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Pacific Engagement Visa in PNG: progress and challenges
Communication with PEV applicants needs to be improved and visa processing times increased, or job offers will lapse, finds Natasha Turia.
Crikey19h
Trashing USAID is a disaster for the southwest Pacific
USAID has long been in Trump’s sights. The right-wing manifesto Project 2025 called for “freezing of foreign aid pending a review by political appointees” and undoing “the gross misuse of foreign aid ...
Like Trump, Australia attaches strings to helping small nations, but it’s a tangle
Australia is tying its Pacific aid to security deals that attempt to lock out China. But in diplomacy, politics trumps policy.
Australia’s aping Trump to foil China in the Pacific. But will it work?
Australia is tying its Pacific aid to security deals that attempt to lock out China. But in diplomacy, politics trumps policy.
Bill McEwen15m
Salman Rushdie's Attacker Found Guilty of Attempted Murder in New York
A man has been convicted of attempted murder for the 2022 on-stage attack on author Salman Rushdie, which left the novelist blind in one eye.
Muslim Community Unites for Ramadan After Wildfire Destroys Mosque
A Muslim community in California, finds strength in unity for Ramadan after losing their mosque and homes to a devastating ...
WTVF15h
Second Chances: Tennessee manufacturing company hiring formerly incarcerated people
Talos Engineered Products and Men of Valor are working together to connect to people who've served time behind bars with jobs ...
geegeez.co.uk6h
Kickback the concern for Romantic Warrior in Saudi Cup
Danny Shum is confident Romantic Warrior will be able to perform on the dirt in Saturday’s Saudi Cup – but is less certain ...