(Guam – Jan. 24, 2018)– The Society for American Military Engineers (SAME) announced today that Mr. Masafumi Yamakawa, Director of the Guam Relocation Project Office, Japan’s Ministry of Defense, is confirmed to speak at the Guam Industry Forum from March 7 to 9, 2018 at the Dusit Thani Guam Resort. Director Yamakawa will provide participants […]
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Fiji to have direct flights from Japan
TOKYO, 25 JANUARY 2018 (KYODO NEWS) — The ever-growing number of Japanese tourists visiting Fiji will have at least six to eight hours knocked off their journey to the Pacific island starting this summer. [restrict] At present, journeys to the republic require a stopover and take around 15 to 17 hours. But from July 3, […]
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‘Don’t worry’: Trump lays out path to citizenship for Dreamers
Washington (AFP) – US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was prepared to back a deal that would provide a pathway to citizenship to America’s so-called “Dreamer” immigrants over a period of 10 to 12 years. The latest approach by the White House suggests a key development in negotiations over some 700,000 immigrants who were […]
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Canadian politician denies misconduct allegations, staff resigns
TORONTO (Reuters) – The leader of the main opposition party in Canada’s Ontario province denied allegations of sexual misconduct that broadcaster CTV News reported were made by two women, prompting several staff members to resign. “These allegations are false, categorically untrue – every one of them,” Progressive Conservative party leader Patrick Brown said at a […]
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U.S. aircraft carrier to visit Vietnam in post-war first
HANOI (Reuters) – In a post-war first, the United States is poised to send an aircraft carrier to Vietnam in March, officials of both sides said on Thursday, dramatic evidence of deepening military ties between them, more than four decades after the Vietnam War. The announcement came during a two-day visit to Hanoi by U.S. […]
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China no longer wants your trash. Here’s why that’s potentially disastrous
On Jan. 1, China made good on its promise to close its borders to several types of imported waste. By the next day, panic had already taken hold in countries across Europe and North America as trash began piling up by the ton, with no one having a clue where to now dispose of it […]