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Tuvalu's Cashless Leap: Disappearing Island Nation Unveils 1st ATM Amid Climate Threat
The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu has unveiled its first ATMs, marking a significant step towards financial modernization, despite facing existential threats from climate change. The country is also working on creating a digital replica of itself t
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"Threat Environment" Rising Faster, Pacific Island Nations At Risk Of Becoming Footholds: UN
Pacific Island nations are at risk of becoming bases for global criminal gangs, a report by the United Nations drug authority said on Friday, as criminal activity surges across the isolated and economically vulnerable region.
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Biden To Host Pacific Island Leaders In US Charm Offensive Against China
President Joe Biden will host a second summit with Pacific island leaders this week, part of a U.S. charm offensive to block further Chinese inroads into a strategic region Washington has long considered its own backyard.
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PM Modi Lists Out 12-Step Plan To Push India's Ties With Pacific Island Nations
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced a 12-step programme to propel India's partnerships with Pacific Island countries.
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"Proud To Be Your Development Partner": PM Modi To Pacific Island Nations
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today conveyed to the Pacific island nations that they can see India as a reliable development partner as it respects their priorities and its approach to cooperation is based on human values.
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Remote Pacific Islands, With Only 2 Covid Cases Until Now, In Lockdown
Kiribati and Samoa entered lockdowns Saturday after overseas arrivals brought Covid to the Pacific island nations that had avoided the worst of the pandemic for two years.
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Hurricane Lane Grows To Category 5 As It Heads Toward Hawaii
Hurricane Lane has grown to a category 5 storm as it approaches Hawaii with potential for torrential rain, flash flooding and landslides, forecasters said.
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Earthquake Of 6.9 Magnitude Strikes Northwest Of Vanuatu
An earthquake measuring 6.9 struck north-west of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said today.
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Fiji Cyclone Leaves Trail Of Destruction, 5 Dead
Fiji was assessing the damage today after one of the most powerful storms recorded in the southern hemisphere tore through the Pacific island nation, flattening remote villages and killing at least five people.
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India To Gift Interceptor Boat To Seychelles
In a bid to enhance maritime cooperation with Indian Ocean island nations, India will gift an interceptor boat to Seychelles, as assured by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to the archipelago last year.
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Australia in Talks with Philippines to Resettle Refugees
Australia said Friday it is in talks with the Philippines to send refugees there, but refused to confirm reports of a Aus$150 million (US$109 million) deal to expand its controversial resettlement policy.
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Pacific Summit to Issue Climate Message to World
Vulnerable Pacific island nations will this week send the world an urgent plea for action on climate change at crunch talks in Paris later this year.
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Tropical Storm Kilo Churns Across Pacific Toward Hawaii
Tropical storm Kilo formed from a low-pressure system drifting across the central Pacific on Friday on a trajectory that could threaten the Hawaiian islands as it strengthens into a hurricane early next week, the National Weather Service reported.
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Island Nations Seek UN Help Combatting Climate Change
More than a dozen small island nations made an urgent appeal to the UN Security Council on Thursday for help in combatting climate change, which they said poses a threat to their very existence.
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Australia Moves Towards Referendum on Aboriginal Recognition
Australia moved closer to recognising Aboriginal people in its constitution today after talks with indigenous leaders, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said as he urged an end to the 'echoing silence' in the founding document.
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Tuvalu's Cashless Leap: Disappearing Island Nation Unveils 1st ATM Amid Climate Threat
The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu has unveiled its first ATMs, marking a significant step towards financial modernization, despite facing existential threats from climate change. The country is also working on creating a digital replica of itself t
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"Threat Environment" Rising Faster, Pacific Island Nations At Risk Of Becoming Footholds: UN
Pacific Island nations are at risk of becoming bases for global criminal gangs, a report by the United Nations drug authority said on Friday, as criminal activity surges across the isolated and economically vulnerable region.
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Biden To Host Pacific Island Leaders In US Charm Offensive Against China
President Joe Biden will host a second summit with Pacific island leaders this week, part of a U.S. charm offensive to block further Chinese inroads into a strategic region Washington has long considered its own backyard.
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PM Modi Lists Out 12-Step Plan To Push India's Ties With Pacific Island Nations
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced a 12-step programme to propel India's partnerships with Pacific Island countries.
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"Proud To Be Your Development Partner": PM Modi To Pacific Island Nations
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today conveyed to the Pacific island nations that they can see India as a reliable development partner as it respects their priorities and its approach to cooperation is based on human values.
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Remote Pacific Islands, With Only 2 Covid Cases Until Now, In Lockdown
Kiribati and Samoa entered lockdowns Saturday after overseas arrivals brought Covid to the Pacific island nations that had avoided the worst of the pandemic for two years.
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Hurricane Lane Grows To Category 5 As It Heads Toward Hawaii
Hurricane Lane has grown to a category 5 storm as it approaches Hawaii with potential for torrential rain, flash flooding and landslides, forecasters said.
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Earthquake Of 6.9 Magnitude Strikes Northwest Of Vanuatu
An earthquake measuring 6.9 struck north-west of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said today.
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Fiji Cyclone Leaves Trail Of Destruction, 5 Dead
Fiji was assessing the damage today after one of the most powerful storms recorded in the southern hemisphere tore through the Pacific island nation, flattening remote villages and killing at least five people.
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India To Gift Interceptor Boat To Seychelles
In a bid to enhance maritime cooperation with Indian Ocean island nations, India will gift an interceptor boat to Seychelles, as assured by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to the archipelago last year.
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Australia in Talks with Philippines to Resettle Refugees
Australia said Friday it is in talks with the Philippines to send refugees there, but refused to confirm reports of a Aus$150 million (US$109 million) deal to expand its controversial resettlement policy.
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Pacific Summit to Issue Climate Message to World
Vulnerable Pacific island nations will this week send the world an urgent plea for action on climate change at crunch talks in Paris later this year.
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Tropical Storm Kilo Churns Across Pacific Toward Hawaii
Tropical storm Kilo formed from a low-pressure system drifting across the central Pacific on Friday on a trajectory that could threaten the Hawaiian islands as it strengthens into a hurricane early next week, the National Weather Service reported.
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Island Nations Seek UN Help Combatting Climate Change
More than a dozen small island nations made an urgent appeal to the UN Security Council on Thursday for help in combatting climate change, which they said poses a threat to their very existence.
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Australia Moves Towards Referendum on Aboriginal Recognition
Australia moved closer to recognising Aboriginal people in its constitution today after talks with indigenous leaders, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said as he urged an end to the 'echoing silence' in the founding document.
