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Ditch These 5 Micro-Trends for Vacation—47 Timeless Staples to Pack Instead
Marie Claire U.S.
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July 28, 2025
Most Coveted is a shopping series sharing our editors' curation of the must-know items they can't stop thinking about. Every season, like clockwork, micro-trends flood our feeds and the streets of the most stylish cities. This summer, from sequin...
World Court’s ruling opens the door wider for climate justice
South China Morning Post
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July 28, 2025
In a unanimous decision, a 15-member bench of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague in the Netherlands ruled on July 23 that government failures to protect vulnerable populations and ecosystems from climate change could amount to...
'Better bond': Aotearoa welcomes Vanuatu Bislama Lanwis Wik
Pacific Media Network
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The first-ever Bislama Language Week has kicked off in bright colours, as Ni-Vanuatu communities proudly showcase their culture across Aotearoa New Zealand. Bislama (pronounced bish-lama) is a pidgin language native to Vanuatu that has been widely...
FIFA takes World Cup rights tenders to New Zealand, Pacific Islands
Sportcal
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April 30, 2025
Soccer's global governing body FIFA has launched tender processes in New Zealand and the Pacific Islands covering the next three FIFA World Cups – two men's and one women's. Specifically, a tender has been launched covering the 2026 (Mexico, the...
Aotearoa's i-Kiribati community honours language and culture
Pacific Media Network
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Thousands of i-Kiribati people across Aotearoa New Zealand are celebrating their rich language and culture during Kiribati Language Week, which is now in its fifth year. The celebrations kicked off on Sunday in Wellington at Pataka Art and Museum,...
Your Weekly Recap: Post outage prompts govt action, Thai-Cambodia border clashes erupt, and ICJ delivers landmark climate opinion
RTL Today
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July 25, 2025
Your Weekly Recap for 21–25 July 2025. Here are five things you should know at the end of this week: Post outage prompts government action on emergency communications More than half of Luxembourg pensions now paid abroad, CNAP reports Government...
This island nation is sinking - and over a third of its residents want out
AS
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June 29, 2025
Around 40% of the population of Tuvalu is reported to have applied for a ‘climate visa’ to settle in Australia, as the tiny nation in the Pacific Ocean deals with the ever-growing threat of rising sea levels. Tuvalu set to be uninhabitable by 2100...
What links The Birds, Working Girl and Fifty Shades of Grey? The Saturday quiz
The Guardian
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July 5, 2025
The questions 1 Whose big mistake was to believe Sinon? 2 The Hungarian Mudi has been recognised as the 225th what? 3 What space station was launched by Nasa in 1973? 4 Claudia Jones and Rhaune Laslett were founders of which annual celebration? 5...
Wrestlers dominate RMI medals
Marshall Islands Journal
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July 24, 2025
The Marshall Islands total of 12 medals won during the Pacific Mini-Games in Palau earlier this month ranked it in the lower half of the 24 participating countries and territories. The RMI medal total was better than only seven of the competing...
Letters to the Editor | July 19, 2025
The Fiji Times
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July 19, 2025
Children and drugs The revelation by the Minister for Education that 3627 students were involved in drug-related cases is not surprising. This has been happening for a long time, yet there has not been any concrete solution to help children get...
FULL LIST: Your Nigerian passport gives you access to these 45 countries
Pulse
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July 22, 2025
With your Nigerian passport, you can travel to at least 45 countries.According to the 2025 Henley Passport Index, the Nigerian passport ranks 43rd in Africa and 94th globally, marking its highest position in four years. This ranking is based on...
What Cristiano Ronaldo could afford to buy after £492m deal
LBC
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2 July 2025, 14:07 | Updated: 2 July 2025, 14:18 Al Hilal v Al Nassr - Saudi Pro League. Picture: Getty Cristiano Ronaldo has cemented himself as the highest-paid person in sport with an annual contract exceeding the GDP of several small countries...
With Lazarus, Cowboy Bebop’s Shinichirō Watanabe Is Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
Paste
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Much has been said and written about Lazarus, the latest sci-fi action anime from Shinichirō Watanabe, in the weeks following its premiere back in April. The most common reactions to the series have been comparisons between it and Watanabe’s...
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...
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...
Niue's Sidney Lui re-elected to Oceania Rugby Board, vows to be 'voice' of Tier 3 nations
RNZ
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July 23, 2025
Sidney Lui, second right, was among the attendees of the Oceania Growth Conference week, taking part in the Tier 1 Rugby and Rugby Rising play-based learning and engaging practical activities, acquiring valuable knowledge to share within their...
Pacific Island students spearhead drive for ICJ climate justice
Macau Business
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July 22, 2025
The six-year push towards Wednesday’s seminal climate change ruling at the International Court of Justice began not in some lofty legal chambers, but in a small university classroom in Vanuatu. Frustrated by the glacial global efforts to tackle...
Festival celebration of Pasifika cultures, tradition
Otago Daily Times
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March 30, 2025
The culture and traditions of Dunedin’s Pasifika communities were celebrated at the fourth and largest Moana Nui Festival at the weekend. The festival, led by Pacific Trust Otago, returned to the Forsyth Barr Stadium on Saturday for more than a...
What binds nations together at the Island Games?
BBC
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Douglas FraserBusiness/economy editor, Scotland ShareSave Orkney is hosting the 2025 Island Games It's not obvious why islanders feel the urge to compete with each other. But they do. The 20th Island Games being held in Orkney brings people...
Tarawa, Kiribati: An Undiscovered Island Nation in the Pacific
Go World Travel Magazine - Colorado
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July 19, 2025
Buias, the Kiribati traditional homes, can be built on land or over the water. Photo by Annie Elle When a work opportunity came up for me to visit Kiribati, I learned very quickly how little is known about the tiny Pacific island nation....