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Maltese human rights expert John Pace honoured in Australia
Times of Malta
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June 18, 2025
A Maltese human rights expert and former UN senior official has been recognised in Australia’s King’s Birthday Honours List. John Pace, a former secretary of the UN Commission on Human Rights, was recognised for his “distinguished service to...
The Pacific Islands: America’s Power Vacuum and China’s Offensive
The Diplomat
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June 17, 2025
The United States has traditionally provided significant assistance to Pacific island countries. Many of these countries and regions still use the U.S. dollar as their currency and, absent their own armed forces, rely on the U.S. military for...
The Pacific Islands: America’s Power Vacuum and China’s Offensive
The Diplomat
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June 17, 2025
The United States has traditionally provided significant assistance to Pacific island countries. Many of these countries and regions still use the U.S. dollar as their currency and, absent their own armed forces, rely on the U.S. military for...
Pacific media freedom:an update on rankings
The National
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Media freedom is a crucial element of a functioning democracy. In the Pacific Islands, media freedom levels differ. This post analyses is the latest media freedom rankings for Pacific nations and suggests two ways the re-elected Albanese...
Mapped: Countries With the Highest Share of International Migrants
Visual Capitalist
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June 18, 2025
Countries With Highest Proportion of International Migrants This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. The number of...
Refugees, foreign students and 'boat people': What it's really like to migrate to Australia
SBS
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Australia has long been a nation of many cultures. For at least 60,000 years, hundreds of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups flourished, each with its own distinct language, customs and lore. The invasion of British settlers in the late...
RFK Jr. Orders HHS to Give Undocumented Migrants’ Medicaid Data to DHS
Wired
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June 14, 2025
With demonstrations ramping up against the Trump administration, this week was all about protests. With President Donald Trump taking the historic step to deploy US Marines and the National Guard to Los Angeles, we dove into the “long-term...
Hastie warns government not to wait for NZYQ group to be deported, after alleged assault
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 16, 2025
Shadow Home Affairs Minister Andrew Hastie warns the government cannot afford to wait for the outcome of a test case addressing the NZYQ cohort, after one former detainee allegedly critically injured another man in Melbourne. A 43-year-old former...
Pacific Economic Update: Slowing Growth Highlights Need for More Inclusive Workforce
Odisha Diary
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June 17, 2025
HONIARA, June 17, 2025 — Economic growth is slowing across the Pacific as countries face weak global growth, natural hazards and climate related shocks. The World Bank’s flagship Pacific Economic Update, released today in Honiara, projects...
Morocco ranks 111 globally in tobacco use, but big gaps remain between men and women
Hespress
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June 16, 2025
Moroccans don’t smoke as much as many other countries, but tobacco use is still a public health concern, according to a new report by the CIA’s World Factbook. The report says that about 12.3% of the Moroccan population over the age of 15 smokes,...
Slowing growth faces Pacific, need for more inclusive workforce highlighted
Solomon Star
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June 17, 2025
HONIARA — Economic growth is slowing across the Pacific as countries face weak global growth, natural hazards and climate related shocks. The World Bank’s flagship Pacific Economic Update, released on Tuesday in Honiara, projects regional growth...
Seabed mining is becoming an environmental flashpoint – NZ will have to pick a side soon
The Conversation
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June 16, 2025
Seabed mining could become one of the defining environmental battles of 2025. Around the world, governments are weighing up whether to allow mining of the ocean floor for metal ores and minerals. New Zealand is among them. The stakes are high....
Morning Mail: Israel and Iran threaten further escalation; severe jobseeker penalties exposed; Piastri collides with teammate
The Guardian
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June 15, 2025
Good morning. World leaders are urging Israel and Iran to de-escalate their conflict – but as yet there is no sign of either country stepping back from the brink as they continue to exchange missile fire. There are reports that Donald Trump...
Wealth beneath the waves: US takes a step toward promoting deep-sea mining amid concerns in the Pacific
The Pacific Island Times
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June 11, 2025
Around 16,404 feet beneath the northern Pacific Ocean, the whole seabed—stretching around 4,500 miles from east to west—is littered with potato-sized chunks of what look like charcoal lumps called polymetallic nodules. Rich in metals such as...
Morrison’s Companion of the Order for Gaslighting Australia
Independent Australia
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Scott Morrison – known for his inability to hold a hose and shirking all responsibility – has been handed the highest accolade in the land, a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC). The award was presented to the former PM (IA emphasis): ‘For...
United Nations overwhelmingly adopts resolution demanding ceasefire in the Gaza Strip
Radio Habana Cuba
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June 13, 2025
Palestinian Ambassador to the UN, Riad Mansour, before the vote, highlighted the injustices suffered by the citizens of Gaza and condemned the attacks against the civilian population. Photo: UN. The signatories of the resolution demanded that...
How good is ScoMo’s miraculous Order of 'Straya?
Independent Australia
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Former Prime Minister Scott "ScoMo" Morrison thanked God for being awarded Australia’s highest honour in the King’s Birthday Honour List, calling it “another miracle”. ScoMo told reporters: “Thank God! How good is that? It’s another miracle —...
Maternity benefits integral to right to life, health and equality
The Indian Express
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June 10, 2025
In a recent judgment on May 23, 2025, the Supreme Court set aside a Madras High Court order that had denied maternity leave to a government school teacher for the birth of her third child. The Court ruled that maternity leave is part of a woman’s...
Ocean is not a resource to exploit…it’s part of our identity as Samoans
Talanei
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June 11, 2025
At the meeting of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council in Honolulu on Monday, a statement opposing deepsea mining in American Samoan waters was presented by Utumapu Dr. Andrew Pati Ah Young. Utumapu has a PhD in Biological...
INTERPOL Busts 20,000 Malicious IPs in Global Operation
WebProNews
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June 12, 2025
In a sweeping blow to global cybercrime, INTERPOL has announced the successful takedown of over 20,000 malicious IP addresses and domains linked to infostealer malware. This operation, dubbed “Operation Secure,” was conducted between January and...