Read the latest news from regional and global sources, presenting different voices and perspectives.
On 29 August, the International Day against Nuclear Tests, WILPF calls for the end of nuclear weapons
Pressenza
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August 29, 2025
The International Day against Nuclear Tests Is the Time to Stop the Bomb Ray Acheson In 1945, the United States built and detonated the first nuclear weapon in the deserts of New Mexico. The fallout from that explosion spread to 46 US states,...
Pacific Islands News Roundup – August 22 – August 28, 2025
Pacific Islands Report
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August 29, 2025
Editor’s Note: We are undergoing a web host migration process and may need to make necessary modifications to our format and frequency over the next several weeks. Thank you in advance for your understanding. Political Leadership and Regionalism,...
Operation Island Chief reinforces Pacific unity against illegal fishing
Island Times
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August 29, 2025
HONIARA (FFA)—The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) has concluded Operation Island Chief 2025 (OPIC25), part of its ongoing programme of surveillance and monitoring operations to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing...
The Digital Shift: Redefining Insurance with Smarter Payments
Banking Dive
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Pirates Scared Off from Tanker Attack by Approaching Togolese Patrol Boat
The Maritime Executive
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The suspected attack on a small chemical tanker off the coast of Togo in West Africa is over, with the crew reported to be safe and AIS signals showing the vessel underway. The incident took place approximately 60 nautical miles south of Lome,...
Can You Trust AI on Puerto Rico?
PR51st
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August 29, 2025
Increasingly, online searches give you answers generated by large language models — AI answers, in fact. many people also choose to go directly to ChatGPT or Perspicacity to ask their questions instead of starting at Google. It’s fast and easy to...
Refugees could lose SNAP benefits any day. Then health care will go away
The Beacon - Missouri
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August 29, 2025
For refugees, asylees and other immigrants who have sought safety in the United States, government food assistance could go away any day. Health care benefits will soon follow. After President Donald Trump’s signature legislation passed in July...
UH launches advanced degrees in fisheries management
Hawaii Tribune Herald
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August 25, 2025
The University of Hawaii has hired eight faculty members for new master’s and doctorate degree programs in sustainable fisheries management, coincidentally as President Donald Trump opened up prohibited fishing areas to Hawaii’s longline fleet....
Micronesia’s new initiative empowers local teams to restore reefs with heat-tolerant corals
Island Times
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August 19, 2025
A groundbreaking coral restoration initiative is training and equipping local communities across Micronesia to lead the fight against coral decline using heat-tolerant corals. Led by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and funded by the G20’s Coral...
Regional leadership needs to address regional issues
The Islandsun
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August 28, 2025
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU Collin Beck, Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade (MFAET) and Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) National Committee co-chair, said that regional leadership is needed to address regional issues. One...
US The Honolulu Star-Advertiser UH launching advanced degrees in fisheries management
Yahoo News
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The University of Hawaii has hired eight faculty members for new master’s and doctorate degree programs in sustainable fisheries management, coincidentally as President Donald Trump opened up prohibited fishing areas to Hawaii’s longline fleet....
FT: Russia sells oil to China through shadow infrastructure that Iran created back in 2019
Babel
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In 2019, Iran created a shadow infrastructure to sell oil to China through Swiss lawyers and Panamanian offshore companies. Russia and Venezuela later joined in. This is stated in an investigation by the Financial Times and the non-profit research...
UH launching advanced degrees in fisheries management
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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August 24, 2025
The University of Hawaii has hired eight faculty members for new master’s and doctorate degree programs in sustainable fisheries management, coincidentally as President Donald Trump opened up prohibited fishing areas to Hawaii’s longline fleet....
Solomon Islands outlines key priorities as Forum Chair
The Islandsun
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August 28, 2025
BY NED GAGAHE Co-Chair of the National Organizing Committee for the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting Colin Beck has outlined key priorities such as political leadership, peace and security, economic development, and climate change as central...
More than 2,000 nuclear weapons have been detonated in the past 80 years. Their effects still linger around the world
CNN
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August 24, 2025
Growing up in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the 1950s and 60s, Mary Dickson was among the millions of American schoolchildren taught to “duck and cover” in the event of a nuclear war. “I just remember thinking, ‘That’s not going to save us from a...
Geopolitical tensions challenge Pacific regionalism
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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August 26, 2025
by Niuone Eliuta THE Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), a vital platform for regional cooperation, has long been a space where Pacific nations address shared challenges like climate change, economic development and cultural preservation. However, recent...
Alaska’s Hypersonic Missile Test From Kodiak Marks Major Defense Milestone
The Tundra Drums - Alaska
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August 26, 2025
The US Department of Defense secretly launched a missile from Alaska’s state-owned Pacific Spaceport Complex on Kodiak Island last Thursday. The launch occurred around 10 p.m., surprising residents across the Kodiak Archipelago and reaching...
3 Micronesian students awarded prestigious scholarship
Hawaii Public Radio
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August 26, 2025
Three Micronesian students in Hawaiʻi, Guam and Alaska were awarded the A+Jojo Scholarship award. The annual scholarship, funded by the Oʻahu-based nonprofit We Are Oceania, is given to students from three Pacific countries in Micronesia, which...
UPSC Key: Fiji-India relationship, Tourism sector and Salwa Judum
The Indian Express
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August 26, 2025
Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance Mains Examination: General Studies-II: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests Story continues...
Pacific Elders call halt to seabed mining
Pacific News Service
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Pacific Elders’ Voice (PEV) calls for a halt in seabed mining until “proper regulatory instruments can be put in place,” and recommends a regional expert body be created to provide expert advice to Pacific Island countries. A statement issued by...