A Letter to the President

Dear Editor, Mr. President, you spoke at a news conference before the nation and told us the deportees are not criminals. That their only crime was being in the United States illegally. But if that is true, if they are not criminals, then why...

Dr. Sylvia Earle Among Attendees At IUCN World Congress

“Her Deepness” Dr. Sylvia Earle is one of many ocean advocates attending the IUCN World Conservation Congress in the United Arab Emirates this week. The opening ceremony featured Earle as well as other global conservation leaders including...

Growth in the Pacific to accelerate to 4.1 percent in 2025,...

Economic growth in the Pacific is projected to accelerate to 4.1 percent in 2025 and moderate to 3.4 percent in 2026, according to the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) September 2025, the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) flagship economic...

Pacific News In Brief For 16 October

Article – RNZ A round-up of news from around the region, including 32 political parties in PNG put on notice by the Integrity of Political Parties and Candidates Commission. Papua New Guinea – notice Thirty-two political parties in Papua New...

Myanmar Military News Updates – Oct 17, 2025 Morning

Myanmar Military News Updates – Oct 17, 2025 Morning 🚩🚩 1. Resistance Forces Ambushed Military Column in Letpandan, Killing 15 Junta Soldiers and Seizing Weapons and Ammunition October 16, Radio NUG The Ministry of Defense of the National Unity...

DOJ seizes $15 billion bitcoin in SE Asia crypto scam bust

OFAC has designated the Prince Group TCO and 146 associated targets for operating massive “pig butchering” scam operations, including individual Chen Zhi. The network’s crypto operations include bitcoin mining through Warp Data Technology and the...

Pacific Islands News Roundup – October 10 – 16, 2025

Editor’s Note: We are undergoing a web host migration process and may need to make necessary modifications to our format and frequency over the next several weeks. Thank you in advance for your understanding. Political Leadership and Regionalism,...

US, UK Tackle Pig Butchering Scams Emanating from Cambodia

October 16, 2025 @ 4:41 pm By JD Alois The US Department of the Treasury and the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) have jointly taken action to address a pig butchering operation in Cambodia. The online affinity scams...

GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN LIKELY WITH CURRENT OEK STANDOFF

Palau faces a likely government shutdown on Oct. 1 after the House of Delegates amended the Senate’s stopgap budget bill by inserting its full FY 2026 budget. The Senate had passed a temporary measure to continue spending at 2025 levels for six...

Tame Impala Goes Acoustic For An Intimate New Tiny Desk Concert

Given that Tame Impala’s new album Deadbeat, which is out today, has Kevin Parker exploring more of an electronic-inspired territory, it might not seem like the best project to get the acoustic treatment. It actually works out nicely, though, as...

10 visa-free destinations to travel to this Diwali break

Diwali is just around the corner, and with the long weekend beckoning, it is the perfect time to trade diyas and fireworks for sunsets and new horizons. If you’ve been craving a break without the visa hassle, this season has you covered. From the...

Visa-free destinations for Pakistani nationals in 2025

Pakistani passport has fallen several places in latest Henley Passport Index, now ranking 103rd globally The Pakistani passport has slipped in global rankings, but citizens can still travel visa-free to more than 30 destinations across the world,...

Local Projects In Texas Preserve Climate Change Initiatives

This article was originally published by Deceleration, a journal of environmental justice. Standing before the United Nations last week, U.S. President Donald Trump unleashed long-held animosity for the body dating back decades to when his company...

Zambales honors local legislators

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The provincial government of Zambales recognized the contribution of local legislators who formulated laws and ordinances that uplift the lives of Zambaleños. Initiated by Zambales Gov. Hermogenes Ebdane Jr., the 2025 Zambales...

Top visa-free destinations for Indians: Updated list

Angola Barbados Bhutan Bolivia British Virgin Islands Burundi Cambodia Cape Verde Islands Comoro Islands Cook Islands Djibouti Dominica Ethiopia Fiji Grenada Guinea-Bissau Haiti Indonesia Iran Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Laos Macao...

The Esquerra rift: the book about the Junqueras-Rovira split

BarcelonaAfter October 1, the independence movement entered a phase of disorientation and strategic revision. This was also true for the Left. Repression hit the party hard, forcing it to reposition its internal components and design a new...

Momentum builds for strong adaptation outcome at COP30  

While government delegations and civil society representatives at the pre-COP in Brasilia this week had hoped for bigger advances on key topics, one stood out as winning broad backing for a leap forward at next month’s UN climate summit:...

Tame Impala responds to claims he’s gone “commercial” with new music to “make money”

Tame Impala has responded to critics claiming he’s gone “commercial” with his new music to “make money”. The Australian multi-instrumentalist, also known as Kevin Parker, is dropping his fifth studio album ‘Deadbeat’ tomorrow (October 17) – and...

A mega-concert and a football match: the pro-Palestinian protests Barcelona will host

BarcelonaBarcelona will be the starting point for the ActxPalestine campaign, a call to guarantee humanitarian aid, the reconstruction of Gaza, and an end to Israeli impunity, promoted by leading Palestinian organizations, including the...

Mapped: Life Expectancy Around the World in 2025

See more visualizations like this on the Voronoi app. Use This Visualization Mapped: Life Expectancy Around the World (2025) This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible...