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PRR celebrates 20th Anniversary with Donations to Charities
Island Times
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June 27, 2025
By: Eoghan Olkeriil Ngirudelsang KOROR, Palau— Palau Royal Resort (PRR) marked its 20th anniversary with a celebratory dinner banquet on June 24, 2025, highlighting two decades of service and a renewed commitment to community support. The event,...
TNC donates outboard engines to support Dmakeiukl joint surveillance
Island Times
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June 27, 2025
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has donated two outboard engines to the Aimeliik State Government to bolster the Dmakeiukl joint surveillance initiative, a collaborative effort aimed at enhancing marine protection and resource management in the West...
Welcome, $100 please: The countries with the weirdest entry requirements
WAtoday
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July 3, 2025
Sign a climate pledge: Palau For understandable reasons, tiny island nations tend to take sustainability seriously. But in 2017, the Micronesian nation of Palau (population 18,000) took things one step further by requiring all international...
Tjibaou on New Caledonia talks in Paris: “We want to resolve this now”
Islands Business
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June 30, 2025
Koror, Palau-It’s been two weeks since the curtains fell on the third UN Ocean Conference. At this largest ever ocean summit, the Pacific voice echoed as a collective, calling for more global ocean accountability, and offering transformational...
It’s time for a US Indo-Pacific reset
Asia Times
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July 10, 2025
As the recent struggle to pass a budget for the US government illustrates, yet again, the immutable reality of limited fiscal resources, it’s time to reconsider America’s vital national interests in the Indo-Pacific and maintain a laser-like focus...
FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League - Oceania Conference 2, Stop 2: Tonga Women and Solomon Islands Men Take the Win
FIBA Basketball
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KOROR (Palau) - Stop 2 of the FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League – Oceania, Conference 2 saw just as much action as Stop 1, with tense grind out battles in the women’s conference, and explosive shoot outs in the men’s. The Tahiti women’s team took out...
Can Barcelona really return to the Camp Nou next month?
The Athletic
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July 8, 2025
In just over a month, Barcelona will return to the Camp Nou for the first time since starting a €1.5billion (£1.3bn; $1.8bn) refurbishment project two years ago. At least, that’s what the club is hoping. Work on Barca’s stadium has already...
NMI’s Aleksenko gets 4th gold
Marianas Variety
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(Northern Marianas Sports Association) — NMI’s Isaiah Aleksenko extended his winning streak by clinching a fourth straight gold medal on Day 3 of the swimming competitions at the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Palau. Aleksenko’s fourth gold came in...
U.S. think tank proposes 'cutting all ground combat units' from Korea, says Seoul should 'defend itself'
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 10, 2025
Published: 10 Jul. 2025, 19:11 Audio report: written by reporters, read by AI The RC-12X Guardrail reconnaissance aircraft takes off from Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi, on May 23.[NEWS1] A new U.S. think tank report called for slashing...
SLIP briefing seminar held to enhance OEK’s institutional
Island Times
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July 1, 2025
A briefing seminar for Olbiil Era Kelulau (OEK) members and staff, as a part of the Strengthening Legislatures in the Pacific Island Countries (SLIP) project supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Government of Japan, was...
Seth Sablan gives Team Marianas 3rd gold
Marianas Variety
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(Northern Marianas Sports Association) — Youth athlete Seth Sablan continues to have an impressive debut in the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Palau, as he won another medal in the wrestling competition. After clinching a bronze medal in the men’s...
Fiji Women and Marshall Islands Men Take Day One Wins
FIBA Basketball
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KOROR (Palau) – The FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League – Oceania, Conference 1tipped off with an exhilarating Stop 1 in Koror, setting the stage for an action-packed week of 3x3 action. After a day of intense competition, Fiji's women's team and...
World News | Quad Announces Launch of Critical Minerals Initiative
Latestly
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July 2, 2025
Washington, DC [US], July 2 (ANI): The Foreign Ministers of India, the US, Japan, and Australia have announced the launch of the Quad Critical Minerals Initiative. The new flagship initiative will enable four nations to bring economic opportunity...
Visualizing The State Of Freedom Around The World
Zero Hedge
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In 2024, 60 countries saw their freedom decline in a historic election year. Strikingly, 40% of countries and territories that held elections experienced targeted attacks on candidates amid heightened instability. Yet bright spots were seen in...
Quad announces launch of Critical Minerals Initiative
Birmingham Star - Alabama
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Washington, DC [US], July 2 (ANI): The Foreign Ministers of India, the US, Japan, and Australia have announced the launch of the Quad Critical Minerals Initiative. The new flagship initiative will enable four nations to bring economic opportunity...
Namibia Honours PM Modi: Here's A Full List Of His 27 International Awards
News18
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July 9, 2025
Last Updated:July 09, 2025, 19:53 IST PM Modi received Namibia's highest civilian award during his visit, marking his 27th international honor since 2014 Prime Minister Narendra Modi being conferred with Namibia's highest civilian award, 'Order of...
Star Media Group wins six Kinabalu Press Awards
The Malaysian Star
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June 30, 2025
KOTA KINABALU: Star Media Group Bhd’s Sabah bureau bagged a total of six awards with two golds and four merits in this year’s prestigious Kinabalu Press Awards. Journalist Stephanie Lee Shao Fen bagged a gold for the Sports Journalism Award with...
Fire hits product tanker in Gulf of Oman
Splash 247
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June 30, 2025
A Palau-flagged product tanker, Yi Cheng 6, experienced a major engine room fire and total power failure while transiting the Gulf of Oman. The vessel was en route from Kandla Port in India to Shinas, Oman, when the incident occurred on Sunday,...
Wrestler Palacios gives NMI first medal; 6 swimmers reach finals
Marianas Variety
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(Northern Marianas Sports Association) — Team Marianas got off to a good start on the opening day of competitions in the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Palau, as NMI swimmers and wrestlers advanced to the medal round of their respective events Monday...
"The right to error": the law that aims to revolutionize public administration
Ara
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July 9, 2025
BarcelonaIf a person makes a mistake before the administration, they will have the right to rectify it, provided it was committed "non-fraudulently." This is one of the measures the Catalan government has agreed upon with ERC and Comuns to include...