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Ag Progress Days 2025 Coverage: Stay Up To Date On Penn State's Annual Agricultural Event
Lancaster Farming - Pennsylvania
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July 29, 2025
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Governments must rise to the moment and vote in favour of a moratorium on deep sea mining – Greenpeace
The Daily Blog
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July 29, 2025
The 30th session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) has ended with Greenpeace saying governments are continuing to fall short in protecting the deep sea. While high-level representatives from Palau, France and Panama attended to rally the...
Charted: Average Income by Global Region, Over 200 Years
Visual Capitalist
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July 29, 2025
Mapped: High, Middle, and Low Income Countries in 2025 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. Key Takeaways There are...
University of Glasgow invites applications for 2025 MBA scholarship
The Economic Times
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July 29, 2025
The University of Glasgow is inviting applications for its MBA Scholarship for the September 2025 intake. Aimed at supporting high-achieving and self-funded candidates from around the world, the scholarship package includes both full and partial...
Steve Long appointed CEO of Digicel Pacific Hub Markets
FBC News
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July 28, 2025
Steve Long Digicel Pacific has announced the appointment of Steve Long as Chief Executive Officer to lead its Hub Markets, which include Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Vanuatu, and Nauru. Long’s extensive telecommunications experience is set to guide Digicel...
Palau’s passport power climbs
Island Times
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July 29, 2025
By: Bernadette Carreon The Palau passport ranking rose from 48 to 42 in the latest global powerful passports ranking, according to the 2025 Henley Passport Index (HPI), with Palauan passport holders able to travel visa-free to 123 destinations....
PACIFIC ENGAGEMENT VISA DEEPENS CONNECTION WITHIN OUR REGION
PNG Haus Bung
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July 29, 2025
As of Monday 28th July 2025, Pacific Island and Timor-Leste nationals will be able to register for Australia’s second annual Pacific Engagement Visa stream (PEV) ballot. The PEV provides opportunities for up to 3,000 Pacific Island and Timorese...
Australia opens second Pacific Engagement Visa ballot, adds Samoa and Kiribati
Pacific News Service
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From Monday, Pacific island and Timor-Leste nationals will be able to register for Australia’s second annual Pacific Engagement Visa stream (PEV) ballot. The PEV provides opportunities for up to 3,000 Pacific island and Timorese nationals to live,...
PEV second window opens
The Islandsun
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July 29, 2025
BY NED GAGAHE Australia has opened the second ballot for its Pacific Engagement Visa (PEV) program for 2025, inviting eligible citizens from 11 Pacific nations to apply for permanent residency. The Australian High Commission in Honiara announced...
ACU and UN launch International Day for Judicial Wellbeing
The National Tribune
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July 28, 2025
Australian Catholic University Some of the nation’s most distinguished legal minds have rallied in support of the inaugural International Day for Judicial Wellbeing at Australian Catholic University in Brisbane. The Honourable Paul de Jersey AC...
Mapped: Global Income Level Classification, by Country
Visual Capitalist
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July 28, 2025
See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Use This Visualization Mapped: High, Middle, and Low Income Countries in 2025 This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible...
See Trump's Tariffs on China, Europe, and More
The New York Times
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July 28, 2025
Germany Preliminary deal reached — 20 10 — 20 15 Japan Preliminary deal reached — 24 10 — 25 15 Vietnam Preliminary deal reached — 46 10 — — 20 Ireland Preliminary deal reached — 20 10 — 20 15 Italy Preliminary deal reached — 20 10 — 20 15 Britain...
RSIPF band shines at Pacific Police show
Solomon Star
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July 28, 2025
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) Band proudly represented the nation at the inaugural Pacific Police Tattoo last week in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The band joining more than 100 police officers from across the Pacific in a...
IBA commemorates inaugural United Nations International Day for Judicial Well-being
Australasian Lawyer
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“It is fitting that in this 80th year of the founding of the United Nations, the UN affords official recognition to this important global problem. The IBA’s own survey reflected common denominators of the impact on wellbeing in the legal...
PACER Plus: NZ backs Fiji’s ambitious push for membership
Pacific Media Network
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New Zealand is ramping up its support for Fiji’s inclusion in the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus. PACER Plus is a trade and development agreement between Australia, New Zealand, and eight Pacific Island countries,...
Palau lawmakers reject US request to accept third country refugees
WKZO - Michigan
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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -The national congress of Palau has said it “cannot accept” a United States proposal for the Pacific Islands nation to accept asylum seekers from third countries, as its president holds annual funding talks in...
Politics Reuters Palau lawmakers reject US request to accept third country refugees
Yahoo News
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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -The national congress of Palau has said it "cannot accept" a United States proposal for the Pacific Islands nation to accept asylum seekers from third countries, as its president holds annual funding talks in...
Fisheries ministers endorse agreement on allocation of South Pacific Albacore
Matangi Tonga Online
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July 28, 2025
Fisheries Ministers unanimously endorsed the agreement on proportional allocation of South Pacific Albacore (SPA) among FFA Members, during the 24th Forum Fisheries Committee Ministerial in Niue last week. The FFA said that this breakthrough...
Australia opens 2025 Pacific Engagement Visa registration for Pacific and Timor-Leste
RNZ
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July 28, 2025
Australian National University's Professor Stephen Howes says the Pacific Engagement Visa "indicates that this new visa is here to stay". Photo: Facebook / Pacific Engagement Visa Australia's Pacific Engagement stream visa (PEV) ballot for 2025 is...
Pacific Engagement Visa Deepens Connections With Our Region
The National Tribune
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July 28, 2025
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade From today, Pacific island and Timor-Leste nationals will be able to register for Australia’s second annual Pacific Engagement Visa stream (PEV) ballot. The PEV provides opportunities for up to 3,000 Pacific...