Utah Film Center set to open 22nd Utah Queer Film Festival, with six feature-length documentaries, international slate of 40 short films

EDITOR’S NOTE: For a detailed rundown of the 2025 slate for the Utah Queer Film Festival, see this link. At a hostile, polarizing time like now, many people understandably demur from being unapologetic about expressing their authentic selves. And,...

NWA EDITORIAL | Places of faith become part of Northwest Arkansas’ search for housing

"Bring to your house the poor who are cast out." -- Isaiah 58:7 Except for the most faithful, it's not unusual for people to turn to places of worship only when a crisis reaches unholy proportions. Northwest Arkansas' dearth of affordable housing...

U.S. Intelligence Is Being Blinded by Trumpian Politics

Since 1997, the U.S. intelligence community has published the unclassified “Global Trends” report every four years to assess different scenarios for our global future and their likely impact on the United States. We can state confidently, having...

Local notes: Girlology program for tween and teen girls to learn about health heads to Springdale

OLLI The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Arkansas has announced the following classes: • Oct. 20-Nov. 12: Mondays and Wednesdays — Intermediate Bridge: Play Smarter, Play Better Sharpen your skills. Review essential bidding...

RC Blog: Who’s willing to pay for sustainability in the Pacific?

Written by Simona Marinescu, Isabella Massa, Guillaume Lafortune After major setbacks to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the Pacific needs fairer access to financing as it fights to overcome climate challenges. Crises in climate, geopolitics...

'67 Bombs to Enid'

This past week, I hosted a screening of the new documentary 67 Bombs to Enid at the Rialto Theater in Alva, Oklahoma. The Rialto was my home theater growing up. It was the place where I first fell in love with movies. Any chance I get to go back...

Reimagining Commercial Underwriting in the Age of AI

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☢️ Why Irreversible Nuclear Disarmament Is a Lonely Pursuit for African States

By Kudawashe Mapako Next year’s Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons gives African states an opportunity to turn lofty disarmament pledges into real action. Kudakwashe Mapako says these states...

'Oceans on Fire': Pacific face rising heat and climate changes

As heatwaves in the ocean become stronger across the Pacific, island nations like Tuvalu and Kiribati, along with New Zealand and Australia, are facing serious challenges from a warming sea. The changes are leading to declining fish populations,...

Pacific Tuna Forum wraps up with call for balance, innovation, and...

The two-day Pacific Tuna Forum, held in Denarau, Nadi, Fiji, wrapped up Wednesday with powerful closing remarks from Dr Manumatavai Tupou-Roosen, Chairperson of the Pacific Tuna Forum 2025. The Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of...

Countering Trump, Pacific Islanders Are Leading on Climate

The leaders of the Pacific Islands are forging a united front against President Donald Trump’s climate denialism and leading the world in the battle against the climate crisis. After Trump gave an inflammatory speech at the United Nations last...

Micronesia's worst fears realised as WWII shipwrecks leak

Swimming amid the shipwrecks of Micronesia's Chuuk Lagoon is like diving into a time machine. A ghost fleet of ships and aircraft, once part of a formidable Japanese naval base, dot the floor of the state of Chuuk's shallow waters. They lie amid...

Why Australia Should Amplify the Pacific Region’s Voice in APEC

Climate diplomacy efforts in the Pacific are an integral part of Australian foreign policy under Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. After taking office in 2022, Albanese formally reinstated an Australian ambassador for climate change. The ambassador...

Washington Stands Firm Against United Nation's world Proposed Global Carbon Levy on Shipping Emissions

WASHINGTON, D.C. — October 16, 2025 — In a stark display of the Trump administration's "America First" foreign policy, Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a vehement rejection Wednesday of a United Nations-backed proposal that the U.S....

Pacific represented at the Marine Environment Protection Committee meeting in London

The second Extraordinary Session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) opened Wednesday at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Headquarters in London. The Pacific is represented by the 6PAC+ alliance, which has...

PH drops to 79th place in global passport ranking

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine passport dropped to 79th place in the 2025 Henley Passport Index (HPI), six slots lower from last year's 73rd ranking The Philippines tied with Sierra Leone for the 79th place out of 199 passports reviewed for...

IUCN World Conservation Congress concludes in Abu Dhabi with ambitious vision for nature…

Held in the UAE for the first time, the Congress took place under the generous patronage of President of the United Arab Emirates, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The 2025 IUCN Congress brought together over 10,000 attendees,...

Opinion: US-China tussle casts a shadow over the global economy

By ALEX BRUMMER, CONSULTANT EDITOR Updated: 08:27 EDT, 14 October 2025 There is a sense of deja vu surrounding this week’s gathering of the world’s finance chiefs at the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ). When the good and the great last...

UN resolution on Climate Change rapporteur a boost for Pacific-SG Puna

Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Henry Puna has welcomed the latest UN Human Rights Council vote for a UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change. The 48th session of the Council was held in hybrid mode, combining virtual...

Trump's rare earth row with China casts a dark shadow over the global economy, says ALEX BRUMMER

There is a sense of deja vu surrounding this week’s gathering of the world’s finance chiefs at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). When the good and the great last assembled here in April, Donald Trump had just unleashed his budgetary mayhem...