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Vanuatu Tourism Office Provides Update on Air Connectivity Between New Caledonia and Vanuatu
PORT VILA, VANUATU – Wednesday, October 15, 2025: The Vanuatu Tourism Office yesterday released an update on the current air connectivity between New Caledonia and Vanuatu, detailing existing services and upcoming temporary adjustments. Current...
Shipping emissions levy shelved as countries bow to US pressure
Under intense pressure from Donald Trump’s government, countries have postponed plans to force shipowners to start paying for the damage they do to the climate. US officials were accused of “bullying” and “intimidation”, as nations met in London...
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The mysterious owner of a 'scam empire' accused of stealing $14bn in crypto
Jonathan HeadSouth East Asia correspondent ShareSave Just 37 years old, Chen Zhi is accused of being "the mastermind behind a sprawling cyber-fraud empire… a criminal enterprise built on human suffering". With his wispy goatee beard and baby-faced...
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The mysterious figure accused of masterminding a $14bn crypto scam
Jonathan HeadSouth East Asia correspondent ShareSave Just 37 years old, Chen Zhi is accused of being "the mastermind behind a sprawling cyber-fraud empire… a criminal enterprise built on human suffering". With his wispy goatee beard and baby-faced...
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US pushes for next phase of Gaza plan amid fragile ceasefire
Great power rivalry Gaza: A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza held this week despite renewed violence in which Israel launched heavy air strikes after accusing Hamas of violating the truce by attacking troops. During a visit to Israel...
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Pacific Islands News Roundup – October 17 – 23, 2025
Political Leadership and Regionalism, Peace and Security Outspoken Former Malaita Premier Daniel Suidani Passes Away (In-depth Solomons) New Caledonia: FLNKS concerned about the postponement of provincial elections, “satisfied” with the green...
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Vanuatu rapper Mantis wins Pacific Break 2025 with powerful track ‘Weatherman’
Vanuatu rapper Mantis has won the 2025 Pacific Break competition with his famous track ‘Weatherman’, beating hundreds of entries from 18 Pacific nations. Delivering verses in Bislama, French and English, Mantis impressed judges with his commanding...
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Vanuatu’s Mantis wins Pacific Break 2025
Mantis, a rapper from Vanuatu, has won ABC Radio Australia’s Pacific Break 2025 with his tri-lingual track Weatherman. Rapping in Bislama, French, and English, his winning song caught the judges’ attention, beating hundreds of original entries...
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‘Disgraceful’: U.S. Lobbying Blocks Global Fee on Shipping Emissions
The Trump administration has succeeded in blocking a global fee on shipping emissions as an international maritime meeting adjourned Friday without adopting regulations. The world’s largest maritime nations had been deliberating on adopting...
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Countries vote to delay implementation of carbon-free shipping plan
The 2023 IMO GHG (greenhouse gas) Strategy — the umbrella framework — envisages, in particular, a minimum 40% reduction in carbon intensity of international shipping (to reduce CO2 emissions per transport work) by 2030. File | Photo Credit: Getty...
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Trump administration derails global carbon fee on shipping
(AP) — With trade threats from President Donald Trump, the U.S. derailed the world’s first global carbon fee on shipping as an international maritime meeting adjourned Friday without adopting regulations. Earlier this year, amid much fanfare, the...
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US blocks global fee on shipping emissions as international meeting ends without new regulations
With trade threats from President Donald Trump, the U.S. derailed the world's first global carbon fee on shipping as an international maritime meeting adjourned Friday without adopting regulations. Earlier this year, amid much fanfare, the world's...
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US delays start of global pollution tax on shipping industry
Using a battering ram of trade and visa threats, the Trump administration on Friday blocked the adoption of a landmark global measure that would have imposed a global pollution tax on the shipping industry. Countries meeting in London at the...
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Trump torpedoes international deal to reduce shipping emissions
Members of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) have voted to postpone approving a plan to curb shipping emissions, after United States President Donald Trump threatened to impose sanctions on countries that supported the measure. The...
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Breaking: US Strong-Arms Europe Into Shipping Emissions Delay
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Earlier today, CleanTechnica published a report by Transport & Environment that said the US, UAE, Saudi Arabia and other oil producing countries were pressuring the EU to...
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IMO Delays Vote on Global Shipping Carbon Tax by One Year After U.S. Pressure Campaign
Governments at the International Maritime Organization decided to postpone for one year the adoption of the world’s first global carbon pricing system on shipping at the Extraordinary Session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee in...
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Landmark Global Shipping Deal in Tatters after US Pressure
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A landmark deal to cut global shipping emissions has been abandoned after Saudi Arabia and the US succeeded in ending the talks. More than 100 countries had gathered in London to approve a deal first agreed in April, which would have seen shipping...
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US-led alliance wins a year’s delay in adoption of green shipping deal
A landmark deal to clean up the global shipping industry’s emissions has been postponed for at least a year, after a successful campaign by the US and Saudi Arabia to delay its adoption. In April 2025, governments provisionally agreed the...
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US Pressure Delays First Global Carbon Tax on Shipping at IMO Summit
The mounting pressure from the U.S. administration to stop the global shipping industry from paying for its own climate pollution had reached a peak ahead of the expected vote, but the outcome was different: efforts to implement the ‘world’s first...
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U.S. blocks plan to charge ‘carbon tax’ on global shipping emissions
The U.S. succeeded in blocking a global fee on shipping emissions as an international maritime meeting adjourned Friday without adopting regulations. The world’s largest maritime nations had been deliberating on adopting regulations to move the...
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