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A dramatic volcano eruption changed lives in Fiji 2,500 years ago. 100 generations have kept the story alive
1 year, 4 months ago

A dramatic volcano eruption changed lives in Fiji 2,500 years ago. 100 generations have kept the story alive

The Hindu  

Can you imagine a scientist who could neither read nor write, who spoke their wisdom in riddles, in tales of fantastic beings flying through the sky, fighting each another furiously and noisily, drinking the ocean dry, and throwing giant spears with force enough to leave massive holes in rocky headlands? Our newly published research in the journal Oral Tradition shows …

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Uncovering the violent history of the Canadian sugar industry
1 year, 9 months ago

Uncovering the violent history of the Canadian sugar industry

Salon  

Sugar, we are often told, is bad for us. Building a refinery in Vancouver, a city newly constructed on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and səlilwətaɬ Nations, Rogers created a western Canadian sugar empire — one that sourced raw sugar cane through the Pacific, refined it in British Columbia and sold it throughout the Canadian West. Canadian beet …

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History of RAW - India’s external intelligence agency
2 years, 7 months ago

History of RAW - India’s external intelligence agency

The Hindu  

Did the Central Intelligence Agency set up a monitoring station in the 1960s, with a plutonium device buried somewhere under the snow and earth on the slopes of the Nanda Devi, to spy on the Chinese? According to Yatish Yadav, author of RAW : AHistory of India’s Covert Operations, “ Atma Ram panel suggests that new techniques need to be …

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Who will pay for the damage caused by climate change?
3 years ago

Who will pay for the damage caused by climate change?

BBC  

Who will pay for the damage caused by climate change? Getty Images Every single building on Barbuda was damaged by Hurricane Irma, many of them left entirely uninhabitable Aosis, which carries out advocacy at global climate negotiations on behalf of 39 small island nations, first raised the issue of loss and damage in 1991, shortly after it was founded, when …

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Pacific nations face tough road ahead with COVID-19 vaccinations, Lowy Institute finds
3 years, 1 month ago

Pacific nations face tough road ahead with COVID-19 vaccinations, Lowy Institute finds

ABC  

New research suggests that some Melanesian nations may take years to achieve even basic COVID-19 vaccination coverage, hampering their economic recovery and raising the risk of new variants emerging close to Australia's shores. Key points: The Lowy Institute predicts only a third of Papua New Guinea's adult population will be fully vaccinated by April 2026 Social media has driven vaccine …

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Pacific Islands may not finish rolling out COVID vaccines until 2025
3 years, 11 months ago

Pacific Islands may not finish rolling out COVID vaccines until 2025

ABC  

Solomon Islands has avoided the worst of the COVID-19 crisis, but new research shows it could take it and other Pacific countries years to vaccinate the majority of their populations. Key points: A delay in a mass rollout will likely also delay the reopening of international borders, experts say That could have economic consequences, especially for tourism dependent countries like …

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