Pacific Islands

GGGI and IUCN Partner for Pacific Green Growth

The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have formalized a strategic partnership through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to drive sustainable development and climate resilience across Pacific Island Countries (PICs).

February 4, 2025 2:26 pm
 

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India asks whether global tax deal can work after US withdrawal

India is assessing whether a global corporate tax deal agreed between 140 nations can work following U.S. President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the landmark 2021 arrangement, a senior bureaucrat in the finance ministry said.

February 4, 2025 11:30 am
 

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EU leaders agree to step up defence efforts

European Union leaders agreed on Monday to do more to bolster their defences against Russia and other threats by hiking spending and filling gaps in their military capabilities.

February 4, 2025 10:26 am
 

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Mexico, US reach deal to delay tariffs for one month

U.S. President Donald Trump paused new tariffs on Mexico for one month after Mexico agreed on Monday to reinforce its northern border with 10,000 National Guard members to stem the flow of illegal drugs.

February 4, 2025 7:20 am
 

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Gaza's reunited twins speak of loss and joy

The emotional reunion of twin brothers in Gaza after Israel allowed movement within the enclave as part of a ceasefire deal provided a visceral image of Palestinian survival after 15 gruelling months of death, separation and destruction.

February 4, 2025 6:35 am
 

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Australia's social media ban for minors exempts YouTube, posing risks

Australia’s government carved out an exemption for YouTube when it passed laws banning social media access for children under 16, but some mental health and extremism experts say the video-sharing website exposes them to addictive and harmful content.

February 3, 2025 4:34 pm
 

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Recovery efforts in Washington helicopter-plane collision identify 55 of 67 victims

Officials have positively identified 55 of the 67 people killed in Wednesday’s midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a military helicopter over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C.

February 3, 2025 4:09 pm
 

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Trump to cut off funding for South Africa

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday, without citing evidence, that “certain classes of people” in South Africa were being treated “very badly” and that he would cut off funding for the country until the matter is investigated.

February 3, 2025 1:24 pm
 

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Paraguay’s disappeared: A dictator’s shadow is a roadblock for justice, but a few keep up the fight

Despite being ousted in 1989 after a 35-year reign of terror, during which 20,000 people were tortured, executed or disappeared.

February 3, 2025 10:41 am
 

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Trump says Americans could feel ‘some pain’

President Donald Trump said Sunday that Americans could feel “some pain” from the emerging trade war triggered by his tariffs against Canada, Mexico and China, and claimed that Canada would “cease to exist” without its trade surplus with the United States.

February 3, 2025 8:45 am
 

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US ends protections for thousands of Venezuelans

President Donald Trump’s administration has terminated deportation relief for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the United States, the New York Times reported on Sunday, citing U.S. government documents that it obtained.

February 3, 2025 7:31 am
 

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Trump stretches trade law boundaries with Canada, Mexico, China tariffs

President Donald Trump has pushed into new trade law territory with an emergency sanctions law to justify punishing 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports and an extra 10% duty on Chinese goods to curb fentanyl and illegal immigration into the U.S.

February 3, 2025 7:26 am

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