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WALE DESCRIBES ICJ CLIMATE RULING AS MILESTONE AND PRAISES SOLOMON ISLAND YOUTH LEADERSHIP
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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July 24, 2025
The Leader of Opposition Hon. Matthew Wale has described the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion on climate change as a milestone in international law and congratulated the young Solomon Islanders who played a leading role in the...
World’s Governments Fail to Agree to a Moratorium on Deep-Sea Mining
Truthout
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July 26, 2025
Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a donation. Despite growing momentum, world governments failed to agree to a moratorium on deep-sea...
Tsunami evacuations ordered in South America, but worst risk appears to pass for US after...
Dayton Daily News - Ohio
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The worst appeared to have passed for many areas, including the U.S., Japan and Russia. But along South America's Pacific Coast, new warnings were forcing evacuations in Chile and Colombia. In the immediate aftermath of the quake off Russia's...
Governments Fail to 'Rise to the Moment' as Seabed Meeting Ends Without Mining Pause
Common Dreams
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July 26, 2025
Despite growing momentum, world governments failed to agree to a moratorium on deep-sea mining as the 30th session of the International Seabed Authority wrapped up on Friday. The authority's July meeting was the first since U.S. President Donald...
Surreal images show powerful tsunami events in…
USA Today
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A man prays among the ruins of his house destroyed by the earthquake that struck the Valdivia, Chile, area on May 22, 1960 and caused a tsunami. On May 22, a massive 9.5 earthquake, the largest earthquake ever instrumentally recorded, occurred off...
Governments at ISA must Establish a Moratorium on Deep-Sea Mining, Reaffirm Authority over International Seabed Lies Collectively With All States
Common Dreams
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July 25, 2025
The 30th session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) concluded today, with governments continuing to fall short in protecting the deep sea. While politicians from Palau, France and Panama attended to rally the international community,...
Tsunami evacuations ordered in S. America; worst risk appears to pass for US after huge quake
KSL - Utah
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TOKYO — One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off Russia's sparsely populated Far East early Wednesday, sending tsunami waves into Japan, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast. Several people were injured, but none gravely, and no major...
Solomon Islands supports SIDS platform to accelerate renewable energy transition
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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July 17, 2025
The Solomon Islands Government this week expressed its strong support for the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Platform, a groundbreaking initiative by the International Solar Alliance (ISA) and the World Bank, aimed at accelerating solar...
Solomon Islands advances partnership with International Solar Alliance
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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July 17, 2025
The Government of the Solomon Islands has today reaffirmed its commitment to renewable energy development by strengthening its partnership with the International Solar Alliance (ISA) and proposing the establishment of a regional ISA office in the...
Evacuations ordered in South America as worst tsunami risk passes for US, Japan
The Age
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July 30, 2025
“We were fully deployed and ready to respond if necessary but grateful that we didn’t have to deal with the situation that this could have been,” she told reporters in Chile, where she is meeting officials. Unusually strong currents and...
Russia rocked by one of the most powerful earthquakes of the century, sending tsunami warning across Pacific
Fortune
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One of this century’s most powerful earthquakes struck off the coast of Russia and generated tsunami warnings and advisories for a broad section of the Pacific, including Alaska, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast and as far south as New Zealand....
Tsunami Alerts Lifted Across Pacific After 8.8 Quake off Russian Coast
[your]NEWS
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July 30, 2025
A massive undersea earthquake triggered tsunami warnings from Russia to New Zealand, with waves striking U.S. shores and advisories now being lifted in many areas. By yourNEWS Media Newsroom One of the most powerful earthquakes of the century...
Regional Workshop Unites Pacific Stakeholders to Strengthen the Link between Agriculture and Tourism through Gastronomy
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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July 22, 2025
The Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO), in collaboration with UN Tourism and the FAO Mountain Partnership Secretariat, has successfully concluded a landmark three-day Regional Workshop on Sustainable Gastronomy Tourism, held from 30 June to 2...
Tsunamis lap at Japan, Hawaii and California after huge quake off Russia’s Far East
The Times of Israel
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July 30, 2025
TOKYO (AP) — One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off Russia’s sparsely populated Far East early Wednesday, sending tsunami waves into Japan, Hawaii and the US West Coast. Several people were injured, but none gravely, and no...
Huge Quake Off Russian Far East Puts Japan, Asia Pacific on Alert
Asia Financial
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July 30, 2025
One of the most powerful earthquakes in decades rocked Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula – and triggered tsunami warnings right across the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday. The 8.8 magnitude quake sparked warnings of possible tsunami waves of up...
AIM-N project unveiled
Solomon Star
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July 30, 2025
OVER 16,000 people across Western, Choiseul, and Isabel provinces are expected to benefit from the $160 million (USD19m) project. Supervising Minister for Agriculture and Livestock, Wayne Ghemu confirmed this during the launch of the Agriculture...
Tsunami warning remains in effect on West Coast after quake off Russian coast
Jefferson Public Radio - Oregon
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July 30, 2025
A tsunami sent waves into Russia, Japan, Hawaii and the West Coast of the United States after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Russian Far East early Wednesday. It was one of the biggest temblor’s ever recorded. Several...
Is there a tsunami warning in California?
KTVU - California
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There have been no reports of tsunami damage in Monterey and Pacifica. MONTEREY, Calif. - After a massive earthquake struck Russia, tsunami alerts were issued for many areas, including Japan, Hawaii and California, the latter of which is nearly...
‘I couldn’t watch the forests vanish’: the man restoring Solomon Islands’ vital mangroves
The Guardian
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July 15, 2025
As the morning light hits Oibola village in Solomon Islands, the receding tide drains water through a maze of tangled mangrove roots. Dressed in muddy jeans and a worn T-shirt, Ben Waleilia moves carefully through the thick mangrove forest,...
No Major Injuries Reported So Far After 8.8 Magnitude Earthquake In Russia
The Intelligencer - West Virginia
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This image taken from a video released by Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences, shows the aftermath of tsunami hitting the coastal area of Severo-Kurilsk at Paramushir island of Kuril Islands, Russia, Wednesday, July 30, 2025....