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This Pacific Ocean country is one of Earth’s most biodiverse places

Thursday 10 July 2025 8:41 am Share Facebook Share on Facebook X Share on Twitter LinkedIn Share on LinkedIn WhatsApp Share on WhatsApp Email Share on Email A trip to remote Palau on the Four Seasons Explorer This Pacific Ocean hideaway offers...

USAID Cuts Could Transform U.S. Ties to Pacific Islands

USAID Cuts Could Transform U.S. Ties to Pacific Islands

In February, the ambassadors to the United States of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau met with U.S. officials to raise concerns about the rush of executive actions since U.S. President Donald Trump took office...

Parvati Shallow Says RIP to the ‘Black Widow’ and All That

Parvati Shallow Says RIP to the ‘Black Widow’ and All That

Parvati Shallow, the reality TV maven and one-time Survivor winner, can now also add published author to her list of achievements. The legendary schemer, who orchestrated scores of blindsides on the beaches of the Cook Islands, Micronesia, and...

Visualizing The State Of Freedom Around The World

In 2024, 60 countries saw their freedom decline in a historic election year. Strikingly, 40% of countries and territories that held elections experienced targeted attacks on candidates amid heightened instability. Yet bright spots were seen in...

Vulnerable Countries Deserve Full Statehood as Sea Levels Rise

Vulnerable Countries Deserve Full Statehood as Sea Levels Rise

Both existing international law and the ongoing imperative to counter injustice and preserve human dignity demand full and enduring statehood for countries that stand to lose much or all of their land territory beneath rising seas, says a new...

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Kiribati Language Week: Celebrating culture amid rising seas back home

Kiribati Language Week: Celebrating culture amid rising seas back home

Kam na bane ni mauri, greetings everyone, it's Kiribati Language Week in Aotearoa, marking five years since the celebration began. This year's theme is: "Living our valued cultural practices through love and respect upholds our dignity and fosters...

Amazing finish for an amazing team

Amazing finish for an amazing team

(Northern Marianas Sports Association) — Team Marianas closed out its campaign in the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Palau with a bang, winning a gold medal in the half marathon and a bronze in 3x3 basketball on Wednesday. Northern Marianas Athletics’...

Trump administration holding immigrants from 26 countries at Guantánamo prison

Trump administration holding immigrants from 26 countries at Guantánamo prison

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

MATSON PUBLISHES 2024 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT

MATSON PUBLISHES 2024 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT

(MENAFN- PR Newswire) About Matson Founded in 1882, Matson (NYSE: MATX ) is a leading provider of ocean transportation and logistics services. Matson provides a vital lifeline of ocean freight transportation services to the domestic non-contiguous...

Micronesian Islander Community breaks grounds on new affordable apartment building 

Micronesian Islander Community breaks grounds on new affordable apartment building 

Dozens of people gathered Monday at the future site of a new apartment complex which will include a colorful community center for Salem’s vibrant and growing Micronesian Islander community. Voyagers Village, the new four-story 45,000 square-foot...

Look around the stunning paradise island with WW2 wrecks, that’s become a haven for dark tourism

Look around the stunning paradise island with WW2 wrecks, that’s become a haven for dark tourism

A REMOTE paradise island, littered with abandoned World War II wrecks, has become a popular destination for dark tourists. During the Second World War, battles spread to the Pacific, where Japanese and American troops fought on tiny islands. 7...

Petersham Art Center opens scratchboard exhibit

Petersham Art Center opens scratchboard exhibit

PETERSHAM – The Petersham Art Center is hosting a reception this Sunday as part of scratchboard artist Joe Smith’s first solo exhibition. The opening reception on Sunday, July 13, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Art Center, located at 8 North St....

Tang, Longona shine in Triple J 5K Bubble Color Run

Tang, Longona shine in Triple J 5K Bubble Color Run

PONY Tang and Taliana Longona took the spotlight in colorful fashion on Saturday as they finished first overall in their respective divisions of the Triple J 5K Bubble Color Run at American Memorial Park. It was the perfect day for a run as...

FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League - Oceania Conference 2, Stop 6: Heartbreak for Samoa as the Northern Mariana Islands Cling onto Semifinals Spot

FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League - Oceania Conference 2, Stop 6: Heartbreak for Samoa as the Northern Mariana Islands Cling onto Semifinals Spot

KOROR (Palau) - There was a lot to play for at Stop 6 of the FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League – Oceania in Conference 2. With semi-finals quickly approaching, teams were desperate to get into the top two on the standings to secure a ticket. Women’s...

Parvati Shallow Reveals Truth Behind Her Surprising Divorce

Parvati Shallow Reveals Truth Behind Her Surprising Divorce

In the game of Survivor, romance often takes a backseat to strategy and survival. But for some former castaways, love found its way post-show, igniting new narratives off the island. Enter Parvati Shallow, a legend of the game whose journey took a...

Australia's climate visa: A model for sinking islands?

Australia's climate visa: A model for sinking islands?

In the tiny South Pacific nation of just over 10,000 people, one in three citizens has already entered the ballot for a world-first climate visa which would allow them to permanently migrate to Australia. Tuvalu is classified as being extremely...

Who should have the authority to hire and fire Oʻahu's police chief?

Who should have the authority to hire and fire Oʻahu's police chief?

Should the Honolulu Police Commission have the authority to hire and fire the chief of the Honolulu Police Department? That question has become increasingly important over the last few weeks as Chief Joe Logan’s tenure with HPD comes to an end....

LETTER: CHamoru-only, CHamoru first. Period.

LETTER: CHamoru-only, CHamoru first. Period.

The question of who should decide Guam's political future is not just a legal or political issue. It is a matter of justice, dignity and historical truth. CHamorus were the original inhabitants of this island—its first stewards, its first people....

6 Surprising Reality TV Bombshells From Survivor's Parvati Shallow's Gripping Memoir

6 Surprising Reality TV Bombshells From Survivor's Parvati Shallow's Gripping Memoir

Parvati Shallow, Survivor legend and reality TV competitor, has pulled back the curtain on her life in the spotlight, sharing some incredible behind-the-scenes secrets about her appearances on screen in her new book, Nice Girls Don't Win....

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