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Watchdog: Emil Bove Privately Met With The Extreme Right-Wing Group Alliance Defending Freedom Whose Cases Could Come Before Bove on 3rd Circuit
Common Dreams
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July 25, 2025
"Governments have yet to rise to the moment," Greenpeace International campaigner Louisa Casson said in a statement. "They remain disconnected from global concerns and the pressing need for courageous leadership to protect the deep ocean." Casson...
Technology Replacing Jobs Statistics 2024 By Concerns, Attitude, Potential Number of Jobs Lost to Automation and Rate of Adoption by Industry
Hollywood Gazette
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September 6, 2024
Technology Replacing Jobs Statistics 2024 By Concerns, Attitude, Potential Number of Jobs Lost to Automation and Rate of Adoption by Industry August 31, 2024 — Introduction Technology Replacing Jobs Statistics: Artificial intelligence has just...
Nauru’s seabed mining pitch out of step with Pacific
Pacific News Service
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A Pacific government which has sought to expedite deep sea mining used its UN platform to make a pitch for an industry that is unpopular with ocean peoples. There’s great interest among advocates of the fledgling sector in the polymetallic nodules...
Deals establish Australian neo-colonial control over Nauru, PNG security policy
World Socialist Web Site
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December 13, 2024
In two pacts struck this week, the Australian Labor government has sought to establish control over the security and foreign policy decision making of Nauru and Papua New Guinea. The deals underscore the role of Australian imperialism, as a...
The most-read pieces on Mining Technology in 2024
Mining Technology
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December 17, 2024
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Why Ignoring Procurement Costs More Than You Think
CFO Dive
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Governments reject Trump’s deep sea mining power grab but fail to adopt moratorium on deep sea mining
Greenpeace International
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July 26, 2025
A team from Greenpeace International fly huge ocean themed kites together with a banner reading “Protect The Deep Sea” outside the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston. The event happened during he International Seabed Authority (ISA) council and...
UC Davis-discovered enzyme inhibitor targets obesity, research finds
Daily Democrat - California
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November 30, 2024
Consuming too much added sugar can increase the risk of chronic diseases such as Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, high blood pressure and some cancers, according to scientific research. Now newly...
Albanese wants to “China-proof” the Pacific, but Nauru is driving a hard bargain
Islands Business
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December 5, 2024
An ABC investigation has linked the Australian businessmen behind Papua New Guinea’s largest agroforestry project to key figures in a massive Indigenous land grab scandal in the country’s Western Province more than a decade ago. Papua New Guinea’s...
Governments at ISA must Establish a Moratorium on Deep-Sea Mining, Reaffirm Authority over International Seabed Lies Collectively With All States
Common Dreams
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July 25, 2025
The 30th session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) concluded today, with governments continuing to fall short in protecting the deep sea. While politicians from Palau, France and Panama attended to rally the international community,...
Challenging Future For Children In 2050 Transformed By Extreme Climate Crises, Population Shifts, And Tech Disparities
Scoop
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Saturday, 30 November 2024, 11:07 pm Press Release: UNICEF NEW YORK/SUVA, 20 November 2024 – The future of childhood hangs in the balance if urgent action is not taken to safeguard children’s rights in a changing world, UNICEF warned in its...
Urgent Need For Investment In Programmes Against Violent Discipline: Nauru’s First-Ever Nationwide MICS
Scoop
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Sunday, 24 November 2024, 1:52 pm Press Release: UNICEF Nauru, 13 November 2024 – The Nauru Bureau of Statistics officially launched Nauru’s first ever Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2023 results today to support the Government in...
The constructs of a population policy
interest.co.nz
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Some weeks back I wrote that New Zealand needs a population policy. However, I purposely did not say what that policy should be. Instead, I focused on identifying the unplanned population bulges we are currently creating, focusing particularly on...
New Monash University climate partnership to empower Nauru
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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November 19, 2024
A new project by the PACT (Pacific Action for Climate Transitions) centre, a Monash Business School and Fiji National University collaboration, is set to help Nauru, the world’s smallest island nation, in its fight against climate change. Limited...
Regional Research Agenda researchers convene to investigate findings
Pacific Community (SPC)
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Photo credit: ACIAR The Regional Research Agenda Framework (RRA) identifies common forestry and agriculture development challenges in the Pacific region, establishes research partnerships and defines research strategies to overcome these...
Better Results, Less Stress: How to Get the Insights You Need Without a Costly ERP
CFO Dive
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We knew offshore detention was bad for the mental health of people seeking asylum. Our new research shows exactly how bad
The Conversation
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November 11, 2024
For more than a decade, mandatory offshore detention has been a cornerstone of Australia’s strategy to deter people who arrive by boat to seek asylum. Then there’s onshore detention where people without a valid visa are held in centres and transit...
Oman and Nauru explore cooperation in various sectors
GCC Business News
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November 4, 2024
The Sultanate of Oman has explored ways of enhancing diplomatic relations and economic cooperation with the Republic of Nauru. Oman’s Foreign Minister, Sayyid Badr Hamad Al Busaidi received David Ranibok Adeang, President of the Republic of Nauru,...
Pacific dengue cases 'highest in a decade'
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 24, 2025
Dengue cases in the Pacific are at their highest since 2016, with nearly 19,000 people affected, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says. The new figures come as multiple nations in the region grapple with outbreaks and surging case numbers. Just...
Greenpeace: Governments have yet to rise to the moment and vote in favour of a moratorium on deep sea mining
Greenpeace International
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July 25, 2025
Kingston, Jamaica, The 30th session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) ends today with governments continuing to fall short in protecting the deep sea. While high-level representatives from Palau, France and Panama attended to rally the...