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World’s best female weightlifters at the Tokyo Olympics inspire Nancy Abouke of Nauru

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By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Tokyo At only 18 years of age, Nancy Abouke of Nauru is now ranked 10th in the women’s 76kg...

Three Oceania judokas set to improve rankings after Tokyo 2020

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By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Tokyo Three Oceania judokas competing in the men’s 81kg category look set to improve their world ranking after competing...

PNG’s Dika Toua creates Olympic history

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By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Tokyo Papua New Guinea and the Pacific's top woman weightlifter, Dika Toua created Olympics history Saturday, when she competed...

Nine cases among Fiji arrivals to NZ

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Nine cases of Covid-19 have been detected among travellers from Fiji to New Zealand in the past week, a senior health official said. Fiji is...

Climate change expert warns of severe cyclones

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The Pacific Island Forum climate change adviser Exsley Taloiburi has warned of more severe tropical cyclones in the region in the coming years. Taloiburi said...

Climate change ‘greatest threat’ to livelihoods, security of Pacific people: Expert

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An environmental official stressed that climate change is “the single greatest threat” to Pacific peoples' livelihoods and security as he highlighted the devastating effects...

NZ transgender Hubbard still got man’s bones, strength: Samoan weightlifter Sipaia

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Tokyo Olympics-bound Samoan weightlifter Iuniarra Sipaia has spoken for the first time on New Zealand’s transgender weightlifting rival Laurel Hubbard, saying she is sad...

Legal definition of ‘ecocide’ a new milestone in efforts to criminalise environmental mass destruction

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A new, much-awaited legal definition of “ecocide” has moved the world a step closer to recognising the plunder and mass destruction of nature as...

Thursday 17 June 2021 PACNEWS First Edition

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- FIJI: Investment act 2020 to help Fiji’s economic recovery post-pandemic
- FIJI: ‘Don’t not let the number surpass capacity’, Fiji follows WHO criteria in determining COVID-19 deaths
- VAN: Vanuatu keeps up with the World of E-Commerce and Digital Trade
- PAC: Violence against women in Pacific politics
- PAC: The mice that roared: how eight tiny countries took on foreign fishing fleets
- NZ: Māori All Blacks squad for series against Manu Samoa named
- SAMOA: Samoan weightlifter Iuniarra Sipaia through to Olympics

Samoan weightlifter Iuniarra Sipaia through to Olympics

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Samoan weightlifter Iuniarra Sipaia has confirmed her spot in the Tokyo Olympics next month and says she is honored to be representing the country. Sipaia...

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International concern over Tonga’s debate on death penalty for drug offences

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Several international human rights organisations have expressed grave concern over recent discussions in Tonga's Parliament suggesting the extension of the death penalty to drug-related...

Fiji’s political landscape unpredictable: Herr

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AOSIS lead negotiator Rasmussen urges swift action and robust financing to address Climate threats

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AOSIS Climate lead negotiator, Anne Rasmussen of Samoa, emphasised the coalition's vulnerability to climate change at the Sixtieth Session of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB60)...