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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?...
Huadi International Group: A Global Supplier of Industrial Stainless Steel Solutions
China Perspective
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June 18, 2025
Huadi International Group Co. Ltd. is a leading manufacturer and supplier of industrial stainless steel piping products and related manufacturing services. With a focus on delivering high-performance steel solutions, the company serves a diverse...
Stocks fall as Trump's threats against Iran send oil prices surging -- as it happened
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 17, 2025
8h agoWed 18 Jun 2025 at 6:05am Market snapshot ASX 200: -0.1% to 8,531 points Australian dollar: +0.5% to 65.05 US cents Wall Street: Dow Jones (-0.7%), S&P 500 (-0.8%), Nasdaq (flat at 0.0%) Europe: FTSE (-0.5%), DAX (-1.1%), Stoxx 600 (-0.9%)...
An Ocean Summit in Nice ends with a wave of commitments
The European Times
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June 13, 2025
“We are closing this historic week not only with hope, but with a concrete commitment, a clear direction and an undeniable impulse,” said Li Junhua, under-secretary general of the United Nations for economic and social affairs and the secretary...
Soaking up island fair’s wet, wonderful weekend
The Guam Daily Post
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Splish! Splash! Bash! The Guam Visitors Bureau hosted a spectacle to remember at Governor Joseph Flores Memorial Park from noon to night on Saturday and Sunday, June 7 and 8. Cultural pride pierced through the downpour and glimmered under...
CHCC launches inaugural population health summit
Marianas Variety
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THE Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. on Monday launched the inaugural 2025 Pacific Population Health Summit at the Crowne Plaza’s Hibiscus and Azucena halls, with healthcare leaders and practitioners from across the Pacific sharing knowledge and...
Bottom trawling bans and the High Seas Treaty: 8 of the biggest announcements from the UN Ocean Conference
Edie
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The UN Ocean Conference is hosted every three years and, for the third iteration this June in Nice, it was the turn of the French and Costa Rican Governments to co-host more than 170 other nations. Around 60 heads of state attended, and more than...
Humboldt Approves Multi-Million Dollar Homelessness Help
Redheaded Blackbelt - California
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June 16, 2025
The new Humboldt County budget will include $4.6 million in state funding to shelter and assist homeless people. At its June 10 meeting, the county’s Board of Supervisors approved spending the state funds. Awarded through the state’s Homeless...
UN ocean summit in Nice closes with wave of commitments
UN News
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June 13, 2025
“We close this historic week not just with hope, but with concrete commitment, clear direction, and undeniable momentum,” Li Junhua, the UN’s Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs and Secretary-General of the summit, told...
Shell museum announces new nudibranch exhibit
Sanibel-Captiva Islander and Island Reporter and Captiva Current - Florida
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/News 1 / 5 SCOTT JOHNSON Phyllidia madangensis 2 / 5 GABRIEL JENSEN Elysia ornata 3 / 5 GABRIEL JENSEN Felimare picta 4 / 5 BAILEY-MATTHEWS NATIONAL SHELL MUSEUM & AQUARIUM Green abalone from the “All That Glitters Is Not Gold: Amazing Abalone...
Carney's first foreign policy test begins at G7 — amid Middle East crisis and Trump's trade war
CBC/Radio-Canada
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June 15, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney will welcome leaders of the world's most powerful democratic countries Sunday for the start of a three-day meeting in the Rocky Mountains — a high-stakes summit that longtime G7 observers say could be one of the most...
Who takes responsibility when a ship sinks? | Explained
The Hindu
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June 14, 2025
Smoke billows out from the Singaporean Vessel MV Wan Hai 503 during a salvage operation being carried out by the Indian Coast Guard (ICG), along with the Indian Navy and Indian Air Force, in Kochi on June 13, 2025. | Photo Credit:...
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The Atomic Bombs’ Forgotten Korean Victims
The New Yorker
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June 16, 2025
Tanaka Terumi was thirteen years old when the United States dropped a nuclear bomb on Nagasaki, in August, 1945. The blast knocked him unconscious. After he came to, he and his mother walked through the city’s “blackened ruins”—buildings zapped to...
Britain’s deep dive into ocean protection
London Daily Digital
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June 13, 2025
Britain joins growing list of countries pledging to safeguard the global commons through historic UN agreement on marine protection The United Kingdom has committed to ratifying the United Nations’ landmark High Seas Treaty before the end of the...
Whipps urges Global Action on Ocean Treaty, deep-sea protection at UN Conference
Island Times
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June 13, 2025
Nice, France — June 13, 2025 – Palau President Surangel S. Whipps Jr. delivered urgent calls for global unity and bold leadership to protect the world’s oceans at two high-level events during the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) in...
Defining security in the Micronesian way: The purpose of PCIS
The Guam Daily Post
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On May 27 and 28, the Pacific Center for Island Security held an on-line conference on Security and Insecurity in Micronesia. The two day event featured six speakers who provided differing perspectives on the geostrategic maelstrom that we in...