Hawaiʻi Health Department reports 13th travel-related dengue virus case of 2025

Aedes albopictus is a widespread invasive mosquito in Hawai’i. Photo Credit: James Gathany, CDC. The Hawaiʻi Department of Health has identified a new travel-related case of dengue virus on Oʻahu, bringing the total number of dengue cases to 13 in...

Can Lai’s Taiwan Hold on to Its Diplomatic Allies?

During Tsai Ing-wen’s presidency, Taiwan lost ten official diplomatic partners to China, which utilized its economic power to peel away the democracy’s allies. Since President Lai Ching-te took office in May 2024, however, Taiwan has managed to...

Pacific Islands News Roundup – September 26 – October 2, 2025

Editor’s Note: We are undergoing a web host migration process and may need to make necessary modifications to our format and frequency over the next several weeks. Thank you in advance for your understanding. Political Leadership and Regionalism,...

Countdown to the search for Amelia Earhart’s plane begins  

WEST LAFAYETTE — In 30 days, Purdue University and the Purdue Research Foundation will join an Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI) expedition to the South Pacific, attempting to solve the mystery of Amelia Earhart’s disappearance during her...

Celebrating Achievements and Progress in the Division – August 2025

Halo Olaketa from the SPTO Division of Sustainable Tourism! We are excited to provide you with another monthly issue of key updates from the Pacific on sustainable and responsible tourism developments and successes. In this August issue, we take...

Purdue shares details regarding expedition to identify Amelia Earhart's plane

Purdue announced in July it planned to travel to a remote island in the Pacific Ocean where they believe satellite images show parts of the plane. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A decades long mystery could soon become a closed case next month when Purdue...

Is THIS Amelia Earhart's missing plane? Expedition this month will finally confirm if the 'Taraia Object' in a lagoon on Nikumaroro Island is her Lockheed Electra 10E

In just a month's time, one of the greatest modern mysteries could finally be solved – the disappearance of Amelia Earhart. Scientists are about to embark on an ambitious expedition to Nikumaroro, a five-mile-long island in the western Pacific...

The Truth About Amelia Earhart

“I am ordering my Administration to declassify and release all Government Records related to Amelia Earhart, her final trip, and everything else about her,” President Donald Trump announced recently on Truth Social, pulling one of America’s most...

How to watch Conference League 2025/26: live stream options, TV channels, free streams

Watch 2025/26 Conference League live streams to see clubs from England, Italy, Spain, France and all across the continent do battle for European silverware. Just the fifth edition of the revamped version of UEFA's third competition, English clubs...

From Mānoa to Majuro: Lessons in healthcare and culture

Reading time: 2 minutesJABSOM students with the staff at Majuro Hospital. For University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa medical student Kalpana Balaraman, a summer spent in the Republic of the Marshall Islands offered a transformative lesson in health care...

Purdue University joins expedition to search for Amelia Earhart's missing plane in South Pacific

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University and the Purdue Research Foundation will join a three-week expedition to the South Pacific next month, searching for evidence of Amelia Earhart's missing aircraft in a lagoon near Nikumaroro Island. The...

Purdue-backed expedition seeks to solve Amelia Earhart mystery

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WISH) — The countdown is on for a Purdue University-backed expedition that could help solve one of aviation’s greatest mysteries: The 1937 disappearance of trailblazing pilot Amelia Earhart. In 30 days, Purdue and the Purdue...

Purdue reps to join expedition to find Earhart's missing plane in 30 days

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN — In 30