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Spring flight prices are dropping: Here’s where to book your next big adventure
The Manual - Oregon
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April 28, 2025
Spring is the perfect time to book your next getaway, with flight prices dropping in key destinations around the world. Kayak’s annual Spring Savings Report highlights the best places to save on air travel, and the results might surprise you. For...
Islands are Solutions: the Case for Island-Ocean Coalitions
Inter Press Service
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May 26, 2025
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation, Environment, Featured, Food and Agriculture, Global, Headlines, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile in the Juan Fernandez...
Progress and frustration mark the UN’s third Ocean Conference
Canada's National Observer
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June 25, 2025
This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration Delegates from around the world convened in Nice, France, last week to discuss a range of ocean priorities, including the implementation of a...
This Bora Bora resort has overwater bungalows with plunge pools, hilltop spa and private island
AOL
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Courtesy of Conrad Bora Bora Nui Aerial view of the Conrad Bora Bora Nui. Conrad Bora Bora Nui The resort is located on a secluded island in the Bora Bora lagoon, and its guests have exclusive access to a picture-perfect palm-fringed private...
Education Ministry receives an increase in budget allocation
Islands Business
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June 30, 2025
“We want to resolve this now, and that is why I am committed to dialogue.” That’s Emmanuel Tjibaou, president of the independence party Union Calédonienne (UC) and one of New Caledonia’s deputies in the French National Assembly. On Wednesday this...
Pacific Islands Countries Push For Action at UN Ocean Conference
The Diplomat
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June 20, 2025
Last week, more than 60 world leaders convened in Nice, France, for the third – and the most-attended – United Nations Ocean Conference. There was cause for celebration: during the week-long conference, 19 countries ratified the Agreement on...
What sharks are worth—and why that matters
Mongabay
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June 25, 2025
Stefanie Brendl, founder of Shark Allies, transitioned from shark tourism to advocacy after a pivotal free-diving encounter with a tiger shark, leading her to champion the world’s first shark fin trade ban in Hawaii. Her legislative work has since...
21 Best Documentaries on Apple TV+ (April 2025)
The Cinemaholic
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April 26, 2025
In the vast landscape of cinematic storytelling, while fictional narratives whisk us away to fantastical realms and captivating tales, documentaries anchor us with the weight of truth, raw and unfiltered. They bridge reality’s intricacies and our...
Finafinau represents Am Samoa at 3rd U.N. Ocean Conference
Samoa News
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June 25, 2025
Nice, FRANCE — From June 2- 13, 2025, the city of Nice, France, hosted the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), a global summit dedicated to the sustainable management and protection of the world’s oceans. Representing American Samoa,...
The John Ford movie that John Wayne admitted he’d been miscast in: “I felt awkward”
Far Out Magazine
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June 29, 2025
(Credits: Far Out / Paramount Pictures) John Wayne always exuded confidence. It was part of his schtick. Any hint of uncertainty and all that messianic swaggering would have come crashing down. Many of his co-stars said that he was equally at ease...
The 19 best IHG hotels in the world
The Points Guy
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June 16, 2025
With over 6,600 hotels across more than 100 countries — close to a million rooms in all — and a robust pipeline of more than 2,200 properties in development, IHG Hotels & Resorts has a worldwide presence and continues its rapid pace of global...
What these Tahitian women want you to know about France's nuclear testing
Hawaii Public Radio
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June 16, 2025
Although France conducted nearly 200 nuclear tests in the South Pacific during the 20th century, few Tahitians have received compensation to this day. That's unlike the Marshall Islands, which has a treaty with the United States that allows...
Why the UN Ocean Conference 2025 Was Make-or-Break for Marine Protected Areas
The National Interest - Washington D.C.
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June 24, 2025
The 2025 UN Ocean Conference put Marine Protected Areas at the heart of global ocean action, but global progress hinges on whether the United States steps up to lead. From June 9–13, Nice, France, hosted the third United Nations Ocean Conference,...
PACIFIC JOURNOS MEET CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL, PRAISE CHINA
Solomon Star
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June 29, 2025
Beijing, China – SIX Pacific Islands journalists met with the Director of the Pacific Island Division, Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs of the Chinese Ministry on Foreign Affairs, Gu Xinqiang in Beijing and exchanged views within...
A drop in the ocean? Pacific nations tap local know-how for marine conservation
South China Morning Post
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June 27, 2025
Pacific island nations are racing to enhance marine conservation, establishing sweeping “no-take” zones and pledging to sustainably manage vast swathes of their territorial waters despite facing limited resources and geopolitical pressure. Among...
Our voyage to Statehood, 60 years on: understanding the nature and practice of free-association as we reflect on our development journey
Cook Island News
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June 28, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Brown. SUPPLIED. This year, the Cook Islands marks 60 years of self-governance, an historic milestone in our voyage to statehood, by Mark Brown, Prime Minister of the Cook Islands. In 1965, our people chose to shape our own...
Conference Counsel: Temples, missionaries, education part of hastening
Daily Herald - Utah
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Photo supplied, Intellectual Reserve Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles provides words of inspiration during the Saturday morning session of general conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on April 5, 2025....
Te Ipukarea Society: Te Reo O Te Moana – The voice of the ocean
Cook Island News
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April 12, 2025
President of French Polynesia, Moetai Brotherson, signing the Call to Action for the protection of the ocean, while Hawaiian elder Solomon Pili Kaho’ohalahala looks on. TIS/25041183 Te Ipukarea Society was recently invited to French Polynesia to...
F-22 on a Carrier? The Wildest Fighter Jets the Navy Almost Built
19FortyFive
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April 20, 2025
Summary and Key Points: Throughout history, the U.S. Navy has explored landing unexpected aircraft on aircraft carriers, including the massive C-130 Hercules and even the U-2 Dragon Lady spy plane. -Some legendary fighters also had naval...
The St. Regis Bora Bora Resort Unveils Romantic Escape For Valentine’s Day
Salon Prive Magazine
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February 2, 2025
A Paradise of Romance in French Polynesia Renowned as one of the world’s most prestigious luxury destinations, The St. Regis Bora Bora Resort has introduced its exclusive Dazzling Romance Escape, a lavish getaway designed for couples seeking an...