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The 'English Seychelles' named UK's prettiest beach - beating paradise destinations in the Maldives and Australia
Daily Mail
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July 2, 2025
By TEDDY DUFF Published: 07:14 EDT, 2 July 2025 | Updated: 07:14 EDT, 2 July 2025 A relatively unknown UK beach described as the ‘English Seychelles’ has been named one of the world’s best – beating paradise bays in Australia, the Maldives and and...
Iran’s Women’s Basketball Team to Travel to China Wednesday Night
Tasnim News Agency
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July 2, 2025
The eight teams in Division B are divided into two groups. The competition will be held in Shenzhen from July 13 to 20. Groups: Group A: Chinese Taipei, Kazakhstan, India, Tahiti Group B: Iran, Thailand, Mongolia, Cook Islands The wimnner will...
The Tree of Life: Honouring the Coconut Tree's Sacred Place in the Cook Islands Culture
Infonews NZ
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You’ve seen it in nearly every photo of our little paradise — the iconic coconut tree. It’s the unmistakable symbol of tropical life, a mark that you’ve arrived somewhere truly special. But in the Cook Islands, the coconut is more than just a...
Singapore Women vs Indonesia Women 2025: Full schedule, squads, match timings, and live-streaming details
Sportskeeda
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July 2, 2025
The Indonesia Women’s cricket team will tour Singapore to play a three-match T20I series at the Singapore National Cricket Ground between Wednesday, July 2 and Saturday, July 5. The two sides last met during a T20I tri-series in July last year in...
Apii Nikao honours student artists for World Autism Day competition
Cook Island News
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July 3, 2025
From left, Mana Hunter-John, Maiata Herman, Lylah Piua, Tamangaro Pana and Autism Cook Islands programme manager, Kat Jensen. APII NIKAO/25070106 Apii Nikao held a special morning assembly to honour its young artists last week, with the prize...
Road toll reaches five
Cook Island News
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July 3, 2025
Van turned in to a driveway which caused a serious accident involving a 71-year-old woman driving her motorbike who collided with the van. COOK ISLANDS POLICE/25062613 Cook Islands has recorded its fifth road fatality after an elderly woman, who...
Alexandrian Laurel
Vallarta Mirror
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July 3, 2025
Alexandrian Laurel (Calophyllum inophyllum) Family: Clusiaceae Also known as: Alexandrian Laurel Balltree, Beach Calophyllum, Beach Touriga, Beauty Leaf, Borneo-Mahogany, Dilo Oil Tree, Indian Laurel, Indian Doomba Oil Tree, Indian-laurel,...
Pacific Mini Games 2025 draws regional viewership, offers wide access to sports coverage
Island Times
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July 1, 2025
By: Eustoria Marie Borja KOROR, Palau (July 1, 2025) — The Pacific Mini Games 2025 opened with vibrant color, traditional dances, and a dazzling fireworks display on Sunday, marking the Games’ return to Palau after 20 years. Despite a rain shower,...
Young, proud, and ‘ready to roll’: Sāmoa women pursue glory
Pacific Media Network
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Sāmoa’s national women’s team is “ready to roll” for the 2025 OFC Women’s Nations Cup, which kicks off in Fiji on Friday. With eight teams competing from 4 to 19 July, the tournament will showcase the best female football talent from the Pacific....
My Holiday’s biggest holiday sale ends this month, don’t miss out on these major savings
Seven News
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July 2, 2025
There’s something about the first week of July that makes you want to run away. The novelty of cold-weather layering has worn off, the morning drizzle feels personal, and your group chat is full of people quietly checking flight prices. Thanks to...
Ra Ui Ariki
Cook Island News
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July 3, 2025
Kaumaiti Nui, Travel Tou Ariki urges traditional leaders to attend the Are Ariki (House of Ariki) public holiday event at Te Are Karioi (National Auditorium) on Friday at 8.30am. MELINA ETCHES/25070110 All traditional leaders on the island are...
Why Flying Can Be Good For Climate Change And Local Economies
Forbes
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Young Asian woman carrying suitcase, walking by the window at airport terminal.getty Has flying become the ultimate climate sin? Air travel is often cast as a scapegoat when it comes to tourism, but the numbers may tell a different story. Only 11%...
Pacific news in brief for 1 July
RNZ
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July 1, 2025
Niue government buildings Photo: RNZ/ Sally Round Niue - budget Health, education, social welfare and government salaries have receives a boost in the Niue government's new NZ$12.5 million (US$7.6m) deficit budget. Last week, the island's finance...
2025 Pacific Mini Games day two: Tahiti continues dominance, baseball 'field is not playable'
RNZ
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July 1, 2025
Va'a V6 women's 500m medallists: gold: Team Tahiti; silver: Team Fiji; bronze: Team Palau Photo: Palau 2025 Pacific Mini Games/Facebook All baseball competition matches at the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Palau in the last two days have been put on...
American Samoa hosting 2025 Pacific Nations Cup
Samoa News
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July 1, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa Tennis Association (ASTA) along with the International Tennis Federation (ITF) / Oceania Tennis Federation (OTF) is excited to host the 2025 Pacific Nations Cup, where over 65 athletes and coaching...
EU rattles its purse and AI datacenter builders come running
The Register
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It's pork barrel time in Europe for Nvidia (and possibly AMD) as corporations bid for a slice of the €20 billion ($23.6 billion) fund to build proposed AI Gigafactories to advance the EU's AI credentials. The European Commission (EC) says it has...
NES investigates ‘illegal’ rubbish burning near Blackrock preschool
Cook Island News
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July 3, 2025
Thursday 3 July 2025 | Written by webmaster | Published in The National Environment Service (NES) is “actively investigating” reports of burning rubbish near the Blackrock ECE school in Nikao, following concerns raised last week about the...
Now travel abroad without visa: Countries you can visit with just a passport
Asianet Newsable
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July 1, 2025
38 Image Credit : Freepik Many countries now offer visa-free travel for Indians. These include Cook Islands, Fiji, Micronesia, Oman, Qatar, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Bhutan, Nepal,...
Strong wind warning remains in force, wet weather to persist into next week
Cook Island News
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July 3, 2025
According to the weather office, a weak trough of low pressure with associated cloud and showers continues to linger over the Southern Cooks, bringing with it gusty southeast winds and periods of rain. 25051208 The Cook Islands Meteorological...
Building Pacific capacities to support trade and market access
Pacific Community (SPC)
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To strengthen the skills of Pacific biosecurity, border control, exporter representatives and relevant stakeholders in using Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards (SPS) databases and platforms, a regional capacity-building workshop is underway in...