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U.S. military's attempt to retain land at Pōhakuloa runs into opposition
Hawaii Public Radio
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July 8, 2025
A high-altitude plateau on Hawaiʻi Island is the only place in Hawaiʻi where thousands of ground forces can practice firing live munitions. It's also a place many Native Hawaiians consider the spiritual heart of the island. The U.S. military wants...
Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 60
Hong Kong Free Press
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July 5, 2025
Hong Kong authorities had a busy month as June marked the fifth anniversary of the Beijing-imposed national security law. In the run-up to the anniversary, Chief Executive John Lee and his ministers issued statements warning of “soft resistance,”...
How Majuli, Assam’s river island, struggles to keep its monasteries, mask art alive
The Federal
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June 25, 2025
Local Assamese people tag along with livestock, bicycles, and motorbikes, while tourists clutching their luggage rush to catch the ferry from Nimati Ghat on the banks of the Brahmaputra in Jorhat. The ferry to Majuli is already packed, with only a...
‘Deep respect’ for Palaeolithic seafarers as researchers cross sea in dugout canoe
The News International
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Seeking to unravel the mysteries of prehistoric migration, a team of researchers has recreated a possible ancient sea journey by paddling a dugout canoe from Taiwan to Japan's Yonaguni Island, Reuters reported. The expedition, spanning over 140...
Cuba debuts today against Curaçao at 2025 Baseball Little League Caribbean tournament
Cuban News Agency
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July 7, 2025
HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 7 (ACN) Cuban La Lisa team will debut today against Pariba, representing host Curaçao, in the U12 Caribbean Little League Baseball tournament, which will award a spot to the World Series in Pennsylvania next August. The Havana...
The 2026 Asean Summit: Manila as host
The Manila Times
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July 7, 2025
THE Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit is a bi-annual meeting of heads of state in the region where they discuss shared concerns under four pillars of cooperation: economic, political, sociocultural and security. What makes the...
Fantasia International Film Festival announces final wave of titles for 29th edition!
JoBlo
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July 3, 2025
The 29th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival is set to run from from July 16th (one day earlier than previously announced) through August 3rd at the Concordia Hall and J.A. de Sève cinemas in Montreal, with additional screenings...
People vs CCP: Suidani and Talifilu fight the good fight
Sunday Guardian Live
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July 5, 2025
Fight for their families, faith, freedom—the things that make us human, and that build community. Beijing is terrified more people will understand that. WASHINGTON: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) wants you to think this story is about them and...
Scientists retrace ancient sea route to show how early humans spread
GEO TV
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June 25, 2025
In a groundbreaking experiment to better understand the migration of early humans, a team of scientists has completed a voyage across the East China Sea in a hand-carved dugout canoe. The journey, which retraced a possible prehistoric sea route...
Tax reforms: President Tinubu’s major legacy to Nigerians- IMPI
The News (Nigeria)
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July 7, 2025
President Bola Tinubu signs four tax bills into law. State House photo *Says it’s more transformative for Nigeria’s economy than any policy deployment in a generation The Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI) has said that the new tax...
Change is constant – and just now it’s change for the worse
WAMC - New York
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July 7, 2025
It was the Greek philosopher Heraclitus who wrote, “The only constant in life is change.” People weren’t comfortable with change when he wrote that, some 2,600 years ago, and we’re still not. Sometimes for good reason. Any of us who have lived a...
Ancient canoe replica recreates a 30,000-year-old voyage
Yahoo News
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Instead of putting the pedal to the metal, a team of scientists from Japan and Taiwan are putting the paddle to the water–for science. The team used time-period-accurate tools to create canoes and used them to test the methods that ancient people...
KMT branch head released on NT$1m bail
Taipei Times
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June 25, 2025
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) New Taipei City Branch secretary-general Chen Chen-jung (陳貞容) was released on bail of NT$1 million (US$34,024) late on Tuesday night, after prosecutors indicted 31 people for allegedly forging recall petition...
Archaeologists Recreate Prehistoric Tools to Build a Canoe for 140-Mile Ocean Voyage
Scientific American
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June 25, 2025
Scientists Used Prehistoric Tools to Build a Canoe, Then Paddled Across 140 Miles from Taiwan to Japan Researchers and expert seafarers teamed up to re-create an ocean journey from more than 30,000 years ago By Nora Bradford edited by Andrea...
Here are the former Memphis Tigers on 2025 NBA Summer League rosters
Memphis Commercial Appeal - Tennessee
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Several former Memphis Tigers basketball players are participating in the NBA Summer League. Players like Dain Dainja, David Jones-Garcia, and Moussa Cisse are showcasing their skills to NBA scouts. NBA Summer League got under way July 5 − with...
I live on a cruise 24/7... it's way cheaper than living on land: Meet the retired teacher, 77, who became a full time 'ocean person' - and how much it costs her
Daily Mail
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July 7, 2025
By ESTHER MARSHALL Published: 10:11 EDT, 7 July 2025 | Updated: 10:11 EDT, 7 July 2025 A retired teacher has shared why she decided to live full time on a cruise ship and people might be shocked by how affordable the lifestyle can be. Sharon Lane,...
Archaeologists Solve Mystery of the 30,000-Year-Old Ocean Crossing
SciTechDaily
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July 6, 2025
The team set out in their handmade canoe, making the entire experience as authentic as possible. Credit: 2025 Kaifu et al. CC-By-ND Long-standing questions about the migration of early modern humans in East Asia may finally be answered, thanks to...
First of 10 presidential speeches draws mixed responses
Taipei Times
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June 22, 2025
President William Lai's (賴清德) speech on the nation yesterday received mixed reactions, with the opposition criticizing it for ringing "hollow" and "sowing division.” Lai yesterday delivered the first of his "10 Talks on the Country" in New Taipei...
ANA expands Trip.com NDC partnership across 11 new Asian markets
TravelDailyNews Asia-Pacific
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June 24, 2025
ANA and Trip.com scale NDC partnership to 11 more markets, offering seamless booking, fare parity, and enhanced customer services. TOKYO, JAPAN – All Nippon Airways (ANA) announced the expansion of its New Distribution Capability* (NDC) based...
Expert suggests ‘high-risk’ identity list
Taipei Times
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June 23, 2025
The government should identify Taiwanese who frequently travel to China or are long-term residents there and place them on a high-risk list for tracking and identification, as part of the strategy to deter China’s “united front” tactics, a...