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First Regional Conference on Pacific Ecological Security Maps a Way Forward to Address Invasive Species

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Published On :: Thu, 13 Oct 2022 01:10:02 +0000

First Regional Conference on Pacific Ecological Security Maps a Way Forward to Address Invasive Species

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Sen. Schatz: US Needs to ‘Step Up’ Pacific Islands Engagement

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Published On :: Wed, 25 Aug 2021 00:56:33 +0000

Sen. Schatz: US Needs to ‘Step Up’ Pacific Islands Engagement

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East-West Center Co-Hosts First Pacific Ecological Security Conference in Palau

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Published On :: Fri, 07 Oct 2022 18:52:28 +0000

East-West Center Co-Hosts First Pacific Ecological Security Conference in Palau

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East-West Center Honors Journalists of Courage and Impact at International Media Conference

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Published On :: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 01:11:23 +0000

East-West Center Honors Journalists of Courage and Impact at International Media Conference

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East-West Center Hosts Inaugural Indo-Pacific Transboundary Rivers Conference Featuring Assistant Secretary Stilwell

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Published On :: Fri, 23 Oct 2020 21:05:26 +0000

East-West Center Hosts Inaugural Indo-Pacific Transboundary Rivers Conference Featuring Assistant Secretary Stilwell

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East-West Center Receives NOAA Funding to Support International Adaptation to Climate Change in the Pacific

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Published On :: Wed, 02 Sep 2020 20:08:51 +0000

East-West Center Receives NOAA Funding to Support International Adaptation to Climate Change in the Pacific

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Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders Opens

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Published On :: Fri, 07 Oct 2022 18:00:07 +0000

Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders Opens

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Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders Meets Virtually

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Published On :: Tue, 01 Jun 2021 02:31:26 +0000

Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders Meets Virtually

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East-West Center Launches Pacific Islands Matter for America/America Matters for the Pacific Islands Publication and Website

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Published On :: Tue, 08 Mar 2022 23:51:46 +0000

East-West Center Launches Pacific Islands Matter for America/America Matters for the Pacific Islands Publication and Website

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Former Governor George Ariyoshi Honored for Pacific Statecraft

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Published On :: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 20:43:45 +0000

Former Governor George Ariyoshi Honored for Pacific Statecraft

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China’s first commercial space launch site is ready for operations in Hainan

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Published On :: Sat, 06 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0800

CHINA’S first commercial spacecraft launch site is ready for operations in south China’s Hainan Province, having completed a rocket launch simulation rehearsal using its two launch pads. According to

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The Full Impact of the Resurrection (Selected Scriptures)

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Published On :: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 00:00:00

Check here each week to keep up with the latest from John MacArthur's pulpit at Grace Community Church.

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Panel: Compound Climate Threats Increase Need for Regional Cooperation in the Pacific

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Published On :: Thu, 08 Apr 2021 00:23:46 +0000

Panel: Compound Climate Threats Increase Need for Regional Cooperation in the Pacific Panel: Compound Climate Threats Increase Need for Regional Cooperation in the Pacific

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China’s Strategic Motivations in the Indo-Pacific and Implications for US-China Competition

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Published On :: Thu, 16 Jul 2020 23:12:13 +0000

China’s Strategic Motivations in the Indo-Pacific and Implications for US-China Competition China’s Strategic Motivations in the Indo-Pacific and Implications for US-China Competition

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Experts Weigh In on Pacific Islands Regional Rift at EWC Virtual Workshop

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Published On :: Tue, 06 Apr 2021 03:24:00 +0000

Experts Weigh In on Pacific Islands Regional Rift at EWC Virtual Workshop Experts Weigh In on Pacific Islands Regional Rift at EWC Virtual Workshop

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Panelists See Long Pandemic Recovery in the Pacific, Urge Attention to Community Voices

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Published On :: Thu, 08 Apr 2021 00:00:20 +0000

Panelists See Long Pandemic Recovery in the Pacific, Urge Attention to Community Voices Panelists See Long Pandemic Recovery in the Pacific, Urge Attention to Community Voices

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Could New Underwater Territorial Claims in the North Pacific and Arctic Finally Prompt the US to Adopt the UN Convention on Law of the Sea?

