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Immigration New Zealand Extends Longer Visits for Pacific Island Nations Granted Visited Visa
TP+
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July 7, 2025
Photo: NZ Immigration New Zealand is welcoming Pacific visitors by making it easier to travel here with changes to immigration settings that will come into effect later this year. From 6 July 2025, people from Pacific Islands forum countries...
Health care slashed even for immigrants with legal status under massive Senate bill
The Columbian - Washington State
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Provisions in the new tax and spending bill passed by the U.S. Senate early Tuesday go even further than the House bill in removing health care and other benefits from immigrants with legal status. The House version of the massive tax and spending...
Nauru Airlines and Air Marshall Islands announce new cooperation agreement
AeroTime News
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July 3, 2025
South Pacific carriers Air Marshall Islands and Nauru Airlines have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) strengthening ties between the carriers, “to enhance regional aviation resilience, improve connectivity and service...
How Trump's big beautiful bill aims to 'supercharge' immigration enforcement
BPR News - North Carolina
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From an aerial view, the U.S.-Mexico border fence ends with a gap on Jan. 20, 2025 near Sasabe, Ariz. Republicans' tax and spending bill includes $46.5 billion for border wall projects. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption John...
Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ bill will slash health care for legal immigrants to pay for tax cuts
Arizona Mirror
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July 2, 2025
Provisions in the new tax and spending bill passed by the U.S. Senate early Tuesday would go even further than the House bill in removing health care and other benefits from immigrants with legal status. The House version of the massive tax and...
A top court has urged nations to clamp down on fossil fuel production. When will Australia finally start listening?
The Conversation
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July 7, 2025
As Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen tours the Pacific this week to spruik his government’s commitment to climate action, fossil fuel exporters such as Australia are under unprecedented scrutiny. In a landmark ruling on Friday, Latin...
58 Visa-Free Destinations For Indian Passport Holders This Summer
Gulf Insider
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July 7, 2025
Looking to travel this summer as an Indian passport holder? Good news, Indian travelers can visit up to 58 destinations visa-free. The top destinations are placed throughout Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean and Pacific Islands. Aside from these...
Health care would be slashed even for immigrants with legal status under massive Senate bill
Alaska Beacon
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July 2, 2025
Provisions in the new tax and spending bill passed by the U.S. Senate early Tuesday would go even further than the House bill in removing health care and other benefits from immigrants with legal status. The House version of the massive tax and...
Iran Update Special Report: Syria after the Israel-Iran War, June 13 - July 3, 2025
Critical Threats - Washington D.C.
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Information Cutoff: 10:00 AM ET The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) publish the Iran Update, which provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities...
Marshallese 'Rainbow Atolls' to shine in Fayetteville Trans March and Pride Parade
KHBS - Arkansas
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June 27, 2025
The Marshallese LGBTQ community will be dancing in the Trans March on Friday at 6 p.m. in Fayetteville under the name "Rainbow Atolls."The group will also walk in the Pride parade Saturday on Dickson Street.Members of Transformations, an NWA...
The Rainbow Warrior 1985-2025 | Part 2: Nuclear Refugees In The Pacific - The Evacuation Of Rongelap
Scoop
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On the last voyage of the Rainbow Warrior prior to its sinking by French agents in Auckland harbour on 10 July 1985 the ship had evacuated the entire population (320) of Rongelap in the Marshall Islands. After conducting dozens of above-ground...
UAMS researchers find new way to boost Arkansas's maternal & infant health
KTHV - Arkansas
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July 7, 2025
UAMS researchers recently found that improving the USDA’s SNAP program for Women, Infants, and Children could help boost maternal & infant health across Arkansas. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A new study by researchers at the University of Arkansas for...
Northwest Arkansas lawmakers offer opposing views on federal immigration crackdown
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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June 28, 2025
Immigrants in Northwest Arkansas are no longer a self-contained group that can be removed without causing great pain and distress to the rest of the region, according to state Rep. Diana Gonzales Worthen. They are husbands and wives, fathers and...
The Rainbow Warrior saga. Part 2: Nuclear refugees in the Pacific – the evacuation of Rongelap
Asia Pacific Report
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July 6, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle On the last voyage of the Rainbow Warrior prior to its sinking by French secret agents in Auckland harbour on 10 July 1985 the ship had evacuated the entire population of 320 from Rongelap in the Marshall Islands. After...
Maritime Safety: RMI Annual Report on Marine Safety Investigations 2024
MaritimeCyprus
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July 6, 2025
(www.MaritimeCyprus.com) The Marshall Islands (RMI) Flag Administration presented their 2024 Annual Report on Marine Safety Investigations. This report offers a comprehensive, data-driven overview of incidents reported across the RMI-registered...
BE OPEN Art: the winners of the Oceania regional competition revealed
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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LUGANO, Switzerland, July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- BE OPEN Art, an online non-profit gallery set up by Elena Baturina's humanitarian think-tank BE OPEN, announces the winners of the 2nd stage in this year's BE OPEN Regional Art, the competition for...
Missed special education targets show need for support
K-12 Dive
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June 25, 2025
Dive Brief: The majority of states or territories — 37 — need assistance for meeting special education targets for students ages 3-21, annual accountability ratings released Friday by the U.S. Department of Education show. Only 19 states and the...
More than 750 migrants intercepted south of Greek island of Gavdos
Euronews
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By Euronews with ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ Published on 06/07/2025 - 20:22 GMT+2 In a series of large-scale operations under the coordination of the Unified Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (ESRC) and with the assistance of the Greek coast guard,...
PEOPLE | Miracle connection
The Fiji Times
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July 7, 2025
At 23 years old, Miracle Jazel Lang is on a transformative journey — one grounded in culture, purpose, and Pacific resilience. Currently enrolled as a first-year bachelor of law student at The University of the South Pacific (USP), Lang is...
Republic of the Marshall Islands joins IUCN as newest Pacific…
IUCN
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Situated in the heart of the Pacific Ocean, the Marshall Islands is a nation of over 1,000 islands and atolls, renowned for its rich marine biodiversity, including extensive coral reefs, seagrass beds and vital fish stocks. The country faces...