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Six great reads: a medical mystery, when Tonga went offline and Muhammad Ali’s biggest Thrilla
1. As my daughter got sicker and sicker, our quest for answers dragged on. How did we all miss the bacteria taking over her body? ‘It’s difficult to think of the future right now’: Milly with family dog Betty. Composite: The Guardian / Guardian...
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The Pacific Tourism Organisation Hosts Two-Week Research Training for PNGTPA to Strengthen Tourism Data Capacity
From 16 to 30 September 2025, the Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) hosted a two-week research training program for the Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority (PNGTPA), aimed at strengthening PNGTPA’s capacity to manage and deliver...
Joint Communique – South Pacific Defence Ministers’ Meeting
Department of Defence Defence Ministers or their representatives from Australia, Chile, Fiji, France, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Tonga gathered in Viña del Mar for the 10th South Pacific Defence Ministers’ Meeting (SPDMM) from 22 to 24...
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Earth Is Getting Darker, Literally, and Scientists Are Trying To Find Out Why
🌘 Subscribe to 404 Media to get The Abstract, our newsletter about the most exciting and mind-boggling science news and studies of the week. It’s not the vibes; Earth is literally getting darker. Scientists have discovered that our planet has been...
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The MFTs wreak havoc on SmackDown as WWE veteran questions the absence of popular faction (Exclusive)
The MFTs wreaked havoc on the blue brand once again. Former WWE head writer Vince Russo recently reviewed the action on SmackDown and noticed a popular tag team's absence from the proceedings this week. The team in question is The Wyatt Sicks. MFT...
Owner: Nitish Mittersain
The Pacific Humanitarian Warehousing Program (PHWP) Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) Journey: What are we doing differently?
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The Pacific Humanitarian Warehousing Program (PHWP), being implemented across 15 participating countries1, provided a rare opportunity to reimagine how MERL can meaningfully contribute to ensuring sovereign warehouse storage and response...
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Telecommunications levy shows stable market with emerging players
In this edition: ComCom releases 2024-25 TDL contributions table Product disclosure guidelines TCF starts multilingual 3G shutdown campaign Infratil buys more of Contact Energy Top four telcos continue to dominate The Commerce Commission has...
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Celebrating Tongan Art Through a Traditional Lens
Soana Aholelei | Reporter / Director A new Tongan art book, Sio FakaTonga ‘ae ‘Aati FakaTonga Faivā, Tufunga & Nimamea‘a FakaTonga, has launched after 13 years of research and collaboration. Featuring 41 artists including collectives and late...
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New technical block opens at Tonga College ‘Atele
Tonga College ‘Atele has officially opened its renovated Technical Building in a ceremony last month. The upgraded facility was completed under the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Partnership mission, highlighting enduring Tonga–US ties. The ribbon-cutting...
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New in-country testing advances breast cancer care in Samoa and Tonga
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The Pacific Community (SPC) is enhancing breast cancer diagnosis and management in the Pacific Islands, where it stands as the most common cancer affecting women. Through a vital new laboratory strengthening initiative, Samoa and Tonga are now...
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Letters to the Editor | October 25, 2025
Deputy PMs – RAJEND NAIDU SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA PM assumes role: ‘We can run without one deputy prime minister‘ (FT 24/10). Actually many Fijians believe the Rabuka government still has one extra deputy prime minister unnecessarily burdening the...
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Sharks head for New Zealand to enjoy our summer: Researcher Dr Riley Elliott explains why they come
“There’s this perception that sharks are invading because there’s warmer waters, but it’s not. It’s purely a seasonal movement from deep ocean water into the coastal shallows for food and for pupping.” Shallow coastal waters are a nursery ground...
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WWE SmackDown Results: Top champ wiped out; Superstar saved by wife (10/24/2025)
Cody Rhodes ran into Jimmy Uso before WWE SmackDown, and Uso thanked him for standing up for Jacob Fatu last week. Cody asked about Jey, and when Jimmy asked for advice, he said that the Usos should do what is best for each of them. Rhodes made...
Owner: Nitish Mittersain
Life Sciences Cloud Content Migration: Separating Fact from Fiction
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Saturday’s TV/Radio listings (Oct. 25)
See Saturday’s TV/radio listings below: EVENT TIME TV MLB World Series LA Dodgers at Toronto 7:00 Ch. 4 NBA Oklahoma City at Atlanta 6:30 NBA NCAA football UCLA at Indiana 11 am Ch. 4 Virginia at North Carolina 11 am ACC SMU at Wake Forest 11 am...
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England face Ashes mountain but international rugby league set for long-awaited shot in the arm
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
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Queen Elizabeth II’s 2007 Range Rover estimated to go for up to £60k at auction
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
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A call for justice and survival – ambitious blueprint launches for climate and health action across the Western Pacific
Jason Staines writes: When health ministers from across Asia and the Pacific gathered in Nadi this week, the message from the World Health Organization was that climate change has become the region’s defining health emergency. Launched in Fiji,...
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In the depths of the ocean, a new contest between the US and China emerges
Deep below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, the seafloor is dotted with clusters of brown and black rocks, each containing valuable metals. The rocks, known as polymetallic nodules, hold reserves of critical minerals that could be used to power...
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