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Taiwan is a trusted partner for high-tech sector, president says in Hawaii
The Denver Gazette - Colorado
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By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) -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...
AP Business SummaryBrief at 3:30 p.m. EDT
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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Trump says he’s ending trade talks with Canada over its 'egregious Tax' on technology firms WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’s suspending trade talks with Canada over its plans to continue with its tax on technology firms. Trump...
Taiwan president praises tech ties during Hawaii visit
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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December 2, 2024
1/2 Swipe or click to see more MARCO GARCIA / REUTERS Taiwan President Lai Ching-te and East-West Center President Suzanne Vares-Lum exchange gifts on Sunday at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. 2/2 Swipe or click to see more MARCO GARCIA /...
Space Camp brings adventure to students
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 2, 2025
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Twenty young adventurers begin a journey to explore the future in the Rocket City. The students, recipients of an Air, Space, and Missile Defense Association scholarship, spent June 29-July 4 at Space Camp at the U.S. Space &...
Challenging Future For Children In 2050 Transformed By Extreme Climate Crises, Population Shifts, And Tech Disparities
Scoop
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Saturday, 30 November 2024, 11:07 pm Press Release: UNICEF NEW YORK/SUVA, 20 November 2024 – The future of childhood hangs in the balance if urgent action is not taken to safeguard children’s rights in a changing world, UNICEF warned in its...
Fire rages on cargo ship with smoke and ‘burning plastic’ smell engulfing Hull
The Independent
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June 27, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ bill will slash health care for legal immigrants to pay for tax cuts
Arizona Mirror
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July 2, 2025
Provisions in the new tax and spending bill passed by the U.S. Senate early Tuesday would go even further than the House bill in removing health care and other benefits from immigrants with legal status. The House version of the massive tax and...
The entanglement of fusion energy research and bombs
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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The recent achievement of fusion ignition—meaning more energy came out of a self-sustaining fusion reaction than was put in—at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) has brought to the fore long-simmering...
Oil supply growth outpaces demand as fossil fuel phaseout could fall short ahead of COP30
Energy Knowledge - Energy Institute
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Global oil supply increase is set to far outpace demand growth in the coming years, says the IEA Photo: Adobe Stock/Cherylvb With intensifying geopolitical strains and heightened uncertainty about global economic prospects, oil markets are...
New World Bank Research Outlines Adaptation Pathways For Pacific Atoll Countries
Scoop
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Thursday, 14 November 2024, 6:13 pm Press Release: World Bank SYDNEY, November 14, 2024 — Climate change is endangering ecosystems, economies, and livelihoods in Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, and Tuvalu, in which the highest points are only...
Marshallese women call for nuclear justice
RNZ
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July 24, 2024
By Netani Rika*, Majuro Photo: supplied *This is the first story in a five-part web series focused on the 15th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women taking place in the Marshall Islands this week. Feature - Women continue to fight for justice, 70...
New Research Finds Children In Asia-Pacific Suffer Mentally And Physically Due To Climate Change
Scoop
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Monday, 18 November 2024, 10:15 am Press Release: World Vision New child-led research canvassing the views of more than 2,500 children and young people in the Asia-Pacific region highlights the worsening impact of climate change on their lives....
Threatened whale species found in areas earmarked for deep sea mining
Euronews
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By Euronews Green Published on 24/06/2025 - 18:14 GMT+2 Two areas being targeted for deep sea mining in the Pacific Ocean are home to dolphins and threatened whales, a new scientific survey reveals. Sperm whales, listed as vulnerable by the...
Greenpeace survey finds ‘beautiful’ and vulnerable whale species in areas marked for deep sea mining
Euronews
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By Euronews Green Published on 25/06/2025 - 12:22 GMT+2 Two areas being targeted for deep sea mining in the Pacific Ocean are home to dolphins and threatened whales, a new scientific survey reveals. Sperm whales, listed as vulnerable by the...
Regional Research Agenda researchers convene to investigate findings
Pacific Community (SPC)
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Photo credit: ACIAR The Regional Research Agenda Framework (RRA) identifies common forestry and agriculture development challenges in the Pacific region, establishes research partnerships and defines research strategies to overcome these...
Global Engineering Consultants Royal HaskoningDHV Expands APAC Operations
Scoop
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Monday, 11 November 2024, 11:29 am Press Release: Neon Black Image/Supplied Leading provider of maritime engineering, resilience and adaptation management services, Royal HaskoningDHV, is pleased to announce the official establishment of its New...
Pacific Ocean Commissioner: Op -ED – Ripples to Waves:
Island Times
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July 1, 2025
By Dr Filimon Manoni, Pacific Ocean Commissioner KOROR, 30 JUNE 2025 (PIFS) — It’s been two weeks since the curtains fell on the third UN Ocean Conference. At this largest ever ocean summit, the Pacific voice echoed as a collective, calling for...
Health care would be slashed even for immigrants with legal status under massive Senate bill
Alaska Beacon
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July 2, 2025
Provisions in the new tax and spending bill passed by the U.S. Senate early Tuesday would go even further than the House bill in removing health care and other benefits from immigrants with legal status. The House version of the massive tax and...
Bermudian scientist retires from London museum
The Royal Gazette
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November 5, 2024
Jill Darrell is spending her first few weeks post-retirement at her family’s home in Spanish Point (Photograph by Akil Simmons) A Bermudian scientist who dedicated most of her life to studying fossils has been celebrated after she stepped down...
Tjibaou on New Caledonia talks in Paris: “We want to resolve this now”
Islands Business
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June 30, 2025
Koror, Palau-It’s been two weeks since the curtains fell on the third UN Ocean Conference. At this largest ever ocean summit, the Pacific voice echoed as a collective, calling for more global ocean accountability, and offering transformational...