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Trump Tariff Shake-Up: Full country-wise list with revised rates
Financial Express
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The White House has released the revised tariff rates on imports from 68 countries and the 27-member European Union, with these new tariffs scheduled to come into effect on August 7, 2025. This gives US customs and border officials time to prepare...
Sappers helping Nauru to be safe
CONTACT Magazine
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April 11, 2025
A team of ADF explosives experts worked with Government of Nauru authorities to dispose of two World War 2-era unexploded ordnance (UXO) recently discovered in a residential area. CAPTION: Sergeant Matthew Watson and Sapper Daniel Almer from 20th...
ASX 200 falls as US finalises tariffs set to begin next week
The Motley Fool Australia
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August 1, 2025
The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is trading 0.76% lower on Friday after the US finalised its list of global reciprocal tariffs overnight. The United States issued an Executive Order overnight detailing revised reciprocal tariffs for scores of...
Nauru inducted as Micronesia Islands Forum’s newest member
Pacific News Service
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Nauru has been inducted to the Micronesian Islands Forum (MIF) during the February meeting of the region’s leaders. On 16 February, 2023, the Republic of Palau motioned, and the State of Chuuk seconded, the Republic of Nauru’s induction in the...
How Trump Could Boost Deep-Sea Mining
TIME Magazine
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April 16, 2025
The Trump Administration is reportedly considering an executive order that would enable the stockpiling of metals mined from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. The prospect comes as the administration looks to become less reliant on other countries...
The deep blue sea might soon become a mining frontier
New Atlas
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April 5, 2025
Deep sea mining has been off limits thus far, both because it's awfully hard, and because governments haven't yet firmed up regulations around extracting minerals offshore. That might soon change, as an ambitious company is moving steadily to...
Nauru to take non-citizen NZYQ cohort freed from immigration detention
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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February 16, 2025
Nauru will offer visas to members of the NZYQ cohort of non-citizens released into the Australian community following a High Court decision, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has revealed. Mr Burke said the Nauruan government had approached...
25% on India, 19% on Pakistan, 35% on Iraq: Full list of US tariff rates announced by Donald Trump; who’s worst-hit?
The Times of India
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US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a sweeping executive order imposing higher tariffs on several nations and the 27-member European Union, significantly escalating his administration’s global trade offensive. The order, titled "Further...
Trump Revises Tariffs: India Remains At 25%, Pak's Rate Slashed At 19%. Full List Of US Tariff Rates
Asianet Newsable
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August 1, 2025
India has been slapped with a 25 per cent "Reciprocal Tariff, Adjusted", one of the higher rates among key US trading partners.US President Donald Trump on Thursday issued an Executive Order further modifying reciprocal tariff rates, building upon...
UN agrees global carbon pricing for international shipping
Hellenic Shipping News
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April 11, 2025
The UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) has agreed on a key climate policy for global shipping–including pricing of emissions–aimed at delivering on the 2023 Revised Strategy goals: an equitable transition to net-zero by/around 2050....
UN adopts framework to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in international shipping
ETInfra.com
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April 12, 2025
The UN's International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted the first legally binding international framework to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from international shipping. Finalized in London after a week of negotiations, the policy...
Kiribati explores deep-sea mining partnership with China
Offshore
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April 11, 2025
The Pacific nation of Kiribati says that it is exploring a deep-sea mining partnership with China, potentially offering access to a vast area of Pacific Ocean that contains valuable metals and minerals. As reported by AFP, China has been ramping...
“Deep Sea Mining Madness”: The Next Unstoppable Gold Rush Boom to Devastate Our Ocean’s Hidden Treasures and Unleash Unimaginable Wealth
Sustainability Times
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April 8, 2025
IN A NUTSHELL 🌊 Deep sea mining is poised to revolutionize resource extraction by tapping into mineral-rich ocean floors. 🚢 The Metals Company plans to use advanced technology to collect polymetallic nodules at abyssal depths. 🌍 Regulatory...
Steve Long appointed CEO to lead Digicel Pacific’s Hub Markets
Fijivillage
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Steve Long has been appointed as Digicel Pacific’s CEO and lead its Hub Markets, which include Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Vanuatu, and Nauru. Long says he is passionate about telecommunications because it plays a critical role in connecting people,...
The constructs of a population policy
interest.co.nz
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Some weeks back I wrote that New Zealand needs a population policy. However, I purposely did not say what that policy should be. Instead, I focused on identifying the unplanned population bulges we are currently creating, focusing particularly on...
Brazil's XMobots unveils Nauru 100D UAV
Janes
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The Nauru 100D at LAAD 2025 in Rio de Janeiro. (Alejandro Sanchez) Brazil's XMobots has unveiled a new battery-powered electrical vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the Nauru 100D, intended to perform surveillance...
Op-Ed: We Don't Know What Deep Sea Mining Would Do to the Midwater Zone
The Maritime Executive
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[By Alexus Cazares-Nuesser] Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet – where creatures glow and life survives under crushing pressure. This is the midwater zone, a hidden ecosystem that begins 650 feet (200 meters)...
New CEO named for Digicel Pacific
The Fiji Times
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July 28, 2025
Digicel Pacific has named Steve Long as the new Chief Executive Officer for its Hub Markets, overseeing operations in Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Vanuatu, and Nauru. He brings over 18 years of telecommunications experience, having held senior executive...
Trump Signs Order To Modify Reciprocal Tariff Rate For 'Certain Countries' As Deadline Ticks Down
Bernama
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August 1, 2025
WASHINGTON, Aug 1 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that modifies the reciprocal tariff rate for dozens of countries ahead of his self-imposed Aug 1 trade deal deadline, Anadolu Ajansi reported. The...
US Tariff Rates
The Times of India
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US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a sweeping executive order imposing higher tariffs on several nations and the 27-member European Union, significantly escalating his administration’s global trade offensive. The order, titled "Further...