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White Lotus Season 4’s Most Likely Locations Based on Every Hint So Far and How They’ve Picked in the Past

People - New York ·

Just hours afterThe White Lotus's shocking season 3 finale, fans are already speculating about where the scandal-ridden resort will open next. Based on everything the show runners have let slip so far, and how they've chosen locations in the past,...

Fiji Unveils Loloma Hour, For Sustainability And For Happiness

Forbes ·

Earth Hour was March 28, 2025, and Earth Day is April 22, 2025. Launching in between these two dates—on April 7, 2025—is Fiji’s new Loloma Hour, a practice encouraged for every visitor to Fiji’s 333 islands on any day of the year. Taveuni Island,...

This Is How Asia Pacific Is Responding to US Reciprocal Tariffs

Financial Post · April 7, 2025

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business President Donald Trump’s 10% baseline tariffs on US trading partners around the world came into effect on Saturday. While the baseline charge has kicked in, higher duties on some countries — which replace,...

French Polynesia’s Marquesas islands join UNESCO’s World Heritage list

Islands Business · August 20, 2024

Pacific Island experts have welcomed a new international treaty that aims to prevent biopiracy as a major step forward in global efforts to protect indigenous intellectual property, genetic resources and traditional knowledge. There are, however,...

Parliament: Questions And Answers- 19 February 2025

Scoop ·

Thursday, 20 February 2025, 3:08 pm Press Release: Hansard Sitting date: 19 February 2025 ORAL QUESTIONS QUESTIONS TO MINISTERS Question No. 1—Finance 1. GRANT McCALLUM (National—Northland) to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has she...

inside cercle odyssey: a nomadic concert with 360-degree visual projections and DJ sets

Design Boom · April 6, 2025

Cercle Odyssey Reimagines the live music Concert Experience For almost a decade, the French collective Cercle has been transforming live electronic music into a cinematic art form, staging performances in awe-inspiring locations such as UNESCO...

Could recognising obesity as a disease help tackle fatphobia...

Modern Ghana ·

Obesity rates in France have doubled since the late 1990s, affecting around 10 million people. Behind those numbers are lives shaped not just by health concerns, but by judgment, exclusion, and silence. Now, a growing push to recognise obesity as...

France pushes for Unesco status for D-Day beaches and Carcas...

Modern Ghana ·

France's Ministry of Culture on Monday filed an application to have the beaches in Normandy that were the site of the D-Day landings during the Second World War and the medieval fortresses of Carcassonne added to Unesco's list of World Heritage...

Richard Powers, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer: ‘What Musk and Trump are doing together goes beyond our worst fears for the future of democracy’

El País · April 6, 2025

The face of Richard Powers, 67, appears on the other side of the screen, smiling. Zoom is essentially the only way one can interview a writer who, for the last decade, has lived in complete solitude and communion with nature, making his home in...

Endangered Seabird Returns To Pacific Island For First Time In Over 100 Years

IFL Science · January 2, 2025

After invasive rats caused their disappearance from the island of Kamaka over a century ago, Polynesian storm-petrels have now been spotted returning to the area, with the hopes that the site will become a safe haven for the endangered seabirds to...

Sustainability in hospitality: a profitable imperative

Hospitality News Magazine · July 8, 2025

Sustainability in hospitality is no longer optional; it is a core strategy for long-term profitability. Hotels implementing sustainable practices are not only reducing environmental risks but also improving operational efficiency. This article...

Digging for minerals in the Pacific’s graveyard: The $20 trillion fight over who controls the seabed

Canada's National Observer · April 3, 2025

Today, the ocean that Kahoʻohalahala and so many other Indigenous peoples crossed, cared for, and survived on is on track to be mined for polymetallic nodules — potato-sized nodes that contain critical minerals necessary to power cell phones,...

Anger as company gets go ahead to mine on seafloor

Pacific News Service ·

Deep Sea mining could begin in the Pacific as early as this month, after regulators decided to allow The Metals Company to start mining the seafloor. The International Seabed Authority (ISA) has granted permission to Nauru Oceans Resources, a...

United opens new direct flight service between Guam and Taipei

Islands Business · April 4, 2025

Fiji and American lovers of high-end bottled water Fiji Water – stand as the big losers of US President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff play in the Pacific. In the blue continent, some of the world’s poorest economies are reeling after...

Record cocaine bust in French Polynesia

RNZ · December 31, 2024

Over 500 Kg of cocaine seized in French Polynesia Photo: OFAST Authorities in French Polynesia have seized a record 524kg of cocaine on board a Spanish-flagged vessel. The operation on Christmas Eve was conducted by the French Navy Overseas...

Cruise expert shares 3 destination dupes as demand for quieter voyages grows

Daily Express · April 4, 2025

2024 was a record year for cruise passengers, and numbers are expected to continue growing. Springtime, in particular, has become a popular season of choice for cruisers, especially for those planning to jet off to the Caribbean, where people can...

Young Pacific Leaders unite at Tiaki Moana 2025 for ocean conservation

Samoa News · April 3, 2025

Papeete, TAHITI — From March 24 to 27, 2025, the Tiaki Moana Summit & Workshop convened 42 Young Pacific Leaders (YPLs) from 25 island nations, fostering collaboration on marine conservation initiatives. This "unconference" format allowed...

Trump’s Tariff Announcements and Global Reactions: A Comprehensive Guide

Mint · April 3, 2025

Trump tariffs war: United States President Donald Trump on April 2 unveiled a comprehensive tariff policy, imposing at least a 10 per cent duty on nearly all goods entering the US. Trump, 47th President of the US, announced the so called...

Pacific leaders push back against Donald Trump's immigration crackdown

Pacific Media Network ·

Pacific leaders fear that President Donald Trump's plans to expel hundreds of undocumented Pasifika migrants from the United States may lead to an increase in the number of deportees with criminal records arriving in the islands. Trump has made it...

French Polynesia MP reacts to Trump election

RNZ · November 7, 2024

Republican candidate Donald Trump is seen with what appears to be blood on his face surrounded by secret service agents as he is taken off the stage at a campaign event at Butler Farm Show Inc. in Butler, Pennsylvania. Photo: Rebecca DROKE / AFP...