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Strategic Minerals and the False Promise of Seabed Mining
By Drake Long On April 29, a small seabed mining enterprise known as The Metals Company (TMC) formally submitted an application to NOAA to commence commercial-scale mining in an area of the ocean known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. This followed...
Owner: The Center for International Maritime Security (Non-profit)
Zelenskyy says he will nominate Trump for Nobel peace prize if he secures Ukraine ceasefire
Zelenskyy says he will nominate Trump for peace prize if he secures Ukraine ceasefireThe Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, floated the idea of nominating the US president, Donald Trump, for the Nobel peace prize in a briefing to reporters,...
Owner: The Scott Trust
Zelenskyy says he will nominate Trump for Nobel peace prize if he secures Ukraine ceasefire – as it happened
Zelenskyy says he will nominate Trump for peace prize if he secures Ukraine ceasefireThe Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, floated the idea of nominating the US president, Donald Trump, for the Nobel peace prize in a briefing to reporters,...
Owner: The Scott Trust
Rhyse Martin shares Papua New Guinean pride following Super League Grand Final triumph
Hull KR star Rhyse Martin says he hopes his role in their maiden Super League Grand Final triumph can be utilised as inspiration by the aspiring rugby league stars of Papua New Guinea. Queensland-born Martin has represented the Kumuls since 2014...
Owner: Simon P. W. Glazebrook, Timothy & Desere Orrill-Legg
Tanker Fight Against Baltic Undersea Cables Reached Its Anticlimactic Ending
Eagle S is suspected of consciously causing damage to an important power cable between Finland and Estonia. Image credit: Htm via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) The 183-meter-long oil tanker Eagle S, suspected of belonging to the Russian shadow fleet,...
Owner: Petar Gramatikov
Confirmed team lists for Pacific Championships Week 1
The NRL season might be done and dusted, but there's still plenty of rugby league to enjoy this year with the Pacific Championships getting underway this weekend. New Zealand will kick off their campaign on home soil as they take on Samoa in a...
Owner: Paul Stewart
Iranian Oil Exports to China Come Under Renewed Pressure
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The Maritime Executive
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Iranian oil exports to China, which over the previous three months averaged 1.52m bpd, fell to 1.4m bpd in September. From January to August, the average monthly figure was 1.45m bpd, so the figure for September shows a fall below this average,...
Owner: Anthony Munoz
How to watch Rinderknech vs Vacherot: live stream Shanghai Masters final 2025 online, start time, what TV channel?
Watch Shanghai Masters 2025 live streams, as Arthur Rinderknech takes on Valentin Vacherot in a blockbuster cousin vs cousin final on Sunday, October 12. They're due on Stadium Court not before 4.30pm BST / 11.45am ET. If you put money on...
Owner: Future PLC
Subsea infrastructure needs Unclos protection from attack by ships
IN 1847, a young German engineer by the name of Carl Wilhelm Siemens wondered if telegraph cables would work even when submerged. He hooked up a gutta percha-insulated link under the Rhine, connecting Deutz and Cologne, and secured proof of...
Owner: Montagu Private Equity
A Pacific reflection on Women, Peace and Security
This year marks 25 years since the adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (WPS), a global commitment to elevate women’s voices in peacebuilding, conflict prevention and recovery. For the Pacific,...
Owner: Australian Government
Finland’s trial of men charged over Baltic Sea cable damage hits choppy waters
The trial in Finland of three senior officers of the Eagle S, a Russian-linked oil tanker that damaged multiple cables in the Baltic Sea last December, has been halted due to a court challenging Finland’s jurisdiction over the case. On Thursday,...
Owner: Christopher Ahlberg & Staffan Truvé
Father of teen cyclist Fyfa Dawson killed in crash says ‘restorative justice’ brought closure
His daughter, Fyfa Dawson, was cycling through a temporary traffic management site on Springs Rd during construction of the Christchurch motorway in October 2019 when the truck turned left in front of her. The 19-year-old was killed instantly. The...
Owner: New Zealand Media & Entertainment (NZME)
Finnish prosecutor to appeal Eagle S case dismissal
A Finnish lower court ruled it lacks jurisdiction over the Eagle S tanker suspected of damaging an undersea cable; the prosecutor is appealing. A lower court decided not to proceed with charges alleging that the tanker Eagle S caused multiple...
Owner: Estonian Government
Super League plans revealed
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The National
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PAPUA New Guinea Kumuls head coach Jason Demetriou has unveiled plans to bring some of the country’s top rugby league talent with him to the Super League next season, aligning with his long-term vision to prepare PNG for the 2026 Rugby League...
Owner: Tiong Hiew King
On Road to Belem, Pacific countries raise their voice on 1.5…
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Pacific News Service
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Pacific countries at the forefront of the climate crisis, described as a “ticking time bomb”, have vowed that their One Pacific Voice on keeping 1.5 alive, is heard loud and clear at the Thirtieth Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework...
Owner: The Pacific Islands News Association Ltd
Why loss and damage matter in the Pacific
For many Pacific Island nations, climate change isn’t a distant threat or an abstract statistic – it’s an everyday reality reshaping homes, traditions, and futures. Rising sea levels, coastal erosion, increasing temperatures and severe weather...
Owner: Mark Jennings & Tim Murphy
New Travel Guide for American Samoa Marks Major Leap for Tourism
160+ In-Depth Articles Now Live on AmericanSamoaPocketGuide.com, Providing the Ultimate Encyclopedia for Traveling in American Samoa The tourism industry in American Samoa has taken a leap forward with the launch of American Samoa Pocket Guide,...
Owner: Pacific Tourism Organisation
Pacific Islands Forum’s exclusion of great powers and its consequences
Pacific island leaders gather in Honiara, Solomon Islands for the 54th Pacific Islands Forum Leadership Meeting in September. Photo courtesy of the FSM government These Islands By Robert Underwood In the prelude to the September 2025 Pacific...
Owner: Mar-Vic Cagurangan (Editor & Publisher)
Christmas travel swaps to help you escape the crowds
Posted on 7 October, 2025 Okay, so Christmas is less than three months away. Let me guess: in your mind, you’re sitting somewhere between joy for a week or two off and dread at the domestic drudgery masked in a thin veil of Christmas spirit. If...
Owner: Amanda Whitley
New Travel Guide for American Samoa marks major leap for local Tourism
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The tourism industry in American Samoa has taken a leap forward with the launch of the American Samoa Pocket Guide, a comprehensive online travel guide created for the U.S. territory. With more than 160 articles...
Owner: Annesley Family