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Kristof Schöffling's Move Digital Leads Global Tech Transformation in 2025 with Breakthroughs in AI, Blockchain, and Robotics
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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March 26, 2025
MAHE, SEYCHELLES, March 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Move Digital Limited, led by tech entrepreneur and strategist Kristof Schöffling, has unveiled an ambitious roadmap for 2025, solidifying its position as a global leader in artificial...
Microbix & ACPCC support efforts to eliminate cervical cancer in the Indo-Pacific
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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March 17, 2025
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario and MELBOURNE, Australia, March 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Microbix Biosystems Inc. (TSX: MBX, OTCQX: MBXBF, Microbix®), a life sciences innovator, manufacturer, and exporter, and the Australian Centre for the Prevention of...
The Largest Global Mission to Discover Ocean Life Reveals Over 800 Newly Discovered Marine Species
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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March 10, 2025
Over 800 new species discovered 800+ scientists from 400+ institutions collaborating globally 10 Expeditions and 8 Discovery Workshops completed with partners such as The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), and Schmidt...
UN Resident Coordinator undertook brief courtesy visit to PM Manele
Solomon Islands Government
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November 12, 2024
UN Resident Coordinator undertook brief courtesy visit to PM Manele The United Nations Resident Coordinator for Solomon Islands, Fiji, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu Mr. Dirk […]
Speech by Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Senior Minister of State for National Development Sim Ann during the Committee of Supply Debate, 3 March 2025
Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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March 3, 2025
Navigating global environment amidst US-China rivalry 1 Madam Chair, in Mandarin please. 2 农历新年期间，我参加了多个团拜与社团活动。在这些活动场合上，大家经常会聊到时事。今年与世界局势相关的话题特别多，其中包括中美关系、欧州各国的政局变化、乌克兰和中东战情等。 [English Translation: During the Lunar New Year period, I attended...
Axi Recognised With ‘Best Workplace 2025’ Award by Xref Engage
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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February 27, 2025
SYDNEY, Feb. 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Leading online FX and CFD broker Axi announced that it has been recognised with the Best Workplace 2025 award by Xref Engage. The latest award builds on the broker’s previous recognition by Voice Project,...
Changer le discours – des experts discutent de la manière dont la circularité peut améliorer la gestion des déchets dans le Pacifique
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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October 9, 2024
30 septembre 2024, Port Vila – Des acteurs de la gestion des déchets et des experts en recyclage de toute la région se sont réunis cette semaine à Port Vila, au Vanuatu, où est organisé un atelier sur l'économie circulaire qui se concentrera sur...
Une gestion efficace des déchets issus de catastrophe : un élément clé pour la réduction des risques de catastrophe et la résilience
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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October 9, 2024
4 octobre 2024 – Port Vila, Vanuatu – Une chose est sûre lorsqu’une catastrophe survient, elle entraîne systématiquement une augmentation des déchets. La région du Pacifique est considérée comme la plus exposée aux catastrophes naturelles et aux...
Effective management of disaster waste a key to disaster risk reduction and resilience
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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October 9, 2024
4 October 2024 – Port Vila, Vanuatu – There is one thing that is always a certainty when a disaster strikes, and that is increased waste will be created by the disaster. The Pacific region is identified to be the most prone to natural disasters...
Changing the narrative – experts discuss how circularity can improve waste management in the Pacific
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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October 1, 2024
1 October 2024, Port Vila – Waste management and recycling experts from around the region have gathered in Port Vila, Vanuatu this week to convene the Circular Economy workshop which will focus on changing the narrative on how the region...
MEDIA RELEASE – Samoa Police Celebrate Milestone in Regional Law Enforcement Training
Government of Samoa
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September 24, 2024
Matautu, Samoa – September 24, 2024 – A significant ceremony was held at the Police Interim Training Centre in Matautu to conclude a three-week Basic Motorcycle Rider Training program, marking a historic moment for the Samoa Police, Prisons &...
How Does Ghost Gear Affect Small Island Developing States?
Ocean Conservancy
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September 23, 2024
In 2016, I first traveled to the island nation of Vanuatu with a mission: to understand the real-life impacts of ghost gear(abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear) on the local communities. When you look at Vanuatu’s remote location...
Official Keynote Address for the Seventh Pacific Meteorological Council (PMC-7) Director General, SPREP
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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September 23, 2024
Opening Salutations: Pastor Thomsom Aki, Vice Chairman of the Vanuatu Christian Council. Honorable John Dahmasing Salong, Minister responsible for the Ministry of Climate Change Adaptation, Meteorology, Geo-Hazards, Environment, Energy and...
ADB Appoints Emma Veve as Director General for Pacific
Asian Development Bank
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February 3, 2025
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (3 February 2025) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Emma Veve as Director General of its Pacific Department (PARD), where she will be responsible for the department’s vision and strategy in the subregion....
A supercharged geopolitical supercycle
Stockholm Environment Institute
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January 21, 2025
COP30 and NDC submission – COP30 will serve as a telling inflection point for NDCs, revealing whether these updated goals will allow the world to course-correct back down to a 1.5°C or 2°C warming track when 1.5°C already appears breached, at...
Spotlight on work to encourage behaviour change towards waste management
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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August 1, 2024
31 July 2024, Funafuti Tuvalu - Whether it is dealing with disposable diapers in Vanuatu, improving waste management in Solomon Islands or changing mindsets about how to dispose e-waste at the Ensisi Valley in Papua New Guinea (PNG), the work of...
Pacific Partnership 24-2
U.S. Navy
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July 19, 2024
The mission commenced on July 15, with U.S. and Japanese Self Defense Forces (JSDF) service members conducting meet and greets and information exchanges with the Vanuatu medical staff at the Port Vila Central Hospital. Pacific Partnership 2024-2...
With the benefit of hindsight: Currents 2024
Stockholm Environment Institute
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January 8, 2025
Multilateral events and processes carried on in 2024, but its limitations were increasingly evident to participants and observers. UN negotiations confronted severe headwinds at key events intended to increase global commitments, actions and...
DR. JANET SMITH WARFIELD SELECTED FOR IAOTP’S TOP 25 GLOBAL IMPACT LEADERS
EIN Presswire
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January 6, 2025
Dr. Janet Smith Warfield honored member of the International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP) will be honored at their annual awards gala in December NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, January 6, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Dr. Janet Smith...
First Phase of Shimanami Collective Women’s Leadership in Disaster Risk Reduction Training Concludes
UN International Training and Research Center
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December 10, 2024
Phase 1 of the training featured asynchronous online learning platforms and “virtual classrooms” webinars. The webinars covered coastal risk management issues in the Pacific region, the designing of community spaces for tsunami disaster risk...