Read the latest news from regional and global sources, presenting different voices and perspectives.
Four-day work week? Here's why that's a ridiculous thought
Newcastle Herald
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August 20, 2025
Jewish US professor Jeremy Sachs recently wrote an open letter to the Israeli Foreign Minister in which he states: "Israel stands against almost the entire world in its endeavor to block the two-state solution. Already, 147 countries recognise the...
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...
Palau and Pacific Islands push for Equity, funding in High-Seas Biodiversity Treaty
Island Times
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August 29, 2025
UNITED NATIONS — As the world negotiates the future of life in the oceans beyond national borders, small island developing states are making their voices heard. At the second session of the Preparatory Commission for the Marine Biodiversity of...
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...
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...
Kosrae-Nauru-Kiribati subsea cable set to start operating by November
The Pacific Island Times
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August 24, 2025
U.S. Embassy’s Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Amy Gradin, second from left, with international and community leaders celebrate the landing of the East Micronesia Cable System in in Kosrae on Aug. 18, 2025. The ceremony marked the floating of the...
Amata shocked by Marshall Islands fire at legislature building
Samoa News
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August 28, 2025
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Aumua Amata, vice chairman of both the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific and the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs, the two...
Pacific Officials Gather For 32nd SPREP Meeting
Newsline Samoa
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August 29, 2025
DCIM\101MEDIA\DJI_0768.JPG More than a hundred Pacific government officials, partners, donors and stakeholders are gathering in Apia, Samoa, next week to discuss strategic issues pertaining to the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment...
UOG student represents Guam at global leadership program in the Netherlands
Pacific Daily News
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Tyra Delos Reyes, a University of Guam senior majoring in business administration, recently returned from a transformative global leadership program in the Netherlands, where she represented Guam and the United States as one of only 10 students...
Biggest sources of immigrants to Enid
K95.5 Tulsa - Oklahoma
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August 28, 2025
Over 15% of the United States population is composed of immigrants. But in reality, the vast majority of Americans today are here because of relatives who immigrated from other countries some time in the last several hundred years. And while the...
Biggest sources of immigrants to Twin Falls
NCW Life Channel - Washington
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Biggest sources of immigrants to Twin Falls Over 15% of the United States population is composed of immigrants. But in reality, the vast majority of Americans today are here because of relatives who immigrated from other countries some time in the...
Biggest sources of immigrants to Seattle
NCW Life Channel - Washington
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Biggest sources of immigrants to Seattle Over 15% of the United States population is composed of immigrants. But in reality, the vast majority of Americans today are here because of relatives who immigrated from other countries some time in the...
Biggest sources of immigrants to Portland, Oregon
KTVZ - Oregon
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August 28, 2025
Biggest sources of immigrants to Portland, Oregon Over 15% of the United States population is composed of immigrants. But in reality, the vast majority of Americans today are here because of relatives who immigrated from other countries some time...
Biggest sources of immigrants to Cincinnati
95.3 and 101.1 FM The Eagle - Ohio
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August 28, 2025
Over 15% of the United States population is composed of immigrants. But in reality, the vast majority of Americans today are here because of relatives who immigrated from other countries some time in the last several hundred years. And while the...
Biggest sources of immigrants to Utica
106.1 BLI - New York
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August 28, 2025
Over 15% of the United States population is composed of immigrants. But in reality, the vast majority of Americans today are here because of relatives who immigrated from other countries some time in the last several hundred years. And while the...
Biggest sources of immigrants to Redding
Mountain Democrat - California
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Biggest sources of immigrants to Redding And while the distinctive American culture and spirit is the result of blending many diverse cultures and histories, the United States has for centuries had an up-and-down relationship with immigration....
A Credibility Test: Will the U.S. Stand by the Pacific Islands Region Amid Its Exclusion?
Asia Society
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August 27, 2025
Scheduled for September in the Solomon Islands, the 2025 Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting was expected to serve as a key test for U.S.-Pacific Islands relations. However, recent developments indicate that the U.S.—along with China and...
Biggest sources of immigrants to Topeka
Hastings Tribune - Nebraska
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Biggest sources of immigrants to Topeka And while the distinctive American culture and spirit is the result of blending many diverse cultures and histories, the United States has for centuries had an up-and-down relationship with immigration. Each...
Driving Change: The Jimor Wodejipel Initiative in Sustainable Tourism
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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August 24, 2025
What began as a preparatory effort for the 2024 Micronesian Games has blossomed into a powerful movement for environmental stewardship and sustainable tourism – The Jimor Wodejipel Community Clean-up Initiative. Launched in June 2024, this...