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Marape in Fiji for MSG Leader’s Summit
NBC PNG
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Prime Minister James Marape met upon arrival at Nausori Airport in Suva, Fiji, with the Chief of Protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Fiji, Mrs Kiti Temo, and PNG's Acting High Commissioner to Fiji, Mr.Bill Olmi (PMs Media) Prime...
Internet restrictions in overseas territories: Slower speeds, higher prices compared to France -
APA
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The Baku Initiative Group (BIG) has conducted a study on the deliberately implemented policies regarding the state of the internet, speed indicators, pricing policy, and digital restrictions in France’s overseas territories, APA reports. The study...
Electric Vehicle Market: Nickel’s Critical Role
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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June 21, 2025
Nickel plays a vital role in producing stainless steel and powering electric vehicle batteries. In recent years, the metal’s close ties to the burgeoning electric vehicle market have helped push it into the global spotlight. However, rapid shifts...
‘Saltwater in our veins’: Fishing brings Australia’s migrant families together
Neos Kosmos
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June 20, 2025
Sydneysider Stan Konstantaras is young enough to be running a business while managing to get away on fishing trips every few weeks. “I’ve lost count of the weekends I’ve worked to make time to go away. “But I’ve seen hundreds of sunrises and...
Rare 65-Night Cruise Revealed: Japan to Patagonia, with 10 Days in Australia
Cruise Fever
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June 19, 2025
Costa Cruises is turning some heads with this one. The Italian cruise line just released details about a 65-night repositioning sailing that departs from Tokyo, Japan and crosses the Pacific to end in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In between these two...
95 Percent Of The World’s Youngest, Smallest, And Most Mysterious Continent Is Underwater
IFL Science
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June 17, 2025
They say we know more about the surface of the Moon than we do about the bottom of the ocean, but it still might surprise you to learn that we only just officially recognized one of Earth’s continents in 2017. Known as Te Riu-a-Māui, or Zealandia,...
MRF-D 25.3 commences Bersama Warrior 25 in Malaysia
DVIDS - Georgia
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June 19, 2025
KUANTAN, Pahang, Malaysia – U.S. Marines with the Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) 25.3 Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) alongside the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) and U.S. Army Pacific are participating in the Bersama Warrior 2025...
VMR-1 celebrates classification as a Full Operational Capability Squadron
DVIDS - Georgia
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June 18, 2025
NAVAL AIR STATION AND JOINT RESERVE BASE FORT WORTH, TEXAS, UNITED STATES 06.18.2025 FORT WORTH, Texas — Marine Transport Squadron (VMR)-1 conducted a full operational capability ceremony at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, June...
Pro-independence advocates urge Melanesian Spearhead Group to elevate ULMWP membership
RNZ
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June 18, 2025
Indigenous Papuans at a rallying in Merauke, West Papua. Photo: Facebook / Sa Papua Two international organisations are leading a call for the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) to elevate the membership status of the United Liberation Movement for...
Decoding PNG leader Marape’s talks with French President Macron
Asia Pacific Report
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June 17, 2025
ANALYSIS: By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent The recent series of high-level agreements between Papua New Guinea and France marks a significant development in PNG’s geopolitical relationships, driven by what appears to be a convergence...
Score makes third strategic acquisition
Insider.co.uk
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June 18, 2025
Score has announced its third strategic acquisition in a matter of weeks, as part of an ongoing growth strategy. The Peterhead-based engineering technology services company has acquired Callidus, a Perth (Australia) based provider of flow...
What do we know about the missing continent Zealandia?
Cosmos
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June 17, 2025
New map of Earth’s continents. Credit: Supplied. A new review brings together all the geological research that has been done on the ancient underwater continent known as Zealandia. Zealandia, or Te Riu-a-Māui in the Māori language, only pokes...
Decoding PNG leader Marape's discussions with President Macron
RNZ
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June 16, 2025
PNG Prime Minister James Marape, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron. Photo: Facebook / Department of Prime Minister & NEC Analysis - The recent series of high-level agreements between Papua New Guinea and France marks a significant...
Fiji to host MSG summit
The Fiji Times
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June 17, 2025
FIJI is hosting the 23rd Melanesian Spearhead Group Leader’s Summit that will be held in Suva on June 23. Leaders will deliberate over two weeks on issues presented at the Senior Officials Meeting and Foreign Ministers Meeting. At these meetings,...
Bayern Munich hit DOUBLE FIGURES against amateur side Auckland City - ranked 5,074th globally - at Club World Cup as Jamal Musiala scores hat-trick
Daily Mail
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June 15, 2025
Daily Mail journalists select and curate the products that feature on our site. If you make a purchase via links on this page we will earn commission - learn more Bayern Munich beat Auckland City 10-0 in Group C at the FIFA Club World Cup Jamal...
Reframing the French Indo-Pacific: Les TAAF, a ‘Fictional Collectivity’ of Real Strategic Interests
The Diplomat
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June 13, 2025
As Emmanuel Macron wrapped up his visits to Vietnam, Indonesia, and Singapore – where he delivered the keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue at the end of May – the French president reaffirmed the Indo-Pacific’s strategic importance for both...
Melanesian Nations Announce Major Indigenous Marine Reserve
Tavuli News
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June 12, 2025
PM. Manele with fellow Melanesia MPs (1) At the UN Ocean Conference, the governments of Solomon Islands and Vanuatu announced their intention to establish the Melanesian Ocean Reserve, aimed at protecting the ancestral waters, homelands, and...
Melanesian Leaders Announce World's Largest Indigenous-Led Marine Reserve
MENAFN
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June 12, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) NICE, France, June 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- At the UN Ocean Conference, the governments of Solomon Islands and Vanuatu announced their intention to create the Melanesian Ocean Reserve to safeguard the ancestral waters,...
Exploration Mysteries: Nan Madol
Explorersweb
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June 11, 2025
It is the place “between the spaces” — a purgatory. At least, the locals on the island of Pohnpei in Micronesia seem to think so. For centuries, restless spirits of dead Pohnpeians have lingered here and vowed to harm any disrespectful visitors....
Melanesian leaders announce new Pacific Ocean reserve at UN Ocean Conference
SeafoodSource
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Representatives of two countries, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, announced their intention to create the first Indigenous-led ocean reserve at the UN Ocean Conference, taking place 9 to 13 June in Nice, France. "For millennia, the Indigenous...