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Rising to the Challenge: Perspectives from a Pacific President (East-West Center Insights)

Championing positive change on environment, education, and more. The host for this episode is Karena Lyons. The guest for this episode is Hilda Heine, Former President. While there are many issues facing the diverse peoples of the Pacific, there also many creative ideas for solutions born from the resourcefulness inherent in their oceanic isolation. Senator […]

Currents in Pacific Education: Trends & Issues (Pacific Partnerships in Education)

Events are transforming Pacific island education processes and practices We’ll discuss some ongoing and upcoming challenges and issues in Pacific island education, including: (a) the impacts of the ending of COFA funding on Hawaii’s schools and potential responses to this, such as creating ‘transition’ schools, and (b) the possible separation of Chuuk State from the […]

Arctic – Tropical Climate Change Connections (Pacific Partnerships In Education)

A trip exploring some climate change themes and issues shared by the Marshall Islands and Greenland. The world’s largest island, the arctic behemoth of Greenland, and the tiny, remote, equatorial atoll islands of the Marshall Islands are experiencing similar impacts of climate change. We’ll show a brief video in which poets from both locations share […]

Go Your Own Way: Chuuk and the Federated States of Micronesia (Pacific Partnerships In Education)

Chuuk is making plans to separate from the FSM. We’ll discuss the much-talked-about plans for Chuuk to separate itself from the FSM. We’ll explore the potential costs and benefits – to Chuuk, the FSM, and other countries – and will focus on the implications for education if this plan is enacted. The host for this […]

Who’s Who in Gugeegue (Pacific Partnerships In Education)

Introducing the 2018 Ebeye Spartan Marine Science Campers Kara and Kayla recently returned from the 2018 Ebeye Spartan Summer Camp in Gugueegue, Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands. With Kayla’s assistance, Kara lead a marine science field camp for 40 select high school students. They spent two rigorous weeks together learning all about the […]

Creative Strategies for Successful English Language Learning (Pacific Partnerships In Education)

Strategies that have proven successful in in one culture may be adapted and adopted to work in others, with suitable modification. ELL strategies that have proven successful in Hispanic cultures and situations will be outlined, and the adjustments being made to optimize these strategies for Pacific Island cultures will be discussed. Various approaches to the […]

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Suddenly, Chinese Spies Seem to Be Popping Up All Over Europe

A flurry of arrests this week reflect the continent’s newly toughened response to Beijing’s espionage activities and political meddling. [...]

After video surfaced on social media, the student, Khymani James, said on Friday that his comments were wrong. [...]

Columbia’s University Senate Calls for an Investigation Into the Administration

The senators voted for a resolution that accused the administration of breaching the due-process rights of students and professors. [...]

Barnard Ends Suspensions for Most Student Protesters Who Were Arrested

The students had been among more than 100 who were suspended for participating in an encampment at Columbia University. [...]

Protests Threaten College Graduations, Denying Seniors Second Chance at Normalcy

After Covid ruined high school graduation for the class of 2020, the response to campus protests might upend their college commencements. [...]

Pentagon to 'rush' Patriot missiles to Ukraine

The $6bn package includes air defence munitions but not the missile systems Ukraine says it badly needs. [...]

At last some cautious optimism after the royal gloom

Buckingham Palace has broken the long silence over the King's health with some positive messages. [...]

BBC returns to beach where five migrants died - and many more will attempt crossing

Andrew Harding saw migrants board an overcrowded boat in Wimereux, northern France, on Tuesday. [...]

British man injured in Tobago shark attack

The 64-year-old was 10 metres off the shore when he was attacked by a bull shark, a local official says. [...]

'I had no idea my son's body was buried in the garden'

Yvonne Valentine sat having a Christmas drink with her son's partner, unaware she had killed him. [...]

Germany is welcoming an increasing number of foreign doctors, which the country needs. But how rewarding is it for doctors to work in the German health care system, and what [...]

Amid tensions and accusations of a constitutional coup, Togo heads to the polls next week. The African nation stands at a crossroads of democracy and dissent. [...]

Last year, a pilot program was launched in a Canadian province allowing adults to carry up to 2.5 grams of hard drugs for personal use. Soaring drug use in public [...]

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza has been detected in 38 herds of cows across nine states. Despite one Texas farm worker being infected the risk to humans remains low, according to [...]

Thirty years after the end of apartheid, South Africa is looking back on a democratic but deeply divided society. Political divisions have fueled a growing disappointment with Nelson Mandela's liberation [...]

UAW strike at Daimler Truck averted at 11th hour

More than 7,000 Daimler Truck workers, most of them in North Carolina, had threatened to go on strike. The UAW says the workers will get raises of at least 25% [...]

Midwest tornadoes cause severe damage in Omaha suburbs

Multiple tornadoes were reported in Nebraska but the most destructive storm moved from a largely rural area into suburbs northwest of Omaha. Hundreds of homes and other structures have been [...]

Biden administration abandons plan to ban menthol cigarettes, citing 'feedback'

An anti-smoking advocate says the decision to leave menthol cigarettes on the market "prioritizes politics over lives, especially Black lives." [...]

In Columbia University's protests of 1968 and 2024, what's similar — and different

There are parallels between the two high-profile events, most starkly the proliferation of similar protests around the country. But key differences set them apart. [...]

Climate activist who defaced Edgar Degas sculpture exhibit sentenced

A federal judge sentenced Joanna Smith to 60 days in prison for smearing paint on the case surrounding Edgar Degas' Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen at the National Gallery of Art. [...]

Tornadoes tore through Lincoln and Elkhorn in Nebraska on Friday before heading into Iowa. Severe weather is expected to continue through the weekend. [...]

Anthony Edwards scored 36 points, Rudy Gobert added 19 points and 14 rebounds and the Minnesota Timberwolves used a hot-shooting third quarter to beat the Phoenix Suns 126-109 on Friday [...]

The people were shot late Friday night at the entrance to the Decades nightclub in the Dupont Circle area, according to police and a patron. [...]

Three-time PGA Tour winner Brendan Steele shot an 8-under 64 to take a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the LIV Tour’s Adelaide tournament at The Grange Golf Club [...]

Winnipeg defenseman Brenden Dillon quickly made his way down the tunnel with his hand bleeding after a fight at the end of the game Friday night [...]

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