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7 stunning islands to explore in French Polynesia
National Geographic
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Hawaiians revere Tahiti as part of their ancestral homeland, referred to as Kahiki. But with French Polynesia’s capital, Papeete, located more than 2,700 miles south of Hawaii’s capital in Honolulu, the differences when it comes to visiting these...
If you love Hawaii, French Polynesia should be on your radar too
AOL
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Adventurous travelers can summit Mount Otemanu in Bora Bora, one of 118 islands and atolls in French Polynesia. Photograph by Maridav, Alamy Stock PhotoHawaiians revere Tahiti as part of their ancestral homeland, referred to as Kahiki. But with...
Kazakhstan’s Legacy, Global Voices Mark International Day Against Nuclear Tests
The Astana Times
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August 29, 2025
ASTANA — Aug. 29, designated as the International Day Against Nuclear Tests, carries special weight in Kazakhstan, where the Soviet Union once detonated more than 450 bombs at the Semipalatinsk test site. Born from Kazakhstan’s initiative at the...
Coral reefs’ fate tied to ocean forces hidden below the surface, say scientists
Nation.Cymru
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August 18, 2025
The coral reef at Havelock in Andaman. Photo Ritiks is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. New research led by Welsh scientists reveals that many predictions about the future impact of climate change...
Scientists baffled as new 'stone head' statue mysteriously appears on Easter Island: 'This is a first'
Daily Mail
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August 11, 2025
A new statue has emerged from the dirt of a recently dried-up lakebed on Easter Island, baffling scientists who said it should not be there. Easter Island is considered a mystery due to its 1,000 large stone heads, known as moai, which are 700 to...
Sailboat carrying US $381M in drugs from Mexico intercepted in French Polynesia
Mexico News Daily
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August 4, 2025
France announced over the weekend that officers in French Polynesia made a historic drug bust, seizing approximately US $381 million worth of cocaine and methamphetamine found on a sailing vessel. The sailboat was en route to Australia from...
Pacific Islands focus: health, environmental, security and geopolitical updates
Croakey Health Media
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August 28, 2025
Calls to tackle violence against women in the Pacific region, efforts to alleviate the impacts of extreme heat, new guidelines to assist in protection of whales, and concerns about deep sea mining are among the topics covered in the latest edition...
Training Ship Esmeralda unites navies and friends
The National Tribune
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August 29, 2025
Department of Defence Royal Australian Navy (RAN) officer Lieutenant Harrison Planck has enjoyed the rare and prestigious opportunity of sailing aboard the Chilean Training Ship Esmeralda as a part of her 69th Training Cruise. RAN personnel,...
The best relaxing adults-only, all-inclusive resorts for a kid-free vacation
The Points Guy
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August 28, 2025
Over the last decade, the all-inclusive concept has been embraced and reimagined by some of the world's most luxurious and character-rich hotels. Travelers who would previously flinch at the notion of a one-size-fits-all formula — exemplified by...
The ocean citizen science being carried out on yachts
Yachting World
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August 13, 2025
Liveaboard cruisers Larissa Clark and Duncan Copeland on how sailors can get involved with ocean conservation and citizen science projects There is a fierce and surprisingly passionate debate unfolding on the deck of Freeranger, our 50ft Beneteau....
French scientists map plankton, the ocean’s mysterious oxygen factories
Modern Ghana
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French scientists are mapping plankton across the Indo-Pacific – using Navy ships to study the microscopic organisms that produce half of Earth's oxygen, feed the ocean and help regulate the planet's carbon. The eight-year mission is charting life...
Samoa dengue cases reach nearly 11,000, but cases drop compared to previous week
RNZ
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August 27, 2025
Photo: 123RF The latest update from Samoa's Ministry of Health shows 10,982 clinically diagnosed cases of dengue fever have been recorded since January. The report, dated 25 August, said of these, around 3379 are laboratory-confirmed. However, the...
World Air Quality Report Ranks World’s Most Polluted Capital Cities
Forbes
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Air pollution is among the greatest environmental threats to human health according to the World Health Organization (WHO), across not only low but also middle and high-income countries. It states that in 2019, 99% of the global population lived...
Why Is Alaska Airlines Taking Over Hawaiian’s Boeing 787s?
Simple Flying
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August 28, 2025
Most US airline giants have grown to their massive size over the years thanks to a series of mergers. While its acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines will not place Alaska Airlines on par with United, American, or Delta, it will solidify its position...
After two-year Darwin-inspired voyage, young scientists return with climate warning and hope
Malay Mail
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August 2, 2025
ROTTERDAM, Aug 2 — After a two-year around-the-world ocean voyage inspired by Charles Darwin, scientists and crew sailed home on a historic vessel into Rotterdam yesterday bearing a warning about climate change—but also a message of hope. The...
Man taken to court for camera on shared path in France
The Connexion
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August 28, 2025
The camera was fixed “high up” and facing a right of way used by the entire neighbourhood msnobody/Shutterstock A man who installed a video surveillance camera overlooking a shared path near his property has been ordered to remove it by the...
Why France must join: Turning the Quintet into a Sextet
The Interpreter
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August 28, 2025
Ben Bland’s recent article, “Why the United Kingdom and the Indo-Pacific Four should form a new Quintet”, makes an articulate case for deeper coordination among resource-constrained democracies. His argument – that the increasingly unilateral...
Fifteen new local projects launched under the Kiwa Initiative to…
IUCN
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The newly awarded projects are spread across ten Pacific Island countries and territories; New Caledonia, Fiji, Kiribati, Palau, Papua New Guinea, French Polynesia, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Vanuatu, and Wallis & Futuna. Together, they reflect...
Ninth Pacific Water and Wastewater Ministers Meeting concludes in Honiara with strong regional commitments
Pacific Community (SPC)
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Ministers to the PWWA Ministers Forum- Photo credit: Solomon Islands Government The Ninth Pacific Water and Wastewater Ministers (PWWM) Meeting concluded yesterday in Honiara, with Ministers from 14 Pacific Island countries and territories...
91,000 Premature Annual Deaths in US Linked to Air Pollution From Oil and Gas As People of Color Bear Brunt
Earth.Org
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August 25, 2025
Researchers looked at data from 2017, the most recent year for which a dataset of emissions is available. Between then and 2023, US oil and gas production has increased by 40% and consumption by 8%. — Tens of thousands of premature deaths in the...