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PIF leaders reach agreement on big issues, but unity remains elusive
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The Jakarta Post
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he Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) wrapped up its annual leaders meeting last week with some significant agreements, including the launch of the region’s climate financing facility, the endorsement of the Ocean of Peace Declaration and policies on...
Owner: Lilik Oetama
Where is climate funding going?
FRANCE has urged a cautionary approach on deep sea mining. This follows consultation and research by French agencies in the Pacific. In a bid to enhance its engagement with Pacific Island countries, France is pushing for a more studied approach to...
Owner: Front Page PTE Ltd
Pacific news in brief for 19 September
French Polynesian President Moetai Brotherson address the UN Decolonization Committee in New York, pictured on 7 October 2024. Photo: UNTV French Polynesia - PIF French Polynesia will be the first French Pacific territory to host the Pacific...
Owner: New Zealand Government
This Weekend Sees The Year’s Second And Final Solar Eclipse
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Forbes
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Topline A deep solar eclipse will occur at sunrise as seen from the Southern Hemisphere this weekend. In the wake of a partial solar eclipse in North America on March 29, skywatchers in New Zealand, Antarctica and the South Pacific who get up...
Owner: Integrated Whale Media Investment & other shareholders
Pacific leaders agree on big issues – but unity remains elusive
The Pacific Islands Forum wrapped up its annual leaders meeting last week with some significant agreements, including the launch of the region’s own climate financing facility, the endorsement of the Ocean of Peace declaration and policies on...
Owner: Uwe Parpart
Greatest Generation Celebration
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Coastal Breeze News - Florida
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Herb Neff just turned 104. The World War II veteran, who served as a 1st sergeant in the U.S. Army during the war, celebrated his birthday Friday at Tuscany Villa in East Naples. Really, he was only 103 on the date of his party, but they only...
Owner: Valerie Simon
Q&A: Interim VIU president says he wants to ‘turn VIU around’
Dennis Johnson, interim president of Vancouver Island University, says that he is focused on revamping the university’s business and organizational fundamentals to “turn around” the struggling institution. Photo by Mick Sweetman / The Discourse....
Owner: Discourse Community Publishing
The heart-shaped mangrove formation fading due to rising seas
On the west coast of New Caledonia, Isobelle Goa searches the thick, tangled mangrove roots for mudcrabs. Goa lives on the outskirts of the archipelago’s most famous mangrove formation: a light-green, heart-shaped patch of forest known as the...
Owner: The Scott Trust
Surya Grahan 2025: Solar Eclipse to occur on..., these places to witness.., Will it be visible in India?
Home Viral Surya Grahan 2025: Solar Eclipse to occur on..., THESE places to witness.., will it be visible in India? Surya Grahan 2025 date and time: This upcoming week, all skygazers will observe a final solar eclipse of the year. There are...
Owner: Subhash Chandra
Latest automation mergers, July 2025: Graybar, Siemens, Voliro
The Bundy Group reported 18 automation transactions in its July 2025 summary reports. Analysis on the acquisitions and reports are highlighted below including transactions involving robotics, AI, HMI, flow control, motion control, motors, drives,...
Owner: Mountaingate Capital
BU hosts global scholars on inclusive peacebuilding
Brandon University will welcome international experts in peace and conflict studies for a public event exploring how inclusive governance can build lasting peace in divided societies. The panel, titled Designing Inclusive Peace, will take place...
Owner: Brandon University
Solar eclipse 2025: Will ‘surya grahan’ be on September 20, 21, or 23? Timings, visibility and everything you need to know
As 2025 draws to a close, the skies are preparing a spectacular farewell gift: a solar eclipse. Throughout history, eclipses were often feared as ominous signs, symbolizing change or forewarning disasters. Today, however, they are celebrated as...
Owner: Sahu Jain Family
Wet September ahead for most of country, drier conditions expected in October
The bad weather has started this week as the South Island was predicted to have above normal rainfall all week. MetService has put orange heavy rain warnings in place for much of the South Island’s West Coast, while the North Island escapes most...
Owner: New Zealand Media & Entertainment (NZME)
Solar Eclipse 2025: Will the US witness September 21 partial eclipse? Here’s where it will be visible
The celestial countdown has begun. In just one week, on September 21, 2025, millions of skywatchers across the Southern Hemisphere will witness a partial solar eclipse, an astronomical event where the moon appears to take a dramatic “bite” out of...
Owner: Sahu Jain Family
PM Manele meets French envoy to Pacific
Port Moresby – Prime Minister Hon. Jeremiah Manele met with the French Ambassador to the Pacific and Permanent Representative to the Pacific Community, Her Excellency Ms. Veronique Roger-Lacan, for bilateral talks on the margins of regional...
Owner: Catherine Lamani
This Week on Campus — Sept. 15, 2025
BRANDON UNIVERSITY The Brandon University Students’ Union will host its Food Truck Festival today from 10 a.m to 3 p.m. Some of the amazing flavours of Brandon will be available in four local food trucks, set up in Parking Lot 2, in front of the...
Owner: Ronald Stern
CTBTO: The Global Watchdog Protecting Us from Nuclear Tests
In a world still shadowed by the threat of nuclear weapons tests, a silent guardian operates beneath our feet, in our oceans, and above our heads. This is the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO), a global sentinel whose...
Owner: Saad Zaghloul
Solar Eclipse 2025 date: When exactly is Surya Grahan on 20th, 21st or 23rd September?
Before the year bids us farewell, the heavens are offering a final treat, a solar eclipse. Once feared as omens, eclipses are now moments when people step outside, tilt their heads back, and marvel at the Sun and Moon crossing paths. The big...
Owner: Sahu Jain Family
Letters to the Editor | August 8, 2025
Kulas on the receiving end It was disappointing to see the way New Caledonia stormed into the semi-final of the U16 women’s championship after humbling the Fiji Kulas 6-0 in Apia. Coached by Kenji Vendegou and boasting the likes captain Matha...
Owner: Kirit Patel
All we know of Aotearoa's underwater continent, Zealandia
A new review summarises the geological history of the world's youngest continent, Te Riu-a-Māui/Zealandia, which Aotearoa shares with New Caledonia. Zealandia began 'unzipping' from the Gondwana supercontinent about 80 million years ago and...
Owner: Australian Science Media Centre Inc & Science Media Centre of New Zealand