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Full list of the countries where rabies is 'high risk' after UK tourist dies
Manchester Evening News
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June 18, 2025
A woman has tragically died in the UK after becoming infected with rabies in Morocco. She is said to have contracted the fatal viral disease while coming into contact with a stray dog during a visit to Morocco, the UK Health and Security Agency...
New Zealand cuts funding for Cook Islands in response to China deals
The Times
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New Zealand has cut millions of dollars in aid to the Cook Islands in retaliation over the Pacific nation’s deepening ties with China. Relations between Wellington and Avarua, the capital of the Cook Islands, which is 1,800 miles northeast of New...
Tanzania Champions Aquatic Foods at UN Ocean Conference in Nice
Inter Press Service
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June 17, 2025
Africa, Climate Action, Climate Change, Conferences, Editors' Choice, Environment, Europe, Featured, Food and Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition, Food Sustainability, Global, Headlines, Ocean Health, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva...
OKC's deadCenter Film Festival Celebrates 25 Years
Houston Press - Texas
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June 19, 2025
The film festival world has experienced some galvanic changes of late. Sundance is leaving Park City, UT for Boulder, CO in 2027, while SXSW will run its film, music, and interactive experiences concurrently beginning in 2026. Oklahoma City's...
Weavers new home at USP
Marshall Islands Journal
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June 18, 2025
Journal 6/18/2025 P1 Kwaj owners plan to occupy soon This weekend Kwajalein landowners are planning to reoccupy their land being used by the Kwajalein Missile Range. A statement released by the Kwajalein Atoll Corporation office here said the...
Guam community members kick off national ‘No Kings’ protest
Pacific Daily News
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Residents join a nationwide "No Kings" rally held at the Micronesia Mall intersection in Dededo on June 14, 2025.Julianne Hernandez/Pacific Daily News Dozens of community members gathered Saturday at the Micronesia Mall intersection to kick off...
Obituaries for June 18
Hawaii Tribune Herald
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June 18, 2025
Theodore “Kahui” Casuga, 50, of Waikoloa, died June 6. Born in Kealakekua, he was a self-employed landscaper. Funeral service 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 23, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Kona Stake Canter, 75-230 Kalani St. in...
The Worst Shipwreck In History Wasn't Actually The Titanic
The Travel
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June 17, 2025
The tragic story of the RMS Titanic continues to pull on heartstrings, even 113 years after this magnificent ship sank to the depths of the North Atlantic Ocean on its maiden voyage. Although engineers at the time regarded the Titanic as "an...
'Threat is existential': Guam joins national ‘No Kings’ protest
Pacific Daily News
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Residents join a nationwide "No Kings" rally held at the Micronesia Mall intersection in Dededo on June 14, 2025.Julianne Hernandez/Pacific Daily News Dozens of community members gathered Saturday at the Micronesia Mall intersection to join the...
The Pacific Islands: America’s Power Vacuum and China’s Offensive
The Diplomat
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June 17, 2025
The United States has traditionally provided significant assistance to Pacific island countries. Many of these countries and regions still use the U.S. dollar as their currency and, absent their own armed forces, rely on the U.S. military for...
The Pacific Islands: America’s Power Vacuum and China’s Offensive
The Diplomat
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June 17, 2025
The United States has traditionally provided significant assistance to Pacific island countries. Many of these countries and regions still use the U.S. dollar as their currency and, absent their own armed forces, rely on the U.S. military for...
Typhoon Wutip ravages Asia with strong winds and flooding
Mongabay
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June 17, 2025
Several people have been killed after heavy rains hit parts of Asia over the past week, brought by the latest in a series of typhoons that scientists warn are growing more frequent under climate change. Typhoon Wutip started out as an area of...
Where marine biodiversity thrives, less fish feeds more people
Anthropocene
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June 13, 2025
Protecting fish biodiversity is a win-win solution for human nutrition and sustainable fisheries, finds a new study. The research, published in Nature Sustainability, unearthed some interesting findings including that biodiverse fisheries tend to...
Resolution demanding immediate Gaza ceasefire adopted by UNGA
Madhyamam
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June 13, 2025
United Nations: In an Emergency Special Session, the General Assembly adopted a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as well as rapid access to large-scale humanitarian assistance. The resolution, voted on Thursday, calls for "an...
NZ’s Foreign Policy Reset: Progress & Reflections | Keynote Speech To The New Zealand Institute Of International Affairs
Scoop
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Rt Hon Winston Peters Minister of Foreign Affairs Keynote speech to the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs (NZIIA) national conference, Takina Convention Centre, Wellington Good afternoon. National Chair of the New Zealand Institute of...
A sentencing hearing continued for woman accused of killing her son
Le Mars Daily Sentinel - Iowa
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June 16, 2025
LE MARS — The sentencing hearing for a Le Mars woman accused of killing her two-year-old son has been continued. Sexlyn Tataichy, 27, accepted a plea deal from Plymouth County prosecutors involving the death of SD Tataichy, age 2, on April 29,...
NMI weightlifters look to extend medal streak in Palau
Marianas Variety
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(Northern Marianas Sports Association) — Here’s some trivia: NMI weightlifters have reached the medal podium in their last five regional events, starting from 2014. In the Micronesian Games in 2014 in Pohnpei, the NMI Weightlifting Team collected...
UN adopts resolution demanding immediate Gaza ceasefire
Daily Finland
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The General Assembly, at an Emergency Special Session, adopted a resolution on Thursday that demands an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and immediate access to humanitarian assistance at scale, reported Xinhua. The resolution demands "an immediate,...
UN General Assembly adopts resolution demanding immediate Gaza ceasefire
Xinhua News Agency
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UNITED NATIONS, June 12 (Xinhua) -- The General Assembly, at an Emergency Special Session, adopted a resolution on Thursday that demands an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and immediate access to humanitarian assistance at scale. The resolution...
Graduation 2025: La Sierra University says goodbye to 378 students
The Sun - California
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June 16, 2025
La Sierra University graduate Alyssa Lee celebrates Sunday, June 15, 2025, during commencement on the Riverside campus. She earned a degree in business management for health care professionals. (Courtesy of Jon Hwang) John D. Aitken receives his...