’s Plane. This Team Is Racing to Prove It.
Yahoo News
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Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Purdue University announced a plan to locate Amelia Earhart’s lost aircraft. Dubbed the Taraia Object Expedition, the effort will include a field team visiting the Pacific island Nikumaroro in...
The most-read pieces on Mining Technology in 2024
Mining Technology
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December 17, 2024
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Regional research agenda series: Meet our peer reviewers, Mr Rufus and Mr Vurobaravu
Pacific Community (SPC)
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Introduction This month, we are pleased to introduce more exceptional peer reviewers from our team. Mr Lajikit Rufus Mr Lajikit Rufus is the Chief of Forestry at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Commerce in Majuro, Marshall Islands. He holds...
asia Taiwan is a trusted partner for high-tech sector, president says in Hawaii
Asiaone
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December 3, 2024
TAIPEI — Taiwan's partnership with the United States is a source of strength for the high-tech industry, including the semiconductor sector, and shows the island is a trusted and reliable partner, President Lai Ching-te told a think-tank in...
Scientists sound the alarm after making puzzling discovery about 'floating' continent: 'It's happening so rapidly that we can see these large effects even in a human lifetime'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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August 27, 2024
One geosciences professor is warning that, if planetary overheating continues at its current rate, the melting of the Antarctic glaciers alone could raise sea levels in North America by 10 feet by 2150. What's happening? Colorado State University...
Taiwan president praises tech ties in Hawaii stop
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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December 2, 2024
COURTESY OF THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE Gov. Josh Green greets Taiwan President Lai Ching-te, on Saturday morning, on his arrival for a two-day visit to Hawaii. Taiwan’s partnership with the United States is a source of strength for the high-tech...