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Published On :: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 03:44:54 +0000

Could New Underwater Territorial Claims in the North Pacific and Arctic Finally Prompt the US to Adopt the UN Convention on Law of the Sea? Could New Underwater Territorial Claims in the North Pacific and Arctic Finally Prompt the US to Adopt the UN Convention on Law of the Sea?

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A “Golden Era” for Mining in the Pacific Ocean? Perhaps Not Just Yet

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Published On :: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 21:38:13 +0000

A “Golden Era” for Mining in the Pacific Ocean? Perhaps Not Just Yet

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Apr 6, 2018

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North Pacific Scientists, Policymakers Focus on the Arctic

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Published On :: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 21:32:18 +0000

North Pacific Scientists, Policymakers Focus on the Arctic

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The Economic Impact of Population Aging: How Should Policymakers Respond?

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Published On :: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 02:02:04 +0000

The Economic Impact of Population Aging: How Should Policymakers Respond?

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Strengthening US Relations with ASEAN: A Critical Element of the US Indo-Pacific Strategy

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Published On :: Thu, 03 Oct 2019 22:13:05 +0000

Strengthening US Relations with ASEAN: A Critical Element of the US Indo-Pacific Strategy

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China Is Not Conducting Debt Trap Diplomacy in the Pacific—At Least Not Yet

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Published On :: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 21:57:38 +0000

China Is Not Conducting Debt Trap Diplomacy in the Pacific—At Least Not Yet

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Impact of COVID-19 on Rice Farmers in Southeast Asia

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Published On :: Fri, 03 Jul 2020 05:53:07 +0000

Impact of COVID-19 on Rice Farmers in Southeast Asia

Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 07/02/2020 - 19:53

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The Fierce Urgency of Now – Engaging Pacific Islander Communities in Hawai‘i to Contain COVID-19

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Published On :: Wed, 19 Aug 2020 20:23:54 +0000

The Fierce Urgency of Now – Engaging Pacific Islander Communities in Hawai‘i to Contain COVID-19

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Mobilizing the Pacific Diaspora: A Key Component of Disaster Resilience

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Published On :: Thu, 03 Sep 2020 20:59:22 +0000

Mobilizing the Pacific Diaspora: A Key Component of Disaster Resilience

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The Impact of AI on Nuclear Deterrence: China, Russia, and the United States

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Published On :: Sat, 11 Apr 2020 02:47:58 +0000

The Impact of AI on Nuclear Deterrence: China, Russia, and the United States

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Micronesian leaders unified on having an equal voice to other Pacific countries

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Published On :: Tue, 27 Oct 2020 00:25:00 +0000

Micronesian leaders unified on having an equal voice to other Pacific countries

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Art and Activism: Writing the Pacific Experience

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Published On :: Mon, 24 May 2021 20:29:01 +0000

Art and Activism: Writing the Pacific Experience

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Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders Issues Summit Communiqué

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Published On :: Fri, 11 Jun 2021 07:59:52 +0000

Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders Issues Summit Communiqué

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Partnering for Climate Resiliency in the Pacific

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Published On :: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 21:24:51 +0000

Partnering for Climate Resiliency in the Pacific

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Inaugural China-Pacific Foreign Ministers' Meeting Sheds Light on Beijing’s Pacific Islands Strategy

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Published On :: Thu, 02 Dec 2021 17:52:56 +0000

Inaugural China-Pacific Foreign Ministers' Meeting Sheds Light on Beijing’s Pacific Islands Strategy

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Learning from Climate Impacts on Health and Migration in the Marshall Islands

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Published On :: Fri, 21 Jan 2022 01:58:45 +0000

Learning from Climate Impacts on Health and Migration in the Marshall Islands

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Expert: Ukraine War Not Detracting from Enhanced US Engagement in Indo-Pacific

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Published On :: Fri, 06 May 2022 00:05:25 +0000

Expert: Ukraine War Not Detracting from Enhanced US Engagement in Indo-Pacific

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May 5, 2022

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Pacific Climate Leaders Caution Media Against ‘Drowning Islands’ Narrative

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Published On :: Thu, 07 Jul 2022 02:38:20 +0000

Pacific Climate Leaders Caution Media Against ‘Drowning Islands’ Narrative

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Tracking the Pacific Islands Diaspora

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Comment open on City’s streets, public spaces and noise nuisance by-law

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Ease impact of fuel subsidy removal, exchange rate volatility, editors urge FG

