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Trading places: Education options
Marianas Business Journal
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BY OYAOL NGIRAIRIKL AND MARK RABAGO Journal Staff, Saipan Correspondent JohnsonAcross Micronesia, career and technical education is being reshaped by home-grown institutions in an effort to meet the region’s workforce needs head-on. In Guam and...
Oil producer pressure, Trump rollbacks threaten global treaty on plastics pollution
The Straits Times
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August 4, 2025
GENEVA - Hopes for a “last-chance” ambitious global treaty to curb plastic pollution have dimmed as delegates gather this week at the United Nations in Geneva for what was intended to be the final round of negotiations. Diplomats and climate...
New Migration Provisions in the Landmark ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’
The Tablet - New York
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August 6, 2025
President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” contains at least 30 provisions related to migration, including funding for border security enhancements and other measures. (Photo: OSV News/Leah Millis, via Reuters) On July 17, the United...
Dark Eagle: US Hypersonic Deployment Has China Squawking
MENAFN
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August 6, 2025
Latest stories Trump's tariff paradox is making China great again China moves to stop price wars in 'anti-involution' push Is Trump really winning his trade war? This evolving doctrine is embedded within the MDTF concept, which integrates...
The Latest DNS Threat Landscape: Why CISOs Must Rethink Blocking Strategies
Circle ID
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August 7, 2025
Cybercriminals live by the tenet “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” They’ll use the same tactics repeatedly until they no longer work, then switch things up. That’s why CISOs and their security teams maintain constant vigilance. Underscoring this,...
External powers pitting Pacific Islands Forum members against each other, former advisor warns
RNZ
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August 7, 2025
The Solomon Islands government's plans to shut out external partners during the Leaders' Meeting in Honiara next month have been dominating regional debate this week. Photo: AFP A former Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) advisor says "tensions" relating...
Trump rollbacks and pressure from oil-producing countries threaten global plastics treaty
The Globe and Mail
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August 4, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Plastics items lie next to a piece of artwork by Canadian artist, activist, and photographer Benjamin Von Wong titled 'The Thinker's Burden,' which is being created for the plastics treaty negotiations, in front of the...
How The World’s Highest Court Bolstered The Fight For Climate Reparations
Honolulu Civil Beat - Hawaii
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August 5, 2025
The International Court of Justice ruling that climate harm violates international law is expected to shape current — and future — climate lawsuits. This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. As...
Guam Missile Defense awards top $1.7B; $36.9M for flagged Andersen housing
Pacific Daily News
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Contract awards for the planned 360-degree missile defense system for Guam have topped $1.7 billion as of July, while Andersen Air Force Base barracks that reportedly left Navy Secretary John Phelan “appalled” will get about $36.9 million worth of...
Oil producer pressure, Trump rollbacks threaten plastics treaty
SABC News
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August 4, 2025
Hopes for a “last chance” ambitious global treaty to curb plastic pollution have dimmed as delegates gather this week at the United Nations in Geneva for what was intended to be the final round of negotiations. Diplomats and climate advocates warn...
Oil producer pressure, Trump rollbacks threaten last-chance global plastics treaty
The Gazette - Colorado
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By Olivia Le Poidevin and Valerie Volcovici GENEVA (Reuters) -Hopes for a "last chance" ambitious global treaty to curb plastic pollution have dimmed as delegates gather this week at the United Nations in Geneva for what was intended to be the...
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LiveScience
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July 29, 2025
A mysterious oceanic barrier is stopping some deep-sea jellyfish in the Arctic from reaching the Atlantic Ocean, a new study has found. The animals, members of the jellyfish subspecies Botrynema brucei ellinorae, inhabit depths between 3,300 and...
Deep-sea mining meeting closes without resolving whether mining can start in July
Pacific News Service
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As meetings to oversee deep-sea mining on the high seas draw to a close, it remains unclear whether regulators will allow it to commence in the near future. At the 07-31 March meetings in Kingston, Jamaica, of the International Seabed Authority...
‘Peace without women is no peace at all’
The Fiji Times
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August 3, 2025
By the time Shamima Ali took the microphone in Suva, the message had already begun to ripple through the room: in the Blue Pacific, peace without women is no peace at all. “We need to ensure that women are at the table when we are talking about...
Are Stablecoins CBDCs in Disguise? No
Cato Institute - Washington D.C.
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August 1, 2025
Nicholas Anthony A growing concern has emerged in recent years that stablecoins are secretly central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) in disguise. This concern has grown significantly since President Donald Trump and Congress have become more...
UN meeting closes with no moratorium on deep-sea mining; groups lament
Mongabay
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August 1, 2025
Civil groups expressed dismay as the 30th International Seabed Authority (ISA) session recently ended in Jamaica without a moratorium on deep-sea mining, a process of extracting minerals from the seafloor, which experts say can damage marine...
Africa must capitalise on transformative High Seas Treaty for global ocean conservation
Daily Maverick
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July 30, 2025
In June, the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) culminated in an ambitious political declaration that marks a turning point for global ocean governance. The highlight was the progress made in adopting the Biodiversity Beyond National...
Against the Flow: 45 Years of Southwest Believers...
Patheos
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August 1, 2025
In a day when U.S. Christian arena conferences are dwindling in size and influence, the Southwest Believers Convention continues to attract people from across the country and around the world. The signature event of Kenneth Copeland Ministries is...
USP’s cool shift to ocean energy
The Fiji Times
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July 31, 2025
THE University of the South Pacific( USP) has embarked on a pioneering project to integrate ocean-based renewable energy systems into its infrastructure. It is specifically the Seawater Air Conditioning (SWAC) system combined with desalination,...
Qilin Ransomware Affiliate Panel Login Credentials Exposed Online
GBHackers
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August 2, 2025
A significant security breach within the Qilin ransomware operation has provided unprecedented insight into the group’s affiliate network structure and operational methods. On July 31, 2025, internal conflicts between the ransomware group and one...