GENEVA,14 NOVEMBER 2019 (UN NEWS CENTRE) —Overly expensive insulin could be a thing of the past – and life-changing news – for millions of diabetics under a plan launched by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday to diversify production globally, just ahead of World Diabetes Day. Announcing the initiative in Geneva, the UN agency […]
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How the U.S. betrayed the Marshall Islands, kindling the next nuclear disaster
MAJURO, 11 NOVEMBER 2019 — Five thousand miles west of Los Angeles and 500 miles north of the equator, on a far-flung spit of white coral sand in the central Pacific, a massive, aging and weathered concrete dome bobs up and down with the tide. The Runit Dome holds more than 3.1 million cubic feet […]
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IN FOCUS: Is Blockchain a good bet for development?
MANILA, 11 NOVEMBER 2019 (ADB) — Cryptocurrency, initial coin offerings, and crypto exchanges are often perceived as a hotbed for fraudsters, money launderers and other unsavoury characters. There is certainly truth to that. Formal regulatory frameworks are evolving to address this. Others question the real need for block chain’s special feature of delivering a trustworthy […]
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Rugby league’s Pacific revolution goes global after Tongan triumph
SYDNEY, 06 NOVEMBER 2019 (THE GUARDIAN/PACNEWS)–As Australia worked through the seven stages of grief (with heavy doses of anger and denial) following Saturday’s defeat at Eden Park, Tonga experienced rugby league deliverance – a seminal, life-changing moment of shared hope in which the giant killing team had for the first time defeated Tier 1 heavyweights […]
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Manus, Maseratis and corruption: Peter O’Neill on eight years leading Papua New Guinea
SYDNEY, 07 NOVEMBER 2019 (THE GUARDIAN/PACNEWS)—For a former prime minister with a warrant out for his arrest and allegations of official corruption hanging over his head, Peter O’Neill is quite calm. But his breakfast order of sunny side up eggs goes cold as he responds to questions about those accusations, his leadership legacy – and […]
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Under representation of Women in Pacific Parliaments a critical issue
BRISBANE, 06 NOVEMBER 2019 (UNDP)—While women make up 50 percent of global population, they are still not able to take up their rightful place in national parliaments across the region to review and vote on national laws, development priorities and budget allocations. More than 40 participants from 14 Pacific island countries and territories as well […]