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McKay leads Samoa's green transport with solar-powered electric catamarans
Northern Advocate
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About 10 to 15 locals will be trained to build the boats, alongside Henry Silva Shipyard. Haselden thought McKay’s training programme was one of the reasons it was successfully awarded the contract. “We see so many examples of projects like this,...
Refreshed proposal for South Africa name change sparks debate
Zululand Observer
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July 5, 2025
A YEARS-old proposal to change South Africa’s name is back in the spotlight as political parties plan to approach Parliament on the matter. According to media reports, the African Transformation Movement (ATM) is spearheading the proposal,...
Some ‘false flags’ are literally just that
Lloyd's List
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Bogus registries have no more validity than forged passports and should be treated the same way APPROPRIATELY enough, the very expression ‘false flag’ — catnip in some of the more perfervid quarters of the internet — originated in the shipping...
New visa offers lifeline for Tuvaluans amid global climate crisis
Pacific Media Network
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Pacific Islanders, especially those from the climate-threatened nation of Tuvalu, are taking advantage of Australia’s new resettlement aimed at helping people affected by climate change. The move is part of a special agreement called the Falepili...
Why ‘Chapter II: The Executive’ in our Constitution needs an overhaul
The Spectator Australia
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July 4, 2025
‘Our Defence Minister – who probably doesn’t know how to fire a gun […] he’s a Labor Party lifelong hack.’ This was the Hon. John Ruddick, NSW MLC speaking of Australia’s Defence Minister, Richard Marles, at the inaugural Australians for Better...
ASEAN Family Day in New York spreads regional identity
VietnamPlus
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June 23, 2025
New York (VNA) – The ASEAN Family Day 2025 was held in New York, the US, on June 22, drawing nearly 1,000 officials, staff, and their family members from the Permanent Missions to the United Nations, and the Consulates of 10 ASEAN member countries...
Call to change South Africa’s name heads to Parliament
Cape Town ETC
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July 3, 2025
The African Transformation Movement (ATM) is reigniting national debate by proposing to change South Africa’s name to the Republic of Azania, a move they say would reclaim cultural identity and sever colonial ties. ATM leader Vuyo Zungula...
Maximizing gains in petroleum upstream sector for transformative dev’t
Business and Financial Times
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July 2, 2025
By Justice OFFEI Jr Ghana’s petroleum upstream sector has long served as a key pillar of public financing, national growth, and macroeconomic stability. The sector still holds vast potential—not just in terms of resource extraction, but as a lever...
Pacific Islanders relocate to Australia to escape rising seas
Context
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What’s the context? Climate-vulnerable Pacific Islanders take up Australia's offer for resettlement through a pioneering visa scheme. LONDON - More than a third of people living in the tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu have applied to permanently...
The SRL may be the future but now’s needs come first
The Age
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July 1, 2025
Cycle of construction Dictatorial powers exercised by the state government on planning approvals, referred to as the “Development Facilitation Program” reveal symptoms of the government’s extreme budgetary stress from long-term structural deficits...
Bad news for Indian student applying to study in Australia, student visa application fee hiked by 25%, now have to pay Rs...
DNA India
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Australia has increased the student visa fee again! Effective from July 1, the student visa application fee has hiked by 25%. Australia has increased the student visa fee again! Effective from July 1, the student visa application fee has hiked by...
A discovery that could change history: a 40,000-year-old tool found that contradicts what we knew about navigation
MARCA
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July 1, 2025
Actualizado 01/07/2025 - 10:48 CDT The human past is one of the fundamental studies today. Knowing precisely where we come from and from whom is essential to learn more about many other areas. Father jumps off disney cruise to save his daughter...
Indigenous youths top in mental health
Daily Express Malaysia
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July 2, 2025
Indigenous youths top in mental health Published on: Wednesday, July 02, 2025 Published on: Wed, Jul 02, 2025 By: Wu Vui Tek Text Size: Dark Mode: Off Hannah with the organisers and participants at the launch of the roundtable discussion. Kota...
Australia hikes student visa fee for international students by 25%
Financial Express
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The Australian student visa fee has been increased by 25% for international students looking to study in Australian universities. However, the increase is far less than the fee hike implemented in 2024. The fee for international student visas was...
NPC congratulates NGE on successful convention
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 1, 2025
The Nigerian Press Council (NPC) has commended the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) for a peaceful and highly successful 2025 Biennial Convention which just ended in Enugu, the Enugu state capital. A statement by the director, Research and...
Mass graves everywhere, but where are the killers?
Lanka News Web
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July 1, 2025
*This article was originally published on 30.09.2017 Dr. Lionel Bopage Introduction Sri Lanka’s armed conflicts have touched the whole Island, affecting all its ethnicities and faiths. By 2013, Sri Lanka recorded the second highest number of...
IAF lost aircraft due to ‘constraint by political leadership’: defence attache
The Indian Express
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July 1, 2025
A senior Indian military officer acknowledged last month that the Indian Air Force (IAF) lost “some aircraft” during Operation Sindoor because of the “constraint” laid down by the Indian political leadership not to attack the Pakistani military...
Ben Morgan’s Pacific Update: Royal Navy busy in the Pacific, more NATO activity in the region
The Daily Blog
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June 30, 2025
Currently, the Royal Navy is active in the Pacific. On 18 June, HMS Spey transited the Taiwan Strait on a ‘freedom of navigation’ patrol. The vessel’s transit a symbolic gesture designed to reinforce the UK’s opposition to any claim China makes to...
Nostalgia: Paris and Radicalism in Student Life, By Jibrin Ibrahim
News Diary Online
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June 26, 2025
Last week I was in Paris following a surprise invitation to attend a conference on the internationalization of African higher education and research. The conference was opened by the French Minister in charge of Francophonie and international...
Asean News Headlines at 10pm on Monday (June 30, 2025)
The Malaysian Star
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June 30, 2025
Malaysia: * Govt open to factual criticisms of taxation system, says Anwar * PM Anwar's Italy visit focuses on strengthening bilateral ties * No interference in judicial matters as govt respects the Constitutional process, says PM * Malaysia and...