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The Mad Bastard may be right! – McIntyre Mini Globe Leg 2!
Live Sail Die
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July 1, 2025
When the 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race set off—the first solo, non-stop circumnavigation—many thought it impossible. But one sailor proved them wrong: Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, sailing his beloved Suhaili! When Australian adventurer, Don...
Hopeful New Way To Measure Human Progress
Scoop
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In response to the climate crisis, a new way to measure how well people and nature are living together has been announced in Nature. A hopeful new way to think about human progress has been announced today in the world’s leading scientific journal...
World : Japan To Provide Defence Equipment To Thailand, 7 Other Nations
Bernama
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June 21, 2025
TOKYO, June 21 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- Japan plans to supply defence equipment to Thailand, Tonga and six other nations in the current fiscal year as security aid, a government source said Friday, in bid to ensure safe sea lanes in the Indo-Pacific...
CREEPING OUT OF INTERNET POVERTY INDEX
This Day
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July 2, 2025
Nigeria has the highest number of people living in internet poverty, writes SONNY ARAGBA-AKPORE Even though Nigeria appears to be on the outskirts of technology globalization,all is not lost going by efforts being put in place by government...
Yobe equips top officials with AI skills at BioRTC workshop
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 1, 2025
The Yobe state government, in collaboration with the Biomedical Science Research and Training Centre (BioRTC) at the Yobe State University, Tuesday, trained permanent secretaries, heads of agencies, and parastatal leaders in Artificial...
Tiny Tuvalu seeks assurance from U.S. its citizens won’t be barred
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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July 1, 2025
REUTERS/KIRSTY NEEDHAM/FILE PHOTO Aerial view of Funafuti, Tuvalu’s most populous island, in September 2024. SYDNEY >> Tuvalu, a tiny Pacific nation that scientists predict will be submerged by rising seas, said it is seeking written assurance...
Japan to provide defense equipment to Thailand, 7 other nations
Japan Today
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June 20, 2025
Japan plans to supply defense equipment to Thailand, Tonga and six other nations in the current fiscal year as security aid, a government source said Friday, in bid to ensure safe sea lanes in the Indo-Pacific region where China is evolving its...
New Zealand Micro Distillery Shines With Old Tom Coromandel Mānuka Gin
Business Scoop
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Press Release – Awildian Gin This remarkable matured gin combines premium sugarcane alcohol with Tongan vanilla, Guatemalan cardamom, Madagascan pepper, Seville orange, fresh ginger, and sixteen additional botanicals. (Photo/Supplied) Awildian...
The first to go
Ke Alaka'i - The Leader
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July 1, 2025
Photo by Didier Pedron and Rosalind Malolo Pedron Being the first in her family to attend college comes with pressure and pride, said Lusila Lealii E’e, a senior studying Pacific Island Studies from New Zealand. She shared one of the biggest...
Chose the Isuzu Hi-lander over competitors: 1 year with the pickup
Team-BHP
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July 1, 2025
BHPian AnAntinspired recently shared this with other enthusiasts: Genuinely surprised to read a review of the Highlander in 2025. After years of having eyes on the Isuzu since its launch, and visiting the dealership year after year inching closer...
Biosecurity gear to give farmers and consumers confidence
Talanoa 'O Tonga
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June 19, 2025
Tonga has received AU$185,350 in biosecurity equipment to enhance trade safeguards. The Ministry of Agriculture received quarantine and sanitary gear funded under the PACER Plus Development and Economic Cooperation (DEC) program. It includes a...
Finalists named in AI and robotics inaugural sprint
InnovationAus
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July 1, 2025
Six Australian robotics startups will go head-to-head for the opportunity to travel to Boston for a one-month residency at the world’s largest independent robotics hub, MassRobotics. Seascape Autonomy, Element Robotics, Nexobot, J Robotics,...
Tuvalu seeks assurance from US its citizens won't be barred
RNZ
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July 1, 2025
By Kirsty Needham, Reuters In a statement on Tuesday, Tuvalu's government said it had not received any formal notification that it was on the list. Photo: Supplied: Hall Contracting Tuvalu seeks written assurance from US on visa ban error Says US...
Tiny Tuvalu seeks assurance from US its citizens won't be barred
The Gazette - Colorado
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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Tuvalu, a tiny Pacific nation that scientists predict will be submerged by rising seas, said it is seeking written assurance from the United States that its citizens will not be barred from entry after being...
Customs Urges Kiwi Travellers To Give Digital Declarations A Go
Scoop
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With the start of the winter school holidays, Customs is urging all arriving travellers to use the digital New Zealand Traveller Declaration instead of the paper version available on flights. Customs Manager New Zealand Traveller Declaration,...
Historic First: SPBD Solomon Islands Businesswomen Awards
Tavuli News
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July 1, 2025
A groundbreaking milestone was achieved on the morning of Friday 27th June 2025, as SPBD Solomon Islands successfully hosted its first-ever Businesswomen of the Year Awards at St. Barnabas Cathedral Hall in Honiara. Organized by South Pacific...
From Christmas chalets to Hip-Hop legends: 75+ epic ways to spend your week in Canberra
HerCanberra
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June 29, 2025
Posted on 30 June, 2025 Whether you’re craving high culture with opera reductions and contemporary art exhibitions, or just want to lose yourself in the darkness at No Lights No Lycra, this week’s incredible lineup of 75+ events proves that...
PACIFIC JOURNOS MEET CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL, PRAISE CHINA
Solomon Star
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June 29, 2025
Beijing, China – SIX Pacific Islands journalists met with the Director of the Pacific Island Division, Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs of the Chinese Ministry on Foreign Affairs, Gu Xinqiang in Beijing and exchanged views within...
Te Pāti Māori MP Takutai “Tarsh” Kemp moved to burial ground
Whanganui Chronicle
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“It’s been massive. Not one bad thing has come out of someone’s mouth about my mum,” he said, adding that her biggest priorities were whānau and rangatahi [young people]. Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi said it was the resilience of small...
Watch live: Te Pāti Māori MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp to be laid to rest today
Newstalk ZB
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June 30, 2025
Hundreds of people are expected to gather in Taihape today to farewell Te Pāti Māori MP Takutai Moana Natasha Kemp who died last week, aged 50, following a battle with kidney disease. A Rātana service will be held at Ōpaea Marae around 11am before...