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$54 billion in engineering, procurement and construction contracting opportunities on offshore oil & gas agenda for 2025
Offshore Energy
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January 15, 2025
Despite the challenges hitting the fossil fuel industry, demand for hydrocarbons remains steady, as confirmed by the global engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracting activity across the offshore oil and gas landscape. The batch...
Pacific Tourism Organisation Empowers Timor Leste Tourism and Industry Stakeholders through Comprehensive Data Training
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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July 25, 2024
In today’s tourism industry, using advanced digital technologies and statistical analysis tools is crucial to boosting efficiency. The Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) is dedicated to this goal, as CEO Christopher Cocker highlighted during the...
Helen Hill: for social justice and Timor-Leste’s independence
Devpolicy
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July 21, 2024
When Melbourne-born Helen Hill, an outstanding social activist, scholar and academic, died on May 7, 2024, at the age of 79, the Timorese government sent its Minister for Education, Dulce de Jesus Soares, to deliver a moving eulogy at the funeral...
Whole-Genome Research Could Transform Cockatoo Preservation
Technology Networks
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Register for free to listen to this article Thank you. Listen to this article using the player above. ✖ Want to listen to this article for FREE? Complete the form below to unlock access to ALL audio articles. Ecologists at the School of Biological...
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Bridging ‘Dili ki Doori’: How enhanced connectivity is transforming Kashmir
Firstpost
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January 17, 2025
The accession of Kashmir to the Indian Union in the aftermath of the tribal raids backed by Pakistan and the subsequent deployment of Indian troops, who had to be airlifted to Srinagar, highlighted the pressing need for improved connectivity...
A campus facade tells a unique story
The National
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IN my last feature article, I stressed the importance of shops giving their customers a good shopping experience. That would require the façade being upgraded and the interior also designed in such a way to make it appealing to customers or people...
Movers & Shakers: Victoria’s childcare system reviewers, Jones to the OECD
The Mandarin
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July 10, 2025
DCCEEW secretary revealed, DAFF secretary takes IPAA ACT presidency, NSW appoints Safe Work commissioner, latest ambassadors get postings. Senior Executive Service Band 2 The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water has...
How private funding helped one NGO survive the USAID cuts
Mongabay
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July 10, 2025
After the U.S. government announced large cuts to USAID funding earlier this year, NGOs that relied on it were left in a state of uncertainty, with some needing to suspend activities or lay off staff. NGOs like World Neighbors that relied largely...
GP who quit job as stress was going to ‘kill him’ now travels the world in a campervan
The Independent
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July 6, 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...
Fiji now has the world’s fastest growing HIV epidemic according to new UNAIDS report
Fijivillage
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Fiji now has the world’s fastest growing HIV epidemic according to new UNAIDS report Fiji now has the world’s fastest growing HIV epidemic. A UNAIDS report titled 2025 Global AIDS Update, AIDS, Crisis and the Power to Transform, states that since...
SPE Western Australia Section Hosts Career Fair in Dili
Journal of Petroleum Technology
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December 16, 2024
The result of what was essentially an experiment led to a successful inaugural career fair in Timor-Leste. As part of the SPE Western Australia Section’s continuing pledge of connecting Timor-Leste energy, geology, and petroleum engineering...
A new data hub helps small-scale fishers adapt to climate change
Mongabay
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July 9, 2025
Roughly 40% of the global fish catch comes from small-scale fisheries. It’s one of the food production systems most vulnerable to climate change, and governments are lacking data to help fishers adapt. To help address that gap, the global research...
Pacific Islands focus: deep sea mining, reproductive injustice and a new breast screen campaign
Croakey Health Media
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July 10, 2025
Introduction by Croakey: World leaders are calling for a moratorium on deep sea mining to prevent devastating and irreversible environmental harm. This week, governments are meeting in Jamaica at the 30th Session of the International Seabed...
Technology Replacing Jobs Statistics 2024 By Concerns, Attitude, Potential Number of Jobs Lost to Automation and Rate of Adoption by Industry
Hollywood Gazette
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September 6, 2024
Technology Replacing Jobs Statistics 2024 By Concerns, Attitude, Potential Number of Jobs Lost to Automation and Rate of Adoption by Industry August 31, 2024 — Introduction Technology Replacing Jobs Statistics: Artificial intelligence has just...
How citizen scientists are uncovering the secret lives of blue whales
Good Bull Hunting - Texas
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Timor-Leste has one of the world’s highest concentrations of marine mammals. During the migration season - October and November - hundreds of pygmy blue whales pass through the country’s waters as they make the epic journey spanning thousands of...
General : Canada Views FTA With ASEAN As Key To Inclusive, Robust Economic Growth
Bernama
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July 10, 2025
By Muhammad Faiz Baharin KUALA LUMPUR, July 10 (Bernama) -- Canada is optimistic that ongoing negotiations for an ASEAN-Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will unlock substantial economic opportunities for both regions, while advancing inclusive...
MCPO seeks city’s help for new police stations
Cebu Daily News
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July 15, 2025
Police Station 2 of the Mandaue City Police Office is currently sharing space with the Subangdaku Barangay Hall. However, their new building nearby is nearly complete, and they are set to relocate soon. | Photo: Mary Rose Sagarino MANDAUE CITY,...
New IEC chair, Foreign Affairs minister appointed
The Point
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Cherno M. Jallow has also been appointed as IEC’s vice chairman. Mr. Colley had been appointed vice chairman since 2O21. He rose through the ranks – from assistant regional electoral officer in the Regional Office at Kerewan to director of...
US aid cuts curb journalists' access to vital health data in Africa
International Journalists' Network
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Scientists and researchers working in global health have called for the restoration of the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) program, which tracks health-related data in over 90 low- and middle-income countries. In its 40-year history, the...
The most-read pieces on Mining Technology in 2024
Mining Technology
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December 17, 2024
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