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Farage sets out Australia-style 'mass deportation' plan amid asylum seeker rallies across UK
SBS
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Former Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage set out plans for "mass deportations" of asylum seekers who have arrived on boats if he becomes Britain's next prime minister as demonstrations against hotels housing asylum seekers took place across the UK....
Palau President Whipps rejects political dialogue with new PIF Secretary-General
Pacific News Service
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Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr on Wednesday rejected the call of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) new Secretary-General Henry Puna for a continued political dialogue over Micronesia’s withdrawal from the regional body. “Probably not, we are out...
Japan’s Ties to Pacific Island Nations Have New Significance 80 Years after World War II, as U.S.-China Rivalry in Region Grows
The Japan News
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August 22, 2025
The Yomiuri Shimbun Then Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, front center, welcomes Pacific leaders in Tokyo at the 10th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM10) in 2024. By Yuko Mukai 8:00 JST, August 23, 2025 Eighty years ago, Japan lost its...
Pacific Islands News Roundup – August 15 – August 21, 2025
Pacific Islands Report
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August 22, 2025
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South Africa vs Australia streams: How to watch Rugby Championship 2025 live online from anywhere
TechRadar
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August 23, 2025
Are the Wallabies back? There's only one way to find out. Australia pulled off the most stunning result of the year last week, coming back from 22-0 down – they'd touched the ball twice when the Springboks scored their first try, and one of those...
Australia probes Nauru’s USD 1 Billion deal with Chinese firm over possible security treaty breach
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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August 22, 2025
Canberra [Australia], August 22 (ANI): The Australian government is looking into whether the new AUD 1 billion (USD 650 million) development agreement between Nauru and a Chinese corporation violates an existing bilateral security accord, The...
Nauru Airlines to fly direct service to Nausori from next week
The Fiji Times
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August 22, 2025
Nauru Airlines has announced it will start a direct service between Nauru and Nausori from August 28. The airline said in a statement this was part of a network expansion program. The new Nauru-Nausori flight will be addition to the Nauru-Nadi...
Imanuela Akatemia hosts historic education conference and student convention
Cook Island News
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August 22, 2025
Apii Imanuela Akatemia for the first time hosted two significant events – the Cook Islands Regional Educators Conference and a student convention – that brought “inspiration, training, and fellowship to both educators and students”. Both events...
Nauru Airlines to add Nauru to Suva services from 28 August
Travel Weekly
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August 22, 2025
Nauru Airlines has announced a network expansion with the addition of scheduled services from Nauru to Suva, commencing from 28 August 2025. Nauru’s national airline already operates weekly flights from Nauru to Nadi International Airport. Fiji’s...
Michigan Economic and Security Review group calls Ford-CATL partnership a high-risk tech venture
Genesee News - Michigan
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August 22, 2025
The Michigan-China Economic and Security Review Group has declared the Ford-CATL partnership a high-risk venture, raising concerns about national and economic security. This announcement was made on the social media platform X. According to...
Activist slams Pacific’s ‘dreadful response’ to Palestine amid growing links with Israel
Asia Pacific Report
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August 22, 2025
By ‘Alakihihifo Vailala of Pacific Media Network As Israel expands its relationships with Pacific Island nations, an activist is criticising the region for its “dreadful response” to the Israel-Palestine conflict. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict,...
World News | Australia Probes Nauru's USD 1 Billion Deal with Chinese Firm over Possible Security Treaty Breach
Latestly
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August 22, 2025
Canberra [Australia], August 22 (ANI): The Australian government is looking into whether the new AUD 1 billion (USD 650 million) development agreement between Nauru and a Chinese corporation violates an existing bilateral security accord, The...
Pacific Tourism Organisation Completes Major Digital Upgrade for Five Pacific National Tourism Organisations
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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August 21, 2025
The Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO), in partnership with Trove Tourism Development Advisors as its Lead Digital Specialists, has successfully delivered a transformative digital upgrade for five National Tourism Organisations (NTOs) whom are...
How to watch Bundesliga 2025/26: live stream guide, TV channels and free streams
TechRadar
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August 22, 2025
2025/26's Bundesliga live streams see Bayern Munich set out to defend their crown, as the likes of Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen and RB Leipzig try to stop them. Below we have all the information on how to watch Bundesliga 2025/26 season...
Mysterious Chinese billion-dollar proposed deal in Nauru sparks concern in Canberra
Island Times
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August 22, 2025
By foreign affairs reporter Stephen Dziedzic, Iris Zhao and Hugo Hodge In short: The government of Nauru and a mysterious Chinese company have signed an investment deal they say is worth $1 billion. The agreement could be in breach of a landmark...
FNU’s College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences – School of Medicine | A history 1886 – 1971
The Fiji Times
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August 22, 2025
Fiji became a British colony in 1874, driven largely by economic struggles. The situation deteriorated in 1875 when Ratu Cakobau and his party returned from Sydney carrying measles. The epidemic devastated the non-immune Fijian population, killing...
Get Ahead of Property Tax and Business License Compliance
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The world will end in 25 years, humanity will die and towns will become slaughterhouses: Oxford scientists' nightmare prediction, their proof it's inevitable and why billionaires in their bunkers should tremble
Daily Mail
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August 22, 2025
In a game of Russian roulette with a standard Colt revolver, the chances of instant death are one-in-six. Terrifyingly, that's the same as the odds of humanity being wiped out within 75 years – everyone dead in a cataclysmic and total breakdown of...
Will’s Word: Is the Pacific’s response to the war in Gaza weak?
Pacific Media Network
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Here's a genuine question: How much more blood must be spilled before the Pacific finds its voice? Israel's war in Gaza has become an absolute humanitarian catastrophe. Journalists gunned down, families buried under rubble, children starving as...
US pays Pacific $135m for fishery deal
The Fiji Times
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August 21, 2025
THE Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) last week announced the receipt of $US60 million ($F135m) payment for 2024 under the Economic Assistance Agreement (EAA) associated with the Treaty on Fisheries with the Government of the United...