By: Delaine Termeteet, Nalani Marquez, Kyra Iskawa, Roger Santos & Ethan Alfonso (Palau High School participants in the Palau Media Council’s Nurturing Future Journalists Project, funded by the Republic of China-Taiwan’s small grant program) KOROR, PALAU – Amidst rising concerns about the erosion of Palauan culture, the country’s youth are taking a proactive stance to […]
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2023 OCTF International Workshop on Human Rights in the Digital Age in Taipei, Taiwan
On November 15 to 18, 2024, an international workshop on protecting human rights in the digital age was held at Marriot Hotel in Taipei City in Taiwan. The three-day training started on Tuesday and ended on Thursday but we were grateful that we flew in on Saturday, November 11, 2023 so we had two days […]
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“The Climate Change Conference is an opportunity – if we all play our part”
Translation A farmer in the Niger whose fields have dried up due to the heat. A father in Palau who does not know whether his house will still be standing when his children are grown up – or whether the rising sea levels will swallow up his village. Mayors in Spain, Germany or Lithuania who […]
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New Zealand leader plans to ban cellphone use in schools and end tobacco controls in first 100 days
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s new prime minister plans to ban cellphone use in schools and repeal tobacco controls in the ambitious agenda he released Wednesday for his first 100 days in office. Christopher Luxon outlined 49 actions he said his conservative government intended to take over the […]
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Most sponsors of Cop28 have not signed up to UN-backed net zero targets
DUBAI (THE GUARDIAN) — Most companies sponsoring the UN climate talks in Dubai are not committed to cutting their greenhouse gas emissions in line with globally recognised net zero targets, it has been revealed. Only one of the more than 20 sponsors of Cop28 has signed up to UN-backed net zero science-based targets, (SBTi), according […]
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Japan suspends its own Osprey flights after a fatal US Air Force crash of the aircraft
By MARI YAMAGUCHI and TARA COPP Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan suspended its own Osprey flights Thursday after a U.S. Air Force Osprey based in Japan crashed into the sea during a training mission, officials said. Tokyo has also asked the U.S. military to stop all Ospreys operating in Japan except for those searching […]