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Fiji is about to open its borders, but other island nations are holding off
Pacific News Service
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While Fiji prepares to welcome Australian tourists back to its beaches for Christmas, other Pacific countries aren’t rushing to follow suit. The announcement last week that Fiji would start accepting international visitors from December saw a...
French Polynesia says Chinese missile landed 'not far' from its EEZ in Pacific
Space War
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French Polynesia says Chinese missile landed 'not far' from its EEZ in Pacific by AFP Staff Writers Papeete (AFP) Sept 26, 2024 French Polynesia said a Chinese intercontinental ballistic missile launched into the Pacific landed near its exclusive...
French Polynesian president asks UN to bring France into decolonisation talks
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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October 10, 2024
French Polynesia’s president and civil society leaders have called on the United Nations to bring France to the negotiating table and set a timetable for the decolonisation of the Pacific territory. More than a decade after the archipelago was...
French Polynesian president asks UN to bring France into decolonization talks
Island Times
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October 11, 2024
NEW YORK (BENAR NEWS)—French Polynesia’s president and civil society leaders have called on the United Nations to bring France to the negotiating table and set a timetable for the decolonization of the Pacific territory. More than a decade after...
Is the world is on the brink of nuclear catastrophe? This expert thinks so
The Sydney Morning Herald
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July 5, 2025
Fitz: Lights, camera, Kevin07! MP: Yes, and in parliament, the issues of concern to my Fremantle constituents tended to be the same things I was passionate about: that Australia should be a good global citizen, protect the environment, respect...
Whose Right to Exist? The Changing Voting Patterns of Pacific Islands states on Self-Determination
Australian Institute of International Affairs
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December 3, 2024
Despite their reliance on multilateralism when pushing for greater climate action, Pacific Island States have become less willing to recognise the right to self-determination of other vulnerable groups at the UN. This shift in voting erodes norms...
What are the climate adaptations for the future of the South Pacific? CLIPSSA will share its initial results at an event on 21-27 March 2025
Pacific Community (SPC)
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The Pacific Climate, Local Knowledge and Adaptation Strategies (CLIPSSA) research action project is led by IRD (French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development), AFD (French Development Agency), and Météo-France (French national...
‘Never forget’: Pacific countries remember nuclear test legacy as weapons ban treaty debated
The Guardian
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March 21, 2025
Growing up in the Pacific nation of Kiribati, Oemwa Johnson heard her grandfather’s stories about nuclear explosions he witnessed in the 1950s. The blasts gave off ferocious heat and blinding light. He told her people were not consulted or given...
‘Never forget’: Pacific countries remember nuclear test legacy as weapons ban…
Pacific News Service
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Growing up in the Pacific nation of Kiribati, Oemwa Johnson heard her grandfather’s stories about nuclear explosions he witnessed in the 1950s. The blasts gave off ferocious heat and blinding light. He told her people were not consulted or given...
The World's 24 Most Beautiful Islands
Woman’s Day
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March 20, 2025
Is there anything more idyllic than a gorgeous island with luxe accommodations? We think not. Here we rounded up 24 of the most beautiful islands in the world to inspire your daydreams and future vacations. We've covered the best destinations from...
The tale of a St. Augustine couple's sailing and surfing odyssey, from Caribbean to Fiji
The Florida Times-Union
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As an eager young surfer, Erick van Malssen was transfixed by the surfing magazines’ glossy depictions of adventurers boating to remote tropical islands, where they would ride pristine blue waves with almost no one else around. One day, he said...
Pacific Island Rebukes China for Ballistic Missile Test Near Territory
Newsweek
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October 9, 2024
A test of China's intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in September has aroused discontent from Kiribati, an ally of Beijing in the Pacific Ocean, saying it did not welcome the launch. Kiribati, an island country in the Central Pacific Ocean...
Ponant reveals new identity as the Ponant Explorations Group
Travel Daily Media
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March 20, 2025
Ponant opens a new chapter as it rebrands as the Ponant Explorations Group. This new phase comes in the wake of the cruise firm’s acquisition of a majority stake in Aqua Expeditions. The move is also part of the Group’s international growth...
All change? Royal Caribbean asks passengers where they would like to sail next with French Polynesia on the list
Cruise Passenger
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November 28, 2024
Royal Caribbean is surveying its Australian guests on how appealing certain cruise ports are to them. Ports mentioned in the survey include Bora Bora in French Polynesia, Raiatea in French Polynesia, Isle of Pines in New Caledonia, and more. This...
Pacific Islands News Roundup – Sep. 27 – Oct. 3, 2024
Pacific Islands Report
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October 3, 2024
Political Leadership, Regionalism, Peace and Security South Pacific Defense Ministers address regional security in Auckland (PACNEWS) China’s missile test triggers diplomatic shockwaves in French Polynesia (RNZ) Guam National Guard attends first...
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: March 17, 2025
USNI News
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March 17, 2025
USNI News Graphic These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of March 17, 2025, based on Navy and public data. In cases in which a CSG or ARG is...
I Do!: Martina L'Abbate and Ryan Birmingham of Bethpage
Newsday - New York
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March 18, 2025
Martina L’Abbate and Ryan Birmingham’s love story began in 2018, while both were enrolled in Molloy College’s nursing program, where Birmingham was one of only two male students among about 100 women. “She won the lotto,” Birmingham, 30, joked. In...
Fisherman found alive after drifting over 90 days at sea says he survived eating birds, turtles and cockroaches CBS News A Peruvian fisherman was found alive after drifting at sea for 94 days. The fisherman had set sail on Dec. 7, but bad weather…
News9 - Oklahoma
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A Peruvian fisherman was found alive after drifting at sea for 94 days, a navy official said Saturday, as he was discharged from hospital following his ordeal. Maximo Napa, 61, was rescued in his small fishing boat on Tuesday after being spotted...
Endangered Polynesian Storm Petrels Return to Kamaka Island, French Polynesia
PCT - Pest Control Technology
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November 29, 2024
The return of these seabirds is the result of an ambitious project that deployed drones to remove invasive rodents from Kamaka Island, allowing endangered birds to return to what is now a secure breeding site.
French Ambassador for the Pacific makes first official visit to Vanuatu
RNZ
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March 16, 2025
French Ambassador for the Pacific Véronique Roger-Lacan, left, held talks with the Prime Minister Jotham Napat, middle. Photo: French Embassy in Vanuatu / Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer France's Nouméa-based Ambassador for the Pacific Véronique...