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MFAET announces return of five Solomon Islands students from Israel
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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July 3, 2025
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Peter Shanel Agovaka is pleased to announce that the five Solomon Islands students studying in Israel are on their way home after conflict in the Middle East had delayed their return. The...
Choiseul residents benefit from Australia’s support
Solomon Star
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July 30, 2025
Residents in Choiseul are celebrating the completion and progress of several community infrastructure projects across the Province, funded under the Solomon Islands – Australia Community Partnerships. From sanitation and water access to education...
Busy Signal rocks Honiara
Solomon Star
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July 15, 2025
WHAT a night it was on Saturday evening as DC Park, Henderson, east of Honiara came alive as Jamaican dancehall legend Busy Signal delivered a high-energy performance to hundreds of die-hard fans. The free for all event marked a historic moment...
The Australian race that changed how we swim
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 30, 2025
On an autumn morning in 1901, a 14-year-old boy named Alick Wickham dived into a Sydney pool and swam a race that would change the course of sporting history. Bronte Baths, a picturesque ocean pool hacked into sandstone cliffs, was hosting the...
8.8-Magnitude Earthquake | Tsunami Threat for Japan, Hawaii, and U.S. West Coast
Tornos News
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July 30, 2025
One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded, with a magnitude of 8.8, struck off the eastern coast of Russia early Tuesday morning (local time), triggering tsunami warnings across several Pacific nations and prompting a global emergency...
Tsunami warning: flights to Hawaii canceled or delayed
AvioNews
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July 30, 2025
One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded occurred overnight, measuring 8.8 in magnitude, with a depth of 20.7 kilometers and its epicenter on the Kamchatka Peninsula, in Russia's Far East, approximately 119 kilometers southeast of the city...
How 8.8-magnitude earthquake and tsunamis are causing major flight disruption worldwide
Metro
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July 30, 2025
A notice saying a part of Shinkansen bullet train service is temporarily suspended due to a tsunami warning in Tokyo, Japan (Picture: Japan) Multiple travel alerts have been issued to British citizens after Russia’s Far East was rattled by an...
International partners applauded for SI strengthening maritime security
The Islandsun
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July 30, 2025
BY INDY MAEALASIA International partners have been praised for their ongoing support towards enhancing maritime security in Solomon Islands by Solomon Islands National University (SINU) Vice Chancellor, Transform Aqorau. At a recent maritime...
Britons issued tsunami warning for 17 countries at once as alerts sound out across Pacific
GB News
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July 30, 2025
Britons have been issued tsunami warnings in 17 different countries by the Foreign Office after a record-breaking earthquake struck off the east coast of Russia in the early hours of this morning. The list includes: Chile, Costa Rica, Kiribati,...
Forum Leaders set to receive bold proposals on regional reform after…
Pacific News Service
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The High-Level Political Talanoa (HLPT) with Forum Leaders have concluded as part of the ongoing third phase of the Review of the Regional Architecture. The High-Level Persons Group (HLPG) last week met with the Prime Minister of Tuvalu, Feleti...
Fed holds rates steady; tsunami alerts remain active
NBR
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July 31, 2025
Happy Thursday and welcome to your global recap of business and political news from overnight. First up, the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady, as widely expected, and left the door open for a rate cut in September. The Fed kept the...
France’s Agreement on the State of New Caledonia: Strategic Accommodation or Deferred Independence?
SpecialEurasia
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July 13, 2025
Executive Summary France and New Caledonia’s leaders reached a landmark agreement in July 2025 to create a “State of New Caledonia” within France, changing the territory’s political standing. After a decade of political stalemate and violent...
Tsunami Hits Hawaii and Japan After Massive Russia Quake
To Vima
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July 30, 2025
A massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula sent powerful tsunami waves across the Pacific on Wednesday, striking coastal areas of Hawaii and Japan, damaging ports, and prompting widespread evacuations. The shallow quake,...
Urgent Foreign Office warning for these 17 countries after 'massive' earthquake
Daily Express
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July 30, 2025
The Foreign Office has today issued a warning for 17 countries, advising travellers to 'follow the advice of local authorities'. One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded has hit Russia's far east, an 8.8-magnitude tremor that triggered...
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...
Visualizing the Russia earthquake and tsunami in maps and charts
KVIA - Texas
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July 30, 2025
By Lou Robinson, Rosa de Acosta, Rachel Wilson, Annette Choi, Byron Manley, Yukari Schrickel, CNN (CNN) — An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s eastern coast on late Wednesday morning, local time. The quake triggered tsunami waves across...
Tsunami alerts lifted after huge earthquake prompts evacuations across Pacific
BBC
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July 30, 2025
Rachel Hagan, Stuart Lau & Helen SullivanBBC News ShareSave Watch: Major earthquake off Russia triggers widespread tsunami warnings Tsunami alerts have been lifted across much of the Pacific after one of the world's strongest earthquakes struck...
Foreign Office issues urgent warning for 17 countries after 'one of biggest ever' earthquakes
Liverpool Echo
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July 30, 2025
The Foreign Office today issues a warning for 17 countries and told travellers to ‘follow advice of local authorities. One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded has struck Russia’s far east, an 8.8-magnitude tremor that caused tsunami waves...
Eased NZ travel rules welcomed
Samoa Observer
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Samoans are excited and optimistic about New Zealand’s new immigration changes, which allow Pacific Island citizens to be issued a two-year multiple-entry visa. The changes, which came into effect on 6 July 2025, have sparked positive responses...
Tsunami panic grips Pacific – The damage caused and what lies ahead
Financial Express
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An 8.7-magnitude earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula has triggered a chain of tsunami panic across the Pacific, with countries from Japan to Hawaii bracing for impact. The resulting waves have displaced thousands, left travellers stranded...