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Today-History-Mar01
Burnaby Now
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March 1, 2025
Today in History for March 1: In 589 (traditional date): David of Wales, patron saint of Wales, died. In 1562, Roman Catholic troops killed Protestants at Vassy, France, in an incident that precipitated the Wars of Religion. Today in History for...
Joe Rogan Net Worth (Money & Salary)
Hollywood Gazette
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February 21, 2025
Title: Joe Rogan Net Worth (Money & Salary) Last Updated: February 15, 2025 What is Joe Rogan’s net worth and Salary? Joe Rogan is an American comedian, actor, martial arts expert, UFC commentator, and podcast host who has a net worth of $200...
Tracking the Pacific Drug Highway
New Lines Magazine
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February 18, 2025
In February 2023, New Zealand authorities discovered a strange pink-and-black pontoon bobbing back and forth in international waters near the Cook Islands. On closer inspection, they saw that the jetsam was 81 bales of cocaine, held together with...
Undercover in a Chicken Factory
Utne Reader
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Just as Americans move abroad seeking a new life, the United States attracts expatriates from other countries. Many of these new immigrants have wound up working in meat plants throughout the American heartland. In the spirit of famous muckraker...
The most-read pieces on Mining Technology in 2024
Mining Technology
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December 17, 2024
Industry * Academia & Education Aerospace, Defense & Security Agriculture Asset Management Automotive Banking & Payments Chemicals Construction Consumer Foodservice Government, trade bodies and NGOs Health & Fitness Hospitals & Healthcare HR,...
Japan’s decision to discharge radioactive waste water into the Pacific ‘unconscionable’
Pacific News Service
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By Pita Ligaiula Japan’s plan to discharge radioactive waste water into the Pacific has been described by Acting Forum Secretary General, Dr Filimon Manoni ‘unconscionable’. Dr Manoni made the remarks at the World Ocean Day commemorated in Fiji’s...
Pacific Mini Games Chef de Missions Tour Palau Venues
Island Times
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February 25, 2025
KOROR, Palau – With less than five months until the Pacific Mini Games, the Palau Games Organizing Committee is hosting a Chef de Mission (CdM) meeting from Feb. 23 to Feb. 25, bringing together 34 team managers from across Oceania, along with...
What Happened To WW2 Pilot Dick Best After The Battle Of Midway
Screen Rant
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December 8, 2024
The 2019 movie Midway has found a new audience on Netflix. The film, which chronicles the Battle of Midway, a pivotal naval battle of World War II, has garnered both praise and criticism for its intense action sequences and historical accuracy....
‘The Forgotten Pacific’ shows islanders’ fight against climate change
Green Left
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November 22, 2024
The Forgotten Pacific Directed by Elizabeth Koroivulaono Edited by Laura Macbeath Narrated by Suluafi Brianna Fruean A Tiki Lounge Production Free screening on The Coconet TV and YouTube “We’re not drowning, we’re fighting!” is a key theme of the...
‘We’re taking back our country’: How Trump has spurred Greenlandic independence
The Sydney Morning Herald
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February 15, 2025
Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size With temperatures plunging to minus 10C overnight and snow piled in drifts in the street,...
Saudi Arabia loses bid for Human Rights Council seat, reaches record number of executions
Asia News
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October 10, 2024
The last of five seats for the Asia-Pacific region went to the Marshall Islands by seven votes. For Saudi Arabia, this is a second defeat after that of 2020, while Qatar won its second consecutive term. In the first 10 months of 2024, the kingdom...
Israel criticised after voting against pro-Ukraine UN resolution
The Jewish News
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February 26, 2025
Israel has joined the United States in voting against a United Nations General Assembly resolution upholding Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. The resolution, marking the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, also...
AG Moylan offers senators sprawling anti-crime bill
Pacific Daily News
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Attorney General Douglas Moylan asked Sen. Telo Taitague to consider his anti-crime bill, which he says comes after two years of experience as a two-term elected AG. Moylan offered critical reforms to judicial proceedings, and to strengthen...
Column: No time to dismantle USAID amid heightened competition
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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February 23, 2025
COURTESY PHOTO Tom Armbruster For many Germans the indelible World War II memory is a U.S. GI handing them a chocolate bar. No doubt the candy was accompanied by a smile and maybe a few words in German. More than the sweetness, the humanity...
Lisa Reihana: ‘We are always looking for meaning and connection’
Ocula
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December 12, 2024
Since the 1990s, Lisa Reihana has been a pivotal figure in Aotearoa New Zealand and Māori contemporary art. The Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine, and Ngāi Tū artist is a long-time member of Pacific Sisters, a collective of Pacific and Māori artists formed in...
MrBeast Net Worth (Money & Salary)
Hollywood Gazette
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February 15, 2025
What is MrBeast’s Net Worth? MrBeast is an American YouTube star, philanthropist and entrepreneur who has a net worth of $1 billion. MrBeast’s net worth is based on a conservative valuation of his wide-ranging empire while also accounting for the...
Sailing Totem: A Mystery Clunk and a Mid-Pacific Pit Stop
Cruising World
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September 24, 2024
Sunset from the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Behan Gifford We’re currently at sea, with more than a thousand nautical miles from Hawai’i behind us, and more than a thousand ahead of us to our destination: Majuro, Marshall Islands. So far, this...
‘We are not furniture’: Why Greenland won’t bow to Trump’s push for control
The New Zealand Herald
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February 21, 2025
Ignored for most of its existence, the huge ice-bound island has been thrust into a geopolitical maelstrom. It’s trying to make the most of it. Above the harbour, where little boats splattered with fish blood putter back to shore and men with...
Travis Scott Net Worth (Money & Salary)
Hollywood Gazette
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February 10, 2025
What is Travis Scott’s Net Worth? Travis Scott is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer who has a net worth of $80 million. At his peak, Travis Scott was one of the highest-paid and most popular rappers in the world. In a...
AFP and Pacific police launch regional hub and global training centre…
Pacific News Service
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The Australian Federal Police (AFP), together with Pacific Police Chiefs, have officially launched two key state-of-the-art training and development facilities in Queensland, as part of the Pacific Policing Initiative’s (PPI) commitment to...