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Green Climate Fund to provide $36.1 million in grant for Nepal
OnlineKhabar
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July 2, 2025
File Kathmandu, July 2 The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved almost Rs 5 billion in grant to help Nepal reduce the growing threat of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs). The 42nd Board Meeting of the GCF held in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday...
Seven Women Honoured for Leadership at PNG’s 2025 WOW Awards
Papua New Guinea Today
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Seven influential women were honoured last night in Port Moresby during the 2025 Westpac Outstanding Women (WOW) Awards, which spotlight female leaders making a difference across Papua New Guinea. Held for the 18th time, the awards showcased...
PM thankful for K261 million climate funding
The National
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Prime Minister James Marape has thanked the Green Climate Fund (GCF) for approving US$63.4 million (about K261.5 million) which the nation would use “on adaption”. Marape yesterday said that the Fund had approved allocations for the Pacific...
Super League expansion blows up NRL investment: but opens door to breakaway
Love Rugby League
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July 29, 2025
In the Netherlands, there is a central concept that underlines political culture: polderen. A polder is an area of land, reclaimed from the sea and enclosed by dykes, protected from rising tides only by the combined efforts of those living on it....
Solomon Islands pre-cautionary approach to deep sea mining
Pacific News Service
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The Solomon Islands Government through the Ministry of Mines and Energy will be taking pre-cautionary approach when it comes to opening up the country to deep sea mining. This was echoed by Minister of Mines and Energy Bradley Tovosia in...
Post-Courier Online sends six to Digital News Academy event in Sydney
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 29, 2025
Post-Courier Online is sending six of its members to attend the Digital News Academy (DNA) annual event in Sydney, Australia today. The annual event will include tours of News Corp Australia and Google Headquarters. The Digital News Academy is a...
Green Climate Fund awards R700 million to South Africa for climate disaster resilience
IOL
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MILLIONS of vulnerable South Africans stand to benefit after the country secured a multimillion-rand grant for eco-friendly disaster risk management. It comes as the country grapples with changing weather patterns and the effects of climate...
UHC drives progress across all of the SDGs
UHC2030
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July 28, 2025
At the 2025 HLPF, world leaders and stakeholders came together to review progress on the 2030 Agenda and confront the intersecting crises of our time: poverty, inequality, climate emergencies, global instability and underfunded essential services....
Nepal secures $36.1 million Green Climate Fund grant to combat glacial flood threats
Khabarhub
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July 2, 2025
KATHMANDU: The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a grant of $36.1 million to help Nepal mitigate the growing threat of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), a major and accelerating climate risk in the Himalayan region. The decision was...
Australians ahead of the game in aid debate, MPs should follow
The Interpreter
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July 29, 2025
The international order is fracturing, and Australians sense it. Across every domain – territorial integrity, trade, human rights, the environment, and war – the rules are being torn up. Yet while the United States dismantles key aid institutions...
GFP expands footprint in Sisters
The Nugget Newspaper - Oregon
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GFP Enterprises is one of those businesses in Sisters that is largely unknown outside the industry in which they operate. In this case, that’s hazard, disaster, and emergency response. GFP operates with high degrees of logistical complexity,...
PNG50 Gospel Music Festival set for August
Pngbuzz.com
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July 27, 2025
As Papua New Guinea approaches its 50th year of Independence, a powerful wave of faith and unity is building across the nation. At the heart of this movement is the Jubilee Reset Gospel Music Festival, taking place on August 23–24, 2025, at Sir...
Live: ASX falls as trade optimism fades, Trump flags 15-20pc 'baseline' tariff
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 28, 2025
Sir Michael Hill, the famous jeweller, has died.Michael Hill International Limited (ASX: MHJ) has posted a statement to the stock exchange announcing the passing of its founder and non-executive director.The company has expressed their deepest and...
Harness digital tools to preserve culture
The National
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IN recent years, the internet has become an indispensable tool for communication, information sharing, and economic development in Papua New Guinea. As the country embraces the digital age, there is a growing recognition of the need to promote...
TerraPay Secures AUSTRAC Registration to Deepen Cross-Border Payment Infrastructure in Australia and the Pacific
Financial IT
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July 29, 2025
TerraPay, a global money movement company announced its registration with the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC)as both an Independent Remittance Provider (IRP) and a Remittance Network Provider (RNP). This regulatory...
'I swapped student life in the UK for Caribbean island - and saved myself £88k in tuition fees'
The Mirror
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July 29, 2025
A student has moved to a Caribbean island for university - saving herself £88k in tuition fees in the process. Tamara Leslie, 20, started a biomedical course at the University of Sussex but quit after a week - when she discovered she could get the...
ExxonMobil Pledges To Deepen Support For Nigeria’s Oil, Gas Industry
Daily Independent
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July 29, 2025
1 LAGOS – ExxonMobil has pledged to deepen support for the growth of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry. Mr. Jagir Baxi, its new Chairman and Managing Director, and Lead Country Manager, of its affiliates in Nigeria, disclosed this in a statement....
Statement of the Forty-second meeting of the Polio IHR Emergency Committee
The National Tribune
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July 28, 2025
The Forty-second meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) on the international spread of poliovirus was convened by the WHO Director-General on 18 June 2025 with committee members and advisers...
PNG and Japan Deepen Economic Partnership as PM Marape Leads High-Level Visit
One Papua New Guinea
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July 25, 2025
Papua New Guinea has laid the groundwork for the next 50 years of PNG–Japan cooperation following a landmark visit by Prime Minister James Marape, who held bilateral talks with Japan’s leadership and met with key investors in Tokyo and Osaka....
Three scholars embark on academic journey to Japan
The Islandsun
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July 29, 2025
BY CHRIS ALEX Marking a significant milestone for the Solomon Islands human resource development, three promising public servants have been selected as the country’s first recipients of the prestigious Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)...