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Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:46:21 +0000

… Seek targeted relief measures to save media, nation’s economy The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), arising from the three-day All Nigeria Editors Conference (ANEC) in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State Capital, has called on the federal government to urgently mitigate the negative impact of fuel subsidy removal and the exchange rate volatility on the economy. […]

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The Worrisome Trend of Sensational Social Media “Journalism” and the Impact On Legitimate Business Concerns: Recent Travails of FCMB, GTBank and First Bank

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The Worrisome Trend of Sensational Social Media “Journalism” and the Impact On Legitimate Business Concerns: Recent Travails of FCMB, GTBank and First Bank

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On June 25, 2018 I woke up to yet another social media trend – a news story with the bold and quite salacious headline “How Safe Are Customer Deposits At FCMB?” had taken over the digital airwaves. Between the shares and likes and comments, a storm in a cup had brewed to great proportions in […]

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British writer Samantha Harvey's space-station novel 'Orbital' wins Booker Prize for fiction

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Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 21:55:42 -0500

LONDON — British writer Samantha Harvey won the Booker Prize for fiction on Tuesday with "Orbital," a short, wonder-filled novel set aboard the International Space Station that ponders the beauty and fragility of the Earth. Harvey was awarded the 50,000-pound ($64,000) prize for what she has called a "space pastoral" about six orbiting astronauts, which she began writing during COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns. The confined characters loop through 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets over the course of a day, trapped in one another's company and transfixed by the globe's ever-changing vistas. "To look at the Earth from space is like a child looking into a mirror and realizing for the first time that the person in the mirror is herself," said Harvey, who researched her novel by reading books by astronauts and watching the space station's live camera. "What we do to the Earth we do to ourselves." She said the novel "is not exactly about climate change, but implied in the view of the Earth is the fact of human-made climate change." She dedicated the prize to everyone who speaks "for and not against the Earth, for and not against the dignity of other humans, other life." "All the people who speak for and call for and work for peace — this is for you," she said. Writer and artist Edmund de Waal, who chaired the five-member judging panel, called "Orbital" a "miraculous novel" that "makes our world strange and new for us." Gaby Wood, chief executive of the Booker Prize Foundation, noted that "in a year of geopolitical crisis, likely to be the warmest year in recorded history," the winning book was "hopeful, timely and timeless." Harvey, who has written four previous novels and a memoir about insomnia, is the first British writer since 2020 to win the Booker. The prize is open to English-language writers of any nationality and has a reputation for transforming writers' careers. Previous winners include Ian McEwan, Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie and Hilary Mantel. De Waal praised the "crystalline" writing and "capaciousness" of Harvey's succinct novel — at 136 pages in its U.K. paperback edition, one of the shortest-ever Booker winners. "This is a book that repays slow reading," he said. He said the judges spent a full day picking their winner and came to a unanimous conclusion. Harvey beat five other finalists from Canada, the United States, Australia and the Netherlands, chosen from among 156 novels submitted by publishers. American writer Percival Everett had been the bookies' favorite to win with "James," which reimagines Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" from the point of view of its main Black character, the enslaved man Jim. The other finalists were American writer Rachel Kushner's spy story "Creation Lake"; Canadian Anne Michaels' poetic novel "Held"; Charlotte Wood's Australian saga "Stone Yard Devotional"; and "The Safekeep" by Yael van der Wouden, the first Dutch author to be shortlisted for the Booker. Harvey is the first female Booker winner since 2019, though one of five women on this year's shortlist, the largest number in the prize's 55-year history. De Waal said issues such as the gender or nationality of the authors were "background noise" that did not influence the judges. "There was absolutely no question of box ticking or of agendas or of anything else. It was simply about the novel," he said before the awards ceremony at Old Billingsgate, a grand former Victorian fish market in central London. Founded in 1969, the Booker Prize is open to novels originally written in English published in the U.K. or Ireland. Last year's winner was Irish writer Paul Lynch for post-democratic dystopia "Prophet Song." Lynch handed Harvey her Booker trophy at the ceremony, warning her that her life was about to change dramatically because of the Booker publicity boost. Harvey said she was "overwhelmed" but remained down-to-earth about spending her prize money. She said she'd disburse "some of it on tax. I want to buy a new bike. And then the rest — I want to go to Japan."