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Taiwan, Boosting Its Defense Spending Amid Threats From Communist China, Is on Freedom’s Front Line
The New York Sun
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September 1, 2025
The world faces mounting uncertainties and challenges — from prolonged conflicts and democratic backsliding to economic coercion and disinformation campaigns. Authoritarian regimes increasingly employ gray-zone tactics that undermine the...
Air Force awards $71M to rehab dilapidated Guam dorms called out by Navy secretary
Stars and Stripes - Washington D.C
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Photos of Andersen Air Force Base's Palau Hall were included in an email from Vice Adm. Scott Gray, head of Naval Installations Command, ordering a review of Navy housing on May 5, 2025. (Project on Government Oversight) The first major...
B-Roll: Tenacious Archer 25 Port Operations Download Patriot Minimum Engagement Package
DVIDS - Georgia
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August 27, 2025
KOROR, Palau — Soldiers assigned to Logistics Support Vessel Eight dock into Koror, Palau and begin offloading a Patriot minimum engagement package assigned to D Battery, 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 38th Air Defense...
3 Micronesian students awarded prestigious scholarship
Hawaii Public Radio
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August 26, 2025
Three Micronesian students in Hawaiʻi, Guam and Alaska were awarded the A+Jojo Scholarship award. The annual scholarship, funded by the Oʻahu-based nonprofit We Are Oceania, is given to students from three Pacific countries in Micronesia, which...
Identification of Common Genes for Neuropathic Pain and Parkinson’s Disease Based on Bioinformatics Analysis and Their Potential Value in the Diagnosis of Neuropathic Pain
Dove Medical Press
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September 1, 2025
Introduction Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder worldwide, with its core clinical manifestations including resting tremors, bradykinesia, muscle rigidity, and postural and gait disorders.1 Additionally,...
Fifteen new local projects launched under the Kiwa Initiative to…
IUCN
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The newly awarded projects are spread across ten Pacific Island countries and territories; New Caledonia, Fiji, Kiribati, Palau, Papua New Guinea, French Polynesia, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Vanuatu, and Wallis & Futuna. Together, they reflect...
APCC celebrates grand opening of its newly built home
Tacoma Weekly - Washington State
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On Sept. 8, 2023, a grand groundbreaking ceremony was held to kick off construction for the Asia Pacific Cultural Center’s long-awaited new facility. Now, it is time to cut the ribbon on Friday, Aug. 29, and the public is invited to take part....
Opera Australia Hires Andrea Battistoni as New Music Director
The Violin Channel
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August 19, 2025
After an extensive international search, Opera Australia (OA) has welcomed Andrea Battistoni as its new music director from 2026. Battistoni has worked regularly with the organization over the past seven years — his conducting credits with the...
Extreme travel: Swim with jellyfish, board volcanoes, chase storms
The New Zealand Herald
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August 26, 2025
Swimming with jellyfish in Palau Did your mother always tell you to keep away from jellyfish? As much as you should usually stand by her advice, you can take no notice in Palau in the South Pacific, where you can swim with millions of them safely...
America’s counterattack on China’s growing influence in the Pacific islands
WorldNetDaily
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August 24, 2025
Master-at-Arms 2nd Class James Phelps from Indianapolis, Indiana, assigned to the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40), conducts a dive at the grotto on the island of Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Oct. 27, 2021. (U.S....
I'm the youngest solo traveller to visit 100 countries - but my age got me into BIG trouble with airport security
Daily Mail
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August 30, 2025
From bomb shelters to beach views to a bungled kidnapping attempt, Arjun Malaviya's year-long, record-breaking journey was far from the average teenager's gap year. The 19-year-old student become the youngest person in history to visit 100...
Dawn discipline
Marianas Variety
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Timothy Asaivao IN the quiet, pre-dawn darkness of Saipan, while most of the island sleeps, Timothy L. Asaivao is already moving. The sea is still, reflecting the last stars of the night, as he and five teammates from the Marianas Outrigger Club...
Large seabed mineral reserves are within 1,000 mile radius of Am Samoa
Samoa News
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August 29, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The total monetary value of seabed critical minerals in the South Pacific is estimated to be around US$20 trillion. This value includes vast reserves of cobalt, nickel, copper, manganese, and rare earth elements found...
Take Control of Your Cash Flow: Proven Strategies for AR Leaders
CFO Dive
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Uto ni Yalo arrives in Lata
Solomon Star
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August 31, 2025
The Uto ni Yalo voyaging canoe, with a regional crew from Oceania finally arrived in Lata, Santa Cruz, Temotu Province this morning, Sunday 31st August 2025. The team left Fiji about eight days ago bound for Honiara ahead of the Pacific Island...
Lights, Talent, and Tradition
Island Times
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August 22, 2025
By: Faith Chen Koror, Palau — The Ngarchamayong Center was alive with energy on the evening of August 21 as the much-anticipated Dil Belau pageant unfolded, drawing cheers, applause, and palpable excitement from a packed audience. The Dil Belau...
A new future for New Caledonia?
EJIL: Talk!
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August 29, 2025
New Caledonia, a French overseas territory in the Pacific, might become a state within France. The French government and six delegations representing pro- and anti- independence factions in New Caledonia have signed the Bougival Accord, a draft...
From warzones to tropical islands: Meet the 19-year-old solo traveller who has visited 118 nations
Euronews
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August 16, 2025
Solo travel has been on the rise for the last few years, boosted by Gen Z and millennials, leading to younger and younger travellers breaking world records. Arjun Malaviya, a 19-year-old from Westlake Village, California, has already been to 118...
USS Savannah Returns to Homeport After 12-Month Deployment
Seapower Magazine
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August 8, 2025
Families welcome the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Savannah (LCS 28) as it returns to Naval Base San Diego, Aug. 7, 2025. The Savannah returns to its homeport of San Diego following a 12-month rotational deployment to the U.S. 3rd...
CPaT wins contract with Cambodia Airways
Asian Aviation
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August 31, 2025
CPaT Global announced it has been awarded a new contract with Cambodia Airways. CPaT will be providing Cambodia Airways with their Airbus A320 Aircraft Systems courses along with their robust library of General Subjects. “Partnering with Cambodia...