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'Seeing isn't believing any more': UAE cyber security chief on rising AI threat
Pro-Government
The National News
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Education is the key to tackling the rise of scams generated by the use of artificial intelligence, a senior Emirati official has said. Dr Mohamed Al Kuwaiti, head of the UAE's Cybersecurity Council, spoke to The National on the opening day of the...
Owner: United Arab Emirates Government
US and UK put sanctions on alleged Cambodia cyber-scammers and seize $15bn in bitcoin
The US and UK have seized $15bn (£11.3bn) in bitcoin and frozen London properties owned by the alleged leaders of scam centres in Cambodia that trick victims around the world and torture their trafficked workers. Two Chinese-born businessmen are...
Owner: The Scott Trust
Why is China funding the Russian war?
Chinese President Xi Jinping with Russian President Vladimir Putin For the first two years of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, China presented itself as an independent arbiter. In 2023 it even proposed a 12-point peace plan that was mainly...
Owner: Joseph Farah
Vantage Secures Seven Nominations at the Finance Magnates Awards 2025
PORT VILA, Vanuatu, Sept. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Vantage, the multi-asset broker, is proud to announce that it has been nominated in seven categories at the upcoming Finance Magnates Awards 2025, recognising the broker's innovation and...
Owner: Jeon Chang-hyeop
Government Must Not Miss PALM Reform Opportunity: AWU
The Australian Workers’ Union has called on the Commonwealth to make major changes to the PALM Deed and Guidelines, arguing that workers’ pay, safety and well-being, and Australia’s standing in the Pacific, are at risk under the status quo. The...
Owner: The National Tribune Australia
Arimac Digital celebrates 14 years of human-centric innovation, powering global transformation with AI
Indeterminate
Daily FT
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Arimac Digital CEO Chamira Jayasinghe Arimac Digital, the global AI-powered digital solutions provider, is celebrating 14 years of transforming industries, businesses, and communities through relentless innovation. Founded in 2011 as a four-person...
Owner: Wijewardene Family
SI BREAKS NEW GROUND WITH COMPREHENSIVE CREDIT REPORTING REGULATIONS
The Central Bank of Solomon Islands (CBSI) has announced the promulgation of the Comprehensive Credit Reporting Regulations 2025 (CCR Regulations), effective 12 September 2025. This was made possible through the collaboration with the...
Owner: Catherine Lamani
Sailors Celebrate the Navy’s 250th Birthday Aboard the USS John L. Canley
WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN – Multinational service members deployed in support of Pacific Partnership 2025 celebrated the Navy’s 250th Birthday embarked on the Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS John L. Canley (ESB-6) underway in the...
Owner: American Government
Carney government could face legal challenges on climate
Prime Minister Mark Carney's push for new fossil fuel infrastructure and rollback of climate policies could expose Ottawa to legal battles on several fronts, legal experts warn. Carney has not given a direct answer on whether he would scrap the...
Owner: Linda Solomon Wood
T&T shines at Expo 2025 Osaka
Neutral
Trinidad Express
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BY the time it ends tomorrow, Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, will have drawn an estimated 28 million visitors to its sprawling complex on a man-made island, showcasing the best of 158 participating countries that have made the venue their home...
Owner: One Caribbean Media Ltd (Dawn Thomas CEO)
CITES Parties in the Pacific take part in training on implementation through fisheries legal frameworks
Neutral
Pacific News Service
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The waters of the Pacific Islands countries (PICs) are home to numerous aquatic species that are listed in the CITES Appendices, and which support livelihoods and economic opportunities for communities in over a dozen Parties to the Convention....
Owner: The Pacific Islands News Association Ltd
‘We don’t want to disappear’: Tuvalu fights for climate action and survival
Tuvalu’s Minister of Climate Change Maina Talia has told Al Jazeera that his country is fighting to stay above rising sea levels and needs “real commitments” from other countries that will allow Tuvaluans to “stay in Tuvalu” as the climate crisis...
Owner: Qatari Government
Environmental defenders are being killed for protecting our future – the law needs to catch up
Three environmental defenders – people who take action against the exploitation of natural resources – are murdered or disappeared somewhere in the world every week. The latest report by Global Witness, an NGO that investigates environmental and...
Owner: The Conversation Media Group
Food security should inform Australia’s regional engagement
The path to a truly safe and secure Indo-Pacific is not just through military interoperability; it requires a more holistic and enduring form of statecraft that recognises food security as a foundation of cooperation. A well-fed Indo-Pacific is a...
Owner: Australian Government
Liberia intensifies IMO campaign ahead of November’s Elections
UN HQ, Manhattan, New York, United States | October 8, 2025: The Republic of Liberia has intensified its diplomatic campaign to secure re-election to the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), with its Permanent Representative...
Owner: Othello Garblah
Debt, Dependency, and Defiance: Some Nations Push Back Against Beijing’s Debt Diplomacy
Two Chinese nationals were killed, one Chinese national was injured, and several Pakistani nationals were killed and injured in a terrorist attack in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi. (Photo: Xinhua) China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI),...
Owner: Jim Hoft
The European Union and the Pacific Community boost border security in Marshall Islands with advanced X-Ray technology
Center-left
Pacific Community (SPC)
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Photo: European Union Ambassador Barbara Plinkert and Marshall Islands Minister Anthony Muller, key handover of the Airport X-ray machine The Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) has received a state-of-the-art X-ray machine to reinforce border...
Owner: Pacific Community
Small island nations face $476 billion climate risk by 2050, urgent $12 billion annual investment needed, says new report
Center-left
Down to Earth
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Small Island Developing States (SIDS) — among the least responsible for climate change — face losses of up to $476 billion by 2050 if adaptation measures are not accelerated, a new report by the Global Commission on Adaptation (GCA) has warned....
Owner: the Society for Environmental Communications
Pacific news in brief for 6 October
Fijain Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele in Suva. June 2025 Photo: Facebook / Fiji Government Fiji/Solomon Islands - defence A newly signed defence agreement between the governments of Fiji and...
Owner: New Zealand Government
Overshoot: Exploring the implications of meeting 1.5C climate goal ‘from above’
The first-ever international conference on the contentious topic of “overshoot” was held last week in a palace in the small town of Laxenburg in Austria. The three-day conference brought together nearly 200 researchers and legal experts to discuss...
Owner: Carbon Brief Ltd