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Female British icons Twiggy and Sadie Frost to light up this year’s Evolution Film Festival in Mallorca
It's lights, camera and action for the 14th Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival on October 21 with the gala opening night at the at the Palau de Congressos, and festival director and founder Sandra Lipski is extremely excited about this...
Owner: Grupo Serra
Why World Leaders Are Descending on ASEAN
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Foreign Policy
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Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Southeast Asia Brief. The highlights this week: ASEAN’s summit makes Kuala Lumpur a geopolitical hub, Laos considers cutting power to crypto miners, a royal baby is announced in Brunei, and scam gangs’ state ties are...
Owner: Donald Graham
Australia and PNG deepen alliance under historic ‘Pukpuk Treaty’
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Pacific News Service
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Australia and Papua New Guinea have reaffirmed their partnership as equal allies, with Ministers from both countries meeting in Canberra Monday for the 31st Australia–Papua New Guinea Ministerial Forum, the first since the signing of the landmark...
Owner: The Pacific Islands News Association Ltd
Pacific activists protest deep sea mining as US-owned exploration vessel docks in Cook Islands
Avarua, Rarotonga, Holding a banner reading “Don’t Mine the Moana” Cook Islands activists confronted an exploration vessel as it returned to Rarotonga port today, peacefully protesting the emerging threat of deep sea mining. Four activists in...
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Pacific activists protest deep sea mining as U.S exploration vessel enters port
Greenpeace Australia Pacific RAROTONGA, Wednesday 22 October 2025 — Cook Islanders holding a banner reading “Don’t Mine the Moana” have confronted an exploration vessel as it returned to Rarotonga port today, protesting the emerging threat of...
Owner: The National Tribune Australia
Myanmar Junta Recaptures Hsipaw, Key N. Shan Town, From TNLA
The Myanmar military regime recaptured Hsipaw, a town on a vital Myanmar-China border trade route, from the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) in northern Shan State on Friday. Hsipaw becomes the third town recaptured by the regime from the...
Owner: Aung Zaw
What do the cheapest tickets cost to see Tame Impala on tour in 2025?
Vivid Seats is the New York Post's official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. Featured pricing is subject to change. Tame Impala will be anything but a...
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PVA strengthens ties with Japan at Tourism Expo 2025 in Aichi
In anticipation of the direct flights from Japan to Palau beginning on October 29, 2025, the Palau Visitors Authority proudly participated in Tourism Expo Japan 2025 in Aichi/Central Japan. The event provided an important platform for Palau to...
Owner: Islandtimes Palau
UN liquidity crisis: analysis of contributions paid by UN Member States by date of payment (2019-2025)
This analysis is regularly updated and serves as complementary information to ISHR’s report ‘Budget Battles at the UN: How States try to Defund Human Rights’ launched on 21 October 2025. Funding the UN’s regular budget The UN’s regular budget...
Owner: International Service for Human Rights Inc (Non-profit)
Defunding human rights: analysis of votes at the Fifth Committee
This analysis is yearly updated and serves as complementary information to ISHR’s report ‘Budget Battles at the UN: How States try to Defund Human Rights’ launched on 21 October 2025. During the adoption of the UN’s proposed budget at the Fifth...
Owner: International Service for Human Rights Inc (Non-profit)
Pacific News In Brief For 15 October
Article – RNZ A round-up of news from around the region, including Palauans divided as Japan lobbies for more fishing grounds. Palau – fisheries Palauans are divided as Japan lobbies for more fishing grounds. A visiting delegation of Okinawan and...
Owner: Thompson Family & Jeremy Rose
A24 Launches A New Live Performance Series With A Set From Tame Impala
The folks at A24 know how to make a movie, so it stands to reason that they’d do a pretty bang-up job at filming musical performances, too. They’re giving it a shot now, alongside their off-Broadway venue Cherry Lane Theatre: Today (October 21),...
Owner: Jarret Myer, Rich Antoniello & will.i.am
ABC Radio Australia photo competition is back!
We're looking for photos that showcase the beauty, diverse cultures, and stunning landscapes of the Pacific Islands. Submit your best photo from wherever you are in the Pacific and each week, our judges panel will be choosing our favourite. Weekly...
Owner: Australian Government
'We're not going anywhere,' United Airlines assures Micronesian officials
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The Guam Daily Post
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One of the key presentations at Tuesday's meeting in Yap of the Pacific Asia Travel Association, or PATA, Micronesia Chapter was by Anthony Falvo, United Airlines senior manager for global network planning and alliances, Pacific route planning....
Owner: Ho S. Eun
US and UK Lead Record Cybercrime Operation in Southeast Asia
Image: Oleksii/Adobe Stock The US and UK have carried out their largest joint action to date targeting cybercriminal networks operating across Southeast Asia. The coordinated measures focus on groups accused of running large-scale online scams...
Owner: Rob Bellenfant
US sanctions three Singaporeans in global fraud takedown tied to Cambodian scam empire
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The Business Times Singapore
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Seventeen entities registered here have also been sanctioned over alleged links to a tycoon accused of human trafficking, crypto fraud [SINGAPORE] In one of the largest financial fraud takedowns in history, three Singaporeans and 17...
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US sanctions 3 Singaporeans in global fraud takedown tied to Cambodian scam empire
SINGAPORE – In one of the largest financial fraud takedowns in history, three Singaporeans and 17 Singapore-registered entities have been sanctioned by the US over their alleged links to Cambodian national Chen Zhi, his affiliates and Prince...
Owner: Ong Beng Seng & Singaporean Government
Showers, slight chance of thunderstorms through the week
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Pacific Daily News
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Residents could expect showers and a slight chance for thunderstorms through the week, though Guam experienced some heavy showers and occasional gusty winds Tuesday night. The National Weather Service said the recent heavy rains and thunderstorms...
Owner: Kaleo Moylan
How mines, bombs and US military plans fuel a monkey island takeover
A lone monkey, about the size of a toddler, leaps from branch to branch above the wreckage of a World War II plane. It looks harmless, but it is one of about 5,000 long-tailed macaque monkeys overrunning Angaur, a remote island just 4 square...
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‘Exquisite timing’: How Albanese, through preparation and some luck, won over Trump
Albanese had tried to meet with Trump for months. The president pulled out of a meeting with Albanese at the G7 in June, at which point Albanese, demonstrating mild panic, suggested a snap trip to a European NATO summit to catch Trump. Loading But...
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