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Tonga ends dengue outbreak as Sāmoa faces surge in cases
Pacific Media Network
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Tonga’s Ministry of Health has declared the end of the dengue fever outbreak, which started six months ago. Since the outbreak, a total of 907 cases were recorded, along with three dengue-related deaths. Thankfully, no new cases have been reported...
Project targets poverty
Islands Business
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August 17, 2025
FOR too long the Pacific has watched others create stories about the region’s people. The tide has started to turn as an upcoming filmmaker launches his film, Bati, approaching Pacific issues through a Pasifika lens. Born in Tuvalu, raised and...
Pacific Islands race to contain 'largest dengue fever outbreak in a decade', as disease kills 18 people
Samoa News
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August 14, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Dengue fever has struck countries across the Pacific, where health authorities have recorded 23,500 suspected cases and 16,000 laboratory confirmed cases this year. The mosquito-borne illness has killed 18 people,...
New Australia-Vanuatu deal won’t replicate Falepili-style pact, says analyst
Asia Pacific Report
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August 18, 2025
A Pacific analyst and commentator says it is unlikely that Vanuatu will agree to any exclusive rights in the new security and economic pact with Australia.Senior ministers of both countries, including deputy prime ministers Richard Marles and...
New Australia-Vanuatu deal won't replicate Falepili-style agreement - Pacific expert
RNZ
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August 17, 2025
Senior ministers from Australia and Vanuatu initialled the Nakamal Agreement at the top of Mount Yasur. (ABC News: Lillyrose Welwel) Photo: ABC News / Lillyrose Welwel A Pacific analyst and commentator says it is unlikely that Vanuatu will agree...
Pacific Islands race to contain 'largest dengue fever outbreak in a decade'
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 13, 2025
When all four of Taloa Lam Shong's children were struck down with dengue fever in Samoa, she was on high alert. "I was scared and worried, knowing dengue fever had claimed children's lives," she said. Nearly 8,000 people have been diagnosed with...
Global coral collapse a neglected crisis
Bangkok Post
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August 15, 2025
Before the crack of dawn on Koh Tao in the Gulf of Thailand, Somsak Chaisri paddles his wooden boat over waters that used to shimmer with life. A once-vibrant coral garden below the water surface now consists of dead skeleton-like structures....
Failed plastics negotiations leave few options to confront pollution crisis
The Gleaner
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August 17, 2025
Negotiations to reach a major treaty to end growing plastic pollution around the world fell apart on Friday, with delegates in Switzerland adjourning with no immediate plans to resume. The consequence of the failed talks is devastating, as it...
Plastic pollution treaty talks end without an agreement
The Rising Nepal
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Geneva, Aug. 16: Talks on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution in Geneva ended without an agreement Friday as the session was adjourned with plans to resume at a later date. Nations were meeting for an 11th day at the United...
No end in sight to plastic pollution crisis as treaty negotiations fail in Geneva
News Tribune - Missouri
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August 16, 2025
GENEVA (AP) -- Negotiations to reach a major treaty to end growing plastic pollution around the world fell apart on Friday, with delegates in Switzerland adjourning with no immediate plans to resume. The consequence of the failed talks is...
Argentina vs New Zealand streams: How to watch Rugby Championship 2025 rugby live online from anywhere
TechRadar
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August 16, 2025
This weekend's Argentina vs New Zealand live stream sees the Pumas and All Blacks kick off their Rugby Championship 2025 campaigns, with the hosts hoping to seal their first ever crown and the All Blacks eager to extend their record nine titles....
Bid to reach world's first plastic pollution treaty ends in failure after 10-day UN conference
Daily Mail
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August 15, 2025
Negotiations to reach a major treaty to end growing plastic pollution around the world fell apart on Friday, with delegates in Switzerland adjourning with no immediate plans to resume. The consequence of the failed talks is devastating, as it...
Plastic pollution treaty talks in Geneva end without a deal
Canada's National Observer
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August 15, 2025
Talks on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution in Geneva ended without an agreement Friday as the session was adjourned with plans to resume at a later date. Nations were meeting for an 11th day at the United Nations office to...
Geneva plastics negotiations fall apart, leaving few avenues to tackle the pollution crisis
Canada's National Observer
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August 15, 2025
GENEVA (AP) — Negotiations to reach a major treaty to end growing plastic pollution around the world fell apart on Friday, with delegates in Switzerland adjourning with no immediate plans to resume. The consequence of the failed talks is...
Talks on global plastic pollution treaty end with no agreement
Global News
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August 15, 2025
Talks on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution in Geneva ended without an agreement Friday as the session was adjourned with plans to resume at a later date. Nations were meeting for an 11th day at the United Nations office to...
Failed plastics negotiations in Geneva highlight pollution crisis
The Daily Record - Maryland
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August 15, 2025
GENEVA (AP) — Negotiations to reach a major treaty to end growing plastic pollution around the world fell apart on Friday, with delegates in Switzerland adjourning with no immediate plans to resume. The consequence of the failed talks is...
Failed plastics negotiations in Geneva leave world few options to confront growing...
The Springfield News-Sun - Ohio
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“Consensus is dead,” Bjorn Beeler, international coordinator for the International Pollutants Elimination Network, upon adjournment. Every year, the world makes more than 400 million tons of new plastic, and that could grow by about 70% by 2040...
Failed plastics negotiations in Geneva leave world few options to confront growing pollution crisis
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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GENEVA (AP) — Negotiations to reach a major treaty to end growing plastic pollution around the world fell apart on Friday, with delegates in Switzerland adjourning with no immediate plans to resume. The consequence of the failed talks is...
Failed plastics treaty talks leave no clear path to address growing pollution problem
The Globe and Mail
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August 15, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Nations remain deadlocked over whether the global plastics treaty should reduce exponential growth of plastic production and put controls on toxic chemicals used to make plastics.Martial Trezzini/The Associated Press...
UN plastics treaty talks end in deadlock as nations fail to agree
Telengana Today
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August 15, 2025
Negotiations at the UN in Geneva on a global plastics treaty have ended without an agreement. Deadlock persists over caps on plastic production versus waste management. Delegates vow to continue talks amid calls for urgent action to curb...