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Dark finance: How Iran defies sanctions
CTech
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June 23, 2025
Since the United States withdrew from the nuclear agreement in 2018, Iran has developed extensive and sophisticated international networks of financial intermediaries - including shell companies, banks, and exchange offices - that have enabled it...
From deterrence to disarmament
Nepali Times
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June 22, 2025
22 June 2025Katsuhiro Asagiri in Santa Barbara Marking 80 years since the dawn of the nuclear age, peace advocates, diplomats, educators, and atomic bomb survivors from around the world gathered for the ‘Choose Hope’ Symposium recently in Santa...
Military bill neglects Hawaii’s needs, Case says
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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June 13, 2025
U.S. Rep. Ed Case is blasting military appropriation legislation that is moving through the House of Representatives as “shortchanging” priorities critical to Hawaii, including environmental cleanup and military infrastructure. On Wednesday,...
Sea caption who oversaw dramatic launches and rescues dies
The Herald (Scotland)
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June 22, 2025
Died: April 26, 2025 Captain John MacLeod, who has died aged 91, was a sea captain and Clyde river pilot. As the special pilot for Scott Lithgow’s during its heyday of shipbuilding on the Clyde he oversaw some of the most complex vessel launches...
ITLOS Judge Highlights Legal Duty To Strengthen Fisheries Enforcement At Judicial Symposium
Scoop
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HONIARA, 20 JUNE 2025 – As the Judicial Symposium 2025 wraps up today in Honiara, one of the standout moments of the three-day gathering was the keynote address delivered by Honourable. Judge Dr Kathy-Ann Brown of the International Tribunal for...
Dmakeiukl Rangers begin drone training to strengthen conservation efforts in Palau
Island Times
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June 20, 2025
On June 6, rangers from the Dmakeiukl Alliance took part in a hands-on drone training to enhance the monitoring and protection of coastal and terrestrial ecosystems in Palau. The training is part of a broader effort to strengthen the rangers’...
UNOC3: World Leaders Recognize Urgent Need for Ocean Action
Inter Press Service
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June 9, 2025
Africa Climate Wire, Aid, Biodiversity, Caribbean Climate Wire, Development & Aid, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Global, Headlines, Humanitarian Emergencies, Natural Resources, Pacific Community Climate Wire, Small Island Developing...
‘Our Ocean is our heritage, our home and our future’
Pacific Community (SPC)
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Copyright: Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Biodiversity Conservation Environmental Monitoring and Governance As the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) gets underway in Nice France, Samoa’s Prime...
Navy announces $8 billion contract for Hawaii and Wake Island
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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June 20, 2025
1/2 Swipe or click to see more COURTESY PHOTO U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing fly over Wake Island en route to Marine Corps Air Station...
Global Ocean Summit in Nice ends with a raft of pledges for marine protection
Savannah Herald - Georgia
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June 18, 2025
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) pushed for stronger language on “loss and damage.”PHOTO/ Pablo_Marx, Flickr By PATRICK MAYOYO and Agencies newshub@eyewitness.africa The port of Nice echoed with the sound of foghorns on Friday – a brassy...
ABC launches Majuro service
Marshall Islands Journal
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June 19, 2025
ABC Radio Australia hit the airwaves in Majuro at 7pm last Friday going live for the first time in over a decade with its 24/7 programs on 106.7FM. To mark the milestone development, Australian Ambassador Paul Wilson hosted a gathering at Wallaby...
Students take active role in CNMI Green Growth Convening
Marianas Variety
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Public and private school students, along with their advisers and Public School System personnel, came together on June 9, 2025 for the CNMI Green Growth Convening. PSS photo STUDENTS from both public and private schools took an active role in the...
From Deterrence to Disarmament: Global Advocates Call for Justice and Peace
Inter Press Service
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June 19, 2025
Armed Conflicts, Crime & Justice, Global, Headlines, Health, Human Rights, Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Energy - Nuclear Weapons, Peace, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Chie Sunada of SGI (left) moderates the first panel discussion, “From...
Three Major French Investors Reject Deep Sea Mining
Scoop
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17 June, 2025 Three major French financial institutions, including two of the country’s largest banks and the state’s public investment arm, have announced their rejection of deep sea mining during the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC) last...
Judicial Symposium 2025 Opens in Honiara
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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June 18, 2025
HONIARA, 19 JUNE 2025 – Judicial Officers across the Pacific and international fisheries legal experts are gathering in Honiara over a three (3) days Symposium. This marks yet another significant regional event co-hosted by the Honourable Chief...
Chief Justice Palmer opens Judicial Symposium 2025
The Islandsun
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June 19, 2025
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU Chief Justice of Solomon Islands Sir Albert R. Palmer opened the Judicial Symposium 2025 at the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Conference Centre in Honiara yesterday. The three-day Judicial Symposium is being co-hosted by the...
Our Ocean Conference concludes, Palau pledges to protect reefs, reiterates stance on deep-sea mining
Island Times
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June 17, 2025
The third United Nations Ocean Conference ended on Friday in Nice, France, after five days of high-level discussions and negotiations. Key outcomes of the meeting included renewed support for the High Seas Treaty and international calls for a...
Ship collision and fire Off UAE coast caused by navigational error, officials say
The Times of India
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The Front Eagle, carrying 2 million barrels of crude oil to Zhoushan, China, collided at 13.1 knots with the Adalynn, which was heading empty toward the Suez Canal/ Image resolution reconstructed with AI In the early hours of Tuesday, June 17, two...
Lt. Brian Maffucci: Advancing maritime conservation in the Pacific
DVIDS - Georgia
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June 9, 2025
In the vast expanse of the Pacific, where ocean currents weave intricate patterns and marine life sustains millions, the battle against Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing (IUU-F) stands as a critical mission for global sustainability. At...
Australia's surprising army of philanthropists
In Daily
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June 17, 2025
Who do you think of when asked to picture the most generous philanthropists in Australia? Is it wealthy donors like Andrew Forrest and the Myer family, or perhaps one of the top corporate givers? Or the many individuals who donate to charities?...