SYDNEY, 26 JULY 2019 (AAP) — The most senior defence and foreign affairs figures in the United States are coming to Australia for ministerial talks. U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defence Secretary Mark Esper will meet their Australian counterparts in Sydney on 04 August. Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne and Defence Minister Linda […]
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US: FSM, Marshalls likely to have money droughts post-2023
MAJURO, 29 JULY 2019 (MARIANAS VARIETY) —- The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has confirmed what it and numerous others have reported earlier – both the Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia are likely to have years when there is little or no money from their Compact Trust Funds to distribute after Compact grant […]
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Titanic explorer to search for Amelia Earhart’s plane
PARIS, 26 JULY 2019 (AFP VIA PACNEWS) — Robert Ballard, the underwater explorer who found the Titanic, has a new quest — searching for the plane of famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart, who disappeared over the Pacific in 1937. National Geographic said Ballard plans to leave from Samoa on 07 August to carry out the hunt […]
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Palau leads in ocean conservation
NEW YORK, 18 JULY 2019 (ISLANDS BUSINESS) — With the world racing to meet the 17 sustainable development goals (SDG) of the United Nations by 2030, Palau has told the UN membership it has achieved seven development goals so far. Reporting on the progress of its pursuit of the SDGs at this week’s High Level […]
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Call for U.S to do more to address nuclear legacy in Marshall Islands
AUCKLAND,17 JULY 2019 (RNZ PACIFIC) — There is a call for the United States to do more to help the Marshall Islands, where it conducted nuclear weapons tests more than 60 years ago. A large-scale investigation has found extremely high levels of radiation still persist in much of the country’s north. The research from the […]
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45 vehicles used during APEC still missing
PORT MORESBY, 15 JULY 2019 (THE NATIONAL) — The Papua New Guinea Government is looking for 45 vehicles used during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Summit in November which have not been returned to the Finance Department. Finance Secretary Dr Ken Ngangan said some of the missing vehicles could still be with government departments […]