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Charted: Average Income by Global Region, Over 200 Years
Visual Capitalist
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July 29, 2025
Mapped: High, Middle, and Low Income Countries in 2025 This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Key Takeaways There are...
Climate visa won’t turn tide on environmental damage
The Sydney Morning Herald
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July 26, 2025
Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size The new visa pathway for Tuvaluans indicates a significant and welcome shift in government...
Bateteba left what once felt like ‘the safest place in the world’ to build a life in Australia. Thousands hope to follow
The Guardian
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July 25, 2025
Bateteba Aselu describes her former life in Tuvalu as like living in the “safest place in the world” where the community looked out for each other, there was no homelessness and you rarely heard the sirens of police or ambulances. But rising sea...
University of Glasgow invites applications for 2025 MBA scholarship
The Economic Times
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July 29, 2025
The University of Glasgow is inviting applications for its MBA Scholarship for the September 2025 intake. Aimed at supporting high-achieving and self-funded candidates from around the world, the scholarship package includes both full and partial...
Solomon Islands drops Taiwan from concessional entry list
The Pacific Island Times
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July 29, 2025
By Pacific Island Times News Staff (Island Sun/PacNews) The Solomon Islands government has removed Taiwan from its list of countries eligible for concessional entry arrangements, a move that may deepen regional tensions ahead of the Pacific...
Ag Progress Days 2025 Coverage: Stay Up To Date On Penn State's Annual Agricultural Event
Lancaster Farming - Pennsylvania
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July 29, 2025
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“Peace must begin at home” as Pacific crafts Ocean of Peace…
Pacific News Service
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Tuvalu Prime Minister, Feleti Teo says peace in the Pacific cannot be achieved while women live in fear and children experience abuse, urging leaders to embed gender equality and social inclusion into the heart of the region’s new Ocean of Peace...
SI updates concessional entry list, Taiwan dropped
The Islandsun
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July 29, 2025
BY NED GAGAHE The Solomon Islands Government has removed Taiwan from its list of countries eligible for concessional entry arrangements, a move that may deepen regional tensions ahead of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting in Honiara...
Top 10 Countries Offering Automatic Birthright Citizenship
Nigerian Eye
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July 29, 2025
Birthright citizenship, or jus soli (right of the soil), grants automatic citizenship to children born within a country’s borders, regardless of their parents’ nationality. While the United States’ policy faces legal challenges in 2025 due to a...
Geopolitical tensions challenge Pacific regionalism
Pacific News Service
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By Niuone Eliuta The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), a vital platform for regional cooperation, has long been a space where Pacific nations address shared challenges like climate change, economic development and cultural preservation. However, recent...
Mapped: Global Income Level Classification, by Country
Visual Capitalist
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July 28, 2025
See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Use This Visualization Mapped: High, Middle, and Low Income Countries in 2025 This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible...
Not only are rising seas causing people to leave, but warming waters are forcing out tuna
The New Zealand Herald
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July 27, 2025
By morning’s end, the pair had caught eight tuna - a haul far smaller than when Petaia’s father taught him to fish 30 years earlier. “We have to spend longer and go farther to get them,” the 48-year-old said as the fishermen unloaded their catch....
Vanuatu RSE workers celebrate first-ever Bislama Language Week
RNZ
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July 29, 2025
For the first time, Vanuatu Bislama Language Week is being officially celebrated in New Zealand and for Ni-Vanuatu seasonal workers toiling in the orchards of Pukekohe, they are feeling a sense of pride. The week marks a historic addition to the...
Climate change policy too important for frivolous bills in parliament
RiotACT
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July 28, 2025
The net-zero emissions target was the subject of a lot of hot air in Parliament House on Monday. Photo: Michelle Kroll. There were a number of high-level, constructive contributions to the ongoing climate change debate in and around Parliament...
UN climate chief warns Australia not to pick a ‘bog standard’ 2035 carbon emissions target
The Guardian
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July 28, 2025
The UN’s climate chief has declared Australia’s 2035 emissions target will define the country’s future, and urged the Albanese government to not pick a “bog-standard” number but to “go for what’s smart by going big”. Speaking in Sydney on Monday,...
How Pacific students took their climate fight to the world's highest court. And won.
RNZ
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July 29, 2025
By Jamie Tahana for RNZ Pacific It was 2019 when a group of law students at the University of the South Pacific’s campus in Port Vila, the harbourside capital of Vanuatu, were set a challenge in their tutorial. They had been learning about...
Solomon Islands updates concessional entry list, Taiwan dropped
Pacific News Service
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The Solomon Islands Government has removed Taiwan from its list of countries eligible for concessional entry arrangements, a move that may deepen regional tensions ahead of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting in Honiara this September....
Palau’s passport power climbs
Island Times
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July 29, 2025
By: Bernadette Carreon The Palau passport ranking rose from 48 to 42 in the latest global powerful passports ranking, according to the 2025 Henley Passport Index (HPI), with Palauan passport holders able to travel visa-free to 123 destinations....
International Court opens path to climate accountability by states
Geographical
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July 28, 2025
New landmark ruling confirms the right to a clean and sustainable environment is an essential prerequisite to all human rights. Image: Shutterstock By Victoria Heath The International Court of Justice has unanimously agreed member states have...
Nauru seeks transform its economy by becoming a cryptocurrency powerhouse
RNZ
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July 27, 2025
Nauru's Command Ridge Virtual Asset Authority creates a licensing and regulatory scheme for digital asset transfers, including cryptocurrency lending and exchange. Photo: RNZ Pacific / AFP An Australian finance director has flown to Nauru with...