YAREN, 05 OCTOBER 2017 (THE AUSTRALIAN) — Nauru needs to find alternative sources of income as its receipts from processing asylum-seekers for Australia and its traditional phosphate exports wind down, the World Bank warns. [restrict] The bank’s latest review of Asia-Pacific economies predicts that Nauru will face recession over the next financial year. “Growth remains […]
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Pacific Immigration officials explore labor mobility in the Region
Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Suva (September 04, 2017) – Immigration officials from across the Pacific are meeting this week to discuss how their agencies can support labour mobility efforts to contribute to development and regionalism. Topics covered include the Australia and New Zealand seasonal worker schemes and the role of trade agreements in supporting labour […]
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Ban Trump from Twitter? Debate erupts anew online
WASHINGTON — Banning Donald Trump from Twitter, a proposal first advanced by two prominent female Silicon Valley executives, was an idea whose time had not yet come on Inauguration Day, when they addressed the issue in an open letter to Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s co-founder and CEO. But as the president’s tweets have grown increasingly belligerent […]
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The Philippines Is Destroying the City of Marawi to Save It From ISIS
The city is being destroyed in order to save it from a group affiliated with the so-called Islamic State. The U.S. advisers reported there in June are nowhere to be seen. MARAWI, Philippines—After pulling out of the battle zone, the convoy of armored vehicles lumbered past smashed-up shop fronts and shot-up facades on its way […]
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The Latest: Ishiguro thought Nobel Prize was ‘fake news’
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Latest on the awarding of the Nobel Prize for Literature (all times local): 4:25 p.m. Nobel literature laureate Kazuo Ishiguro first suspected he was the victim of “fake news” when he was told by his agent that he had been awarded the prize. [restrict] “I thought it was a hoax,” Ishiguro […]
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Thousands queue to pay last respects to Thailand’s late King Bhumibol
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Almost 12 million people, or almost one sixth of Thailand’s population, have visited the glittering Grand Palace in Bangkok to pay their respects to the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej since he died last October, the palace said on Thursday. [restrict] Thousands lined the streets of Bangkok’s historic area near the Chao Phraya […]