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The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection Reveals Winter 2026–2027 Itineraries
Breaking Travel News
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June 26, 2025
The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection unveils its Winter 2026–2027 itineraries, introducing an expanded portfolio of luxury yachting experiences across French Polynesia, Hawaii, and Asia-Pacific aboard Evrima and Luminara. Sailing from October 2026...
Drug traffickers targeting Pacific waterways: Oceania Customs
Talanoa 'O Tonga
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June 25, 2025
Pacific nations must urgently strengthen maritime enforcement as criminal networks deliberately exploit geographic vulnerabilities, generating unprecedented trafficking drugs across the region. The Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO) says detection...
These Are The 50 Richest Countries By GDP Per Capita
Zero Hedge
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GDP per capita is a rough proxy for a country’s average living standards. A higher GDP per capita usually reflects more economic resources available per person, a signal for prosperity. However, like all statistical measures there are caveats: it...
The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection Reveals Winter 2026–2027 Itineraries Marking Debut in Polynesia and New Ports in Asia Pacific
Hospitality Net
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June 25, 2025
The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection unveils its Winter 2026–2027 itineraries, introducing an expanded portfolio of luxury yachting experiences across French Polynesia, Hawaii, and Asia-Pacific aboard Evrima and Luminara. Sailing from October 2026...
Trump nominates Marine to be Navy’s new head lawyer
Military Times
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June 25, 2025
A U.S. Marine is poised to become the top legal officer of the Navy for the first time in over a century, the Defense Department announced Tuesday. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. David Bligh, who currently serves as the staff judge advocate to the...
Korea’s Nuclear Landscape: Past and Present
The Diplomat
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June 24, 2025
The Korean Peninsula is no stranger to nuclear weapons. The quest to build a Korean bomb goes back to Kim Il Sung’s efforts in the 1950s. Beginning in 1958, the United States deployed multiple nuclear weapons systems in the South, reaching a peak...
China irks NZ as its influence spreads in the South Pacific
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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June 23, 2025
Hong Kong, June 23 (ANI): The Pacific Islands are considered a point of vulnerability for Chinese encroachment and influence peddling, and the Cook Islands is following in the footsteps of Vanuatu and Solomon Islands in signing strategic deals...
World News | China Irks NZ as Its Influence Spreads in the South Pacific
Latestly
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June 23, 2025
Hong Kong, June 23 (ANI): The Pacific Islands are considered a point of vulnerability for Chinese encroachment and influence peddling, and the Cook Islands is following in the footsteps of Vanuatu and Solomon Islands in signing strategic deals...
Inaugural women in media conference concludes
The Islandsun
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June 25, 2025
BY INDY MAEALASIA The Pacific Region’s first ever Women in Media (WIM) Conference held in Suva, Fiji has recently concluded with female participants left empowered. Hosted by the Women in Media Fiji, on June 17-18, the conference has brought...
Judge Brown highlights legal duty to address IUU
The Islandsun
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June 25, 2025
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU Judge Dr Kathy-Ann Brown of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) has highlighted legal duty as one tool for addressing Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing in the Pacific region. A press...
Barbican shares its Artistic Vision for 2025-2030, brought to life in its autumn 2025 season
London Post
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June 24, 2025
Today, the Barbican enters a new era as it shares its Artistic Vision for 2025-2030, brought to life in its Autumn 2025 Season. Reimagining the Barbican’s programming model with ideas-led seasons that find synergies across its many artforms –...
Marine Corps General Tapped for JAG of the Navy
Seapower Magazine
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June 24, 2025
From U.S. Department of Defense, June 24, 2025 ARLINGTON, Va.–Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced today that the president has made the following nomination: Marine Corps Maj. Gen. David J. Bligh for appointment as judge advocate general...
From inequity to action: Eliminating cervical cancer in the Western Pacific
The Jakarta Post
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n some corners of the Western Pacific, cervical cancer is becoming a disease of the past. But in others, it continues to claim lives, silently and needlessly. Earlier this month, leaders from across the region and the world gathered in Indonesia...
20,000 malicious IPs and domains taken down in INTERPOL infostealer crackdown
International Criminal Police Organization
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SINGAPORE – More than 20,000 malicious IP addresses or domains linked to information stealers have been taken down in an INTERPOL-coordinated operation against cybercriminal infrastructure. During Operation Secure (January – April 2025) law...
China carefully assembling a deep-sea mining strategy
Inquirer
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June 10, 2025
UNITED NATIONS, United States — In a world hungry for crucial resources, China may not be poised to start deep-sea mining, but it is planting seeds for such operations in a meticulously planned economic and geopolitical strategy. The world’s...
'Act responsibly for humankind' — Palau president on deep sea mining
Samoa News
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June 10, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Palau's president says the US to fast-track deep sea mining is not a good idea. Deep sea mining frontrunner The Metals Company (TMC) has since confirmed it will not apply for a mining license through the International...
'No community is immune to climate change impact:' Tuvalu's prime minister calls for global action on sea-level rise
The Pacific Island Times
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June 9, 2025
A 16-year-old child swims in the flooded area of Aberao village in Kiribati. The Pacific island is one of the countries worst affected by sea-level rise. Photo courtesy of UNICEF By Pacific Island Times News Staff Feleti P. Teo, Tuvalu’s prime...
Good Sams invite women to apply for 2026 study program
Catholic News
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June 22, 2025
This year’ participants with members of the Good Samaritan community (Sisters of the Good Samaritan) The Sisters of the Good Samaritan are inviting applications for their 2026 women’s Study, Accompaniment and Mentoring Program. Source: The Good...
Pacific Islands Countries Push For Action at UN Ocean Conference
The Diplomat
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June 20, 2025
Last week, more than 60 world leaders convened in Nice, France, for the third – and the most-attended – United Nations Ocean Conference. There was cause for celebration: during the week-long conference, 19 countries ratified the Agreement on...
Pacific relationship will ‘remain constant’: Peters
Otago Daily Times
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June 22, 2025
Few people are as well placed to comment on the shifting sands of international politics in the South Pacific as Foreign Minister Winston Peters, who is about to address the Otago Foreign Policy School on that topic. Political editor Mike Houlahan...