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Bibby Stockholm asylum seeker tells girl 'I've never been this close to a white woman' before sexually assaulting her
LBC
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22 July 2025, 08:54 He was housed in the controversial migrant barge Bibby Stockholm moored in Portland, Dorset. Picture: Getty An asylum seeker living on the Bibby Stockholm barge sexually assaulted a teenage girl on a beach after saying "I've...
Asylum seeker staying on Bibby Stockholm barge in Dorset sexually assaulted teenager on the beach after telling her, 'I've never been this close to a white woman'
Daily Mail
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July 21, 2025
By NOOR QURASHI Published: 07:10 EDT, 21 July 2025 | Updated: 02:32 EDT, 22 July 2025 An asylum seeker staying on the Bibby Stockholm barge sexually assaulted a teenage girl on the beach saying he had 'never been this close to a white woman'....
Caught in the contest between China and the west, the Cook Islands asks where its future lies
The Guardian
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July 14, 2025
On a remote stretch of land in the Cook Islands lies a second world war airstrip. Once used as a wartime supply route by American forces, the narrow runway is in dire need of resealing to allow larger tourist jets to land. Leaders on the northern...
Pacific Police bands unite for historic inaugural Tattoo
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 22, 2025
Police bands from eight Pacific Island nations across the Pacific today performed together for the first time in the Inaugural Pacific Police Band Tattoo. The Pacific Police Band Tattoo, held at the Sir Hubert Murray Stadium, saw police bands from...
NEOC issues strong wind warning
The Islandsun
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July 10, 2025
BY LORETTA B MANELE A “Strong Wind Warning Number 14 and Impact based forecast was issued on Wednesday morning, July 9, 2025 by the Solomon Islands Meteorology Service (SIMS) according to the National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC). SIMS stated...
Court varies MP Marau’s bail conditions
The Islandsun
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July 22, 2025
BY ROMINAH FAKA The Magistrate Court has varied the bail conditions of Member of Parliament for Ugi/Ulawa Constituency William Bradford Marau due to his medical condition. This follows a sworn statement submitted by his defence lawyer on Monday,...
Fiji Trade and Investment Review 2025 launched
Islands Business
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July 9, 2025
A fierce Melanesian battle throughout the game as Vanuatu and Solomon Islands met in round of the OFC Women’s Nations Cup in Suva. This is round 2 of the competition as the teams raised the intensity for the competition. It was an evenly hard...
Unpacking the world’s ocean economy
Geographical
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July 21, 2025
The ocean economy hit a record $2.2 trillion in exports in 2023. Image: Shutterstock By Victoria Heath The world’s oceans support an economy rivalling the one on land. From wind energy that powers nations to aquaculture feeding millions, there are...
USS New Orleans lost its bow in WWII but kept fighting. Now the wreckage has been found.
The Advocate - Louisiana
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July 9, 2025
WASHINGTON — On a dark night with no moon and heavily overcast skies on Nov. 30, 1942, the USS New Orleans was one of 11 cruisers and destroyers sailing in formation into the waters near the Solomon Islands in the south Pacific Ocean. “A light...
WPG celebrates country’s 47th Independence Day
The Islandsun
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July 9, 2025
BY BEN BILUA Gizo Western Provincial Government (WPG) has joined the nation in commemorating Solomon Islands’ 47th Independence Day with a low-key but meaningful celebration held at the provincial headquarters in Gizo. The event brought together...
Mayor highlights unity, progress in anniversary speech
The Islandsun
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July 8, 2025
BY CHRIS ALEX The 47th Anniversary of Solomon Islands’ Independence was marked with pride and reflection yesterday, Monday, July 7, 2025 as celebrations filled the National Stadium in Honiara. In his keynote address, Mayor Councillor Eddie Siapu...
Australia Zoo rescues two crocodiles in devastating conditions
Noosa Today
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July 8, 2025
Australia Zoo’s Crocodile Rescue Team has successfully rescued two large saltwater crocodiles from devastating welfare conditions in the Solomon Islands, giving them a second chance at life. Both crocodiles, over two meters long, had tragically...
2025 Belt and Road Journalists Forum opens up window for overseas reporters to explore the real China
Global Times
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Foreign media representatives visit the Jingdezhen China Ceramics Museum on July 15 in Jingdezhen, East China's Jiangxi Province. Photo: Courtesy of the 2025 Belt and Road Journalists Forum As night falls in the Taoxichuan Cultural and Creative...
Teen urges Kiwi youth to tackle climate-fuelled food poverty
RNZ
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July 8, 2025
Joel Titus visited Malaita in the Solomon Islands in December 2024 as a World Vision New Zealand youth ambassador. Photo: Supplied A young Kiwi Indian is urging young New Zealanders to rise up against the dual threats of climate change and food...
‘Strategic investment, policy reform, community engagement needed for production’
The Islandsun
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July 8, 2025
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU The factors of production in the Solomon Islands hold significant promise but require strategic investment, policy reform and community engagement to fully harness their potential. Minister for the Ministry of Agriculture &...
Strong wind warning remains in effect
The Islandsun
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July 7, 2025
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU The Solomon Islands Meteorological Service has issued a strong wind warning that remains effective for the waters of Temotu, Makira, Rennell/Bellona and the southern waters of Guadalcanal and Malaita provinces. In the statement...
Met service issues strong wind warning
The Islandsun
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July 5, 2025
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU The Solomon Islands Meteorological Services (SIMS) weather forecasting office has issued a strong wind warning for parts of the country. In a statement released by SIMS, strong wind warning number five was issued at 4:00pm on...
Legendary paramedic Alan Playford tells all in new memoir
RiotACT
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July 19, 2025
Alan Playford was a trailblazer in paramedicine with a storied career spanning more than 40 years. Photo: Mick Dawson. Most Australians remember paramedic Alan Playford for his heroic rescue of Norm Duffy during the 1989 Newcastle Earthquake – a...
8 graduate from Chinese Universities
Solomon Star
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July 4, 2025
Eight Solomon Islands students have recently graduated from various universities across China in June 2025. On Friday, 20th June, the Solomon Islands Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, H.E. Barrett Salato, attended the graduation...
Pacific worker’s dream ends in tragedy in Australia
FBC News
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July 5, 2025
A PALM worker from the Solomon Islands and 34-year-old father of two was killed in a suspected hit-and-run crash in Griffith, in the NSW Riverina, on Monday, April 28, 2025.[Photo Credit: AAP Image/Supplied by Kenneth Kuni] Argen Kuni left the...