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First Indigenous-led marine reserve to span southwestern Pacific
Oceanographic Magazine
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July 1, 2025
Under the protections afforded by the reserve to the six-million-square-kilometres of ocean and islands expanse, only sustainable economic activities “consistent with Indigenous values” will be permitted. According to the Wildlife Conservation...
Michaelia Cash urges Albanese to maintain ‘vital’ Pacific relations after Vanuatu dumped a key strategic pact
The West Australian
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July 1, 2025
Shadow Foreign Minister Michaelia Cash has urged the Albanese Government to maintain Australia’s “vitally important” Pacific relations after Vanuatu dumped a key strategic pact. Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat has refused to ratify the...
Vanuatu Arts in Global Museum Collections
Art of the Ancestors
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Located in the heart of the South Pacific Ocean, Vanuatu is situated east of New Guinea, northeast of New Caledonia, and south of the Solomon Islands. The archipelago is composed of four main islands surrounded by eighty smaller orbital isles. The...
Education Ministry receives an increase in budget allocation
Islands Business
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June 30, 2025
“We want to resolve this now, and that is why I am committed to dialogue.” That’s Emmanuel Tjibaou, president of the independence party Union Calédonienne (UC) and one of New Caledonia’s deputies in the French National Assembly. On Wednesday this...
UOG TO HOST PACIFIC TEACHER EDUCATION FORUM
PNG Haus Bung
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June 30, 2025
The University of Goroka (UoG) in the Eastern Highlands province is set to host the inaugural Pacific Teacher Challenge Conference from July 5th to 7th, 2025. This landmark event, the first of its kind for UoG and a significant gathering for the...
Conference Counsel: Temples, missionaries, education part of hastening
Daily Herald - Utah
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Photo supplied, Intellectual Reserve Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles provides words of inspiration during the Saturday morning session of general conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on April 5, 2025....
Royal Caribbean’s first Royal Beach Club now open for bookings
Eye Witness News
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July 1, 2025
MIAMI, FLORIDA: Vacationers can officially add the ultimate beach day to their bucket lists as Royal Caribbean has opened bookings for the first-of-its-kind beach club experience in The Bahamas. Combining the vibrant culture and beauty of The...
WEF Claims It Will Take 123 More Years To Achieve Full Gender-Parity Globally
Zero Hedge
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It will take 123 years to reach full gender parity globally, according to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Gender Gap Report 2025. While progress has been made since the report started in 2006, Statista's Anna Fleck reports that an analysis of the...
Pakistan slides in global gender equality rankings
Weekly Cutting Edge
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June 24, 2025
The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2025 has once again placed Pakistan at the bottom of its rankings, 148th out of 148 countries — a disheartening position that reflects deep-seated structural and societal inequalities. With a...
Walking together in wellness, where collective rights enable Indigenous Peoples to thrive
Croakey Health Media
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June 23, 2025
Introduction by Croakey: An emerging paradigm shift for First Nations people in Canada, reflecting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), is supporting a transformational shift from a focus on healthcare and...
Judge orders Islamic preacher's lectures be removed from social media
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 1, 2025
A series of lectures delivered by an Islamic preacher at a Sydney prayer centre must be removed from social media under orders from a Federal Court judge who found they contained "fundamentally racist and antisemitic" material. Wissam Haddad, who...
Immigration: 36 countries threatened with exclusion by Trump, is Tunisia in the crosshairs?
Tunisie Numerique
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June 18, 2025
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp The administration of former U.S. President Donald Trump, whose influence continues to shape current policy, has officially warned 36 countries—25 of them located in Africa—giving them a 60-day deadline to...
Vanuatu Trade Commissioner strengthens development partnership with Mafi Traditional Area
Ghana News Agency
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June 17, 2025
By Kekeli K. Blamey Adidome (V/R), June 17, GNA -Professor Hugh K. Aryee, the Vanuatu Trade Commissioner to Ghana, has reaffirmed his commitment to fostering sustainable development in the Mafi Traditional Area, with a strong emphasis on youth...
Vanuatu leads charge for world’s largest Indigenous-led marine reserve at UN summit
Pacific Media Network
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Vanuatu’s Climate Change Minister, Ralph Regenvanu, is urging Pacific nations to support a vast cross-border marine sanctuary that could cover over six million square kilometres. He hopes the Melanesian Ocean Reserve will be a model for other...
AUS INDIES DEFEAT VANUATU AT THE AUSPAC FINAL DAY
PNG Haus Bung
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June 21, 2025
The final day of the inaugural PacificAus Women’s Cricket Invitational opened with a commanding performance by the Australian Indigenous Women’s team, who defeated Vanuatu Women by six wickets in the first of two matches at 10 AM today at the...
"We’re playing for more than just a team": Indigenous women's cricket team shines in PNG
SBS
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The Australian Indigenous Women’s Cricket Team remains undefeated in the PacificAus Sports Cricket Invitational, proudly showcasing not only their sporting skills but cultural pride on the international stage in Papua New Guinea. Led by Kaurareg...
IPADA 2025: Tinubu To Host Envoys, UN Tourism, Ministers, Commissioners July 30
The Will
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July 1, 2025
July 01, (THEWILL) — In a bold and unprecedented move to attract global attention and participation to this year’s edition of IPADA Celebrations 2025, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set to host all envoys in Nigeria, UN Tourism, and Ministers of...
Calls to close gender gap in Pacific Island employment
Otago Daily Times
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June 17, 2025
Less than half of working age women are employed across the Pacific Islands due to outdated laws and other barriers, the World Bank said in a new report on Tuesday, and said closing the gender gap could boost economic growth. The World Bank...
‘Why us?’ NZ raises alarm as U.S eyes travel ban on Tonga, Vanuatu and Tuvalu
Talanoa 'O Tonga
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June 17, 2025
The New Zealand Government has voiced serious concerns over a proposed United States travel ban that could block citizens from three Pacific nations, Tonga, Vanuatu and Tuvalu from entering the country. It’s part of U.S President Donald Trump’s...
Pacific Island Nations Announce Plans for Indigenous-Led Melanesian Ocean Reserve, a World First
EcoWatch
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June 16, 2025
The Melanesian Ocean Reserve, led by the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu governments with the Islands Knowledge Institute and Nia Tero. The Melanesian Ocean Reserve Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper,...