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Thousands of Australians still waiting to leave Iran after weeks of war
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 26, 2025
Azar has not slept properly in days. In May, her 70-year-old mother Frances went to Iran to see her sisters — her first visit to the country in roughly a decade. Frances is now one of around 3,000 Australians and their families registered with the...
UAE food producer aims to cut energy and water use under high-tech partnership
The National News
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A leading UAE food producer is embracing innovation in agriculture after joining forces with an enterprising Finnish technology company in an effort to slash energy and water consumption in its operations and create more nutritious meals. Al Ain...
Vanuatu Trade Commissioner strengthens development partnership with Mafi Traditional Area
Ghana News Agency
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June 17, 2025
By Kekeli K. Blamey Adidome (V/R), June 17, GNA -Professor Hugh K. Aryee, the Vanuatu Trade Commissioner to Ghana, has reaffirmed his commitment to fostering sustainable development in the Mafi Traditional Area, with a strong emphasis on youth...
Apparent Taps Cristina Douglas and Tom Twiby for Creative Roles
Branding in Asia
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June 26, 2025
Apparent has appointed Cristina Douglas to the newly created role of Creative Director, Experience, and Tom Twiby to Design Director, following a series of new client wins including Optus, Volkswagen Group Australia (Audi, Volkswagen, Skoda, and...
China in the Pacific – Joint statement of the Third China-Pacific Island Countries Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
The Fiji Times
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June 26, 2025
FROM May 28 to 29, 2025, the People’s Republic of China and Pacific Island Countries having diplomatic relations with China (hereinafter referred to as “All parties”) held the third China-Pacific Island Countries Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. The...
Apparent Poaches Experience Design Powerhouse Cristina Douglas & Tom Twiby From R/GA
B&T
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June 25, 2025
Full service agency Apparent has appointed Cristina Douglas to the newly created role of creative director experience and Tom Twiby to design director following a spate of new client wins including Optus, Volkswagen Group Australia (Audi,...
Vanuatu calls on world leaders to drop lip service and fulfill climate pledges
The Pacific Island Times
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June 9, 2025
By Pacific Island Times News Staff Plans, promises and declarations without corresponding actions are pointless, according to Vanuatu’s climate official, who called on world leaders to make their climate pledges “a binding legal duty.” “Protecting...
Vanuatu Climate Minister Ralph Regenvanu On UN Ocean Conference
Scoop
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“It is time to move beyond voluntary pledges to making climate action a binding legal duty.” Statement from Ralph Regenvanu, Minister of Climate Change Adaptation, Meteorology & Geo-Hazards, Energy, Environment and Disaster Management for the...
‘Survival’ at stake as Vanuatu uses ocean summit to press IC...
Modern Ghana
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Vanuatu is using this week's UN Ocean Conference in Nice to demand climate justice ahead of a landmark legal opinion from the world's top court – with climate minister Ralph Regenvanu telling RFI that faster action to hold big polluters...
Vanuatu says it has no plans to revoke Andrew Tate’s golden passport after review
The Independent
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June 5, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Climate change made May’s Arctic heatwave 3C hotter, scientists say
Euronews
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“People often think of countries like India, Italy and the US when we talk about climate change and heatwaves,” says Dr Sarah Kew, researcher at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute. But, as a new study from the World Weather Attribution...
Vanuatu criticises Australia for extending gas project while making Cop31 bid
The Guardian
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June 3, 2025
Vanuatu’s climate minister has expressed disappointment over Australia’s decision to extend one of the world’s biggest liquefied natural gas projects and said it raises questions over its bid to co-host the Cop31 summit with Pacific nations. The...
Apparent appoints Cristina Douglas and Tom Twiby to senior creative roles
Mumbrella
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June 25, 2025
Apparent has added two senior hires to its creative team following multiple major client wins. The announcement: Full service agency Apparent has appointed Cristina Douglas to the newly created role of creative director experience and Tom Twiby to...
ADB’s Director General for Pacific in Honiara
Solomon Star
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June 25, 2025
Director General (DG) of the Pacific Department within the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) is on a five-day visit to the Solomons. Emma Veve who was appointed to the position in late February 2025 arrived in Honiara on Monday and has been visiting...
Saving the Sea Cows of Vanuatu
Atlas Obscura
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June 5, 2025
Encountering a dugong in the ocean is something you won’t soon forget. These large aquatic cousins of the manatee have fluked tails, thought to be the origin of mermaid lore, and downturned mouths that give the illusion of a perpetual sly smile....
Modern and traditional technology combined in Vanuatu vulcanology expedition
RNZ
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June 2, 2025
The Vaka Motu from the Okeanos Foundation Photo: Stephen Wells/Sacha Leonidas An expedition is underway to study the gas emissions of Vanuatu volcanoes. Vanuatu is an archipelago which contains a number of active ones. From Tanna Island in the...
In Memoriam: Larry Barels 1948–2025
Santa Barbara Independent - California
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June 25, 2025
This past month, my gregarious raconteur friend of 40 years, Larry Barels, set off on his final grand adventure. It feels strange to speak of Larry in the past tense. He raced through life with such vivid energy, unstoppable enthusiasm, and deep,...
UAE ambassador promotes technology security of AI acceleration plans with US
The National News
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Yousef Al Otaiba, the UAE's ambassador to the US, on Wednesday promoted the security aspect of the new US-UAE AI Acceleration partnership. The details come after plans for a 5GW UAE-US AI Campus in Abu Dhabi were announced during President Donald...
Dead cattle composted on research farm to prepare for foot and mouth
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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May 27, 2025
On a research farm in north-east Victoria, a trial is underway to prepare the country for an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). A series of neat piles of soil with thermometers stuck in the side are formed into composting windrows,...
Why the UN Ocean Conference 2025 Was Make-or-Break for Marine Protected Areas
The National Interest - Washington D.C.
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June 24, 2025
The 2025 UN Ocean Conference put Marine Protected Areas at the heart of global ocean action, but global progress hinges on whether the United States steps up to lead. From June 9–13, Nice, France, hosted the third United Nations Ocean Conference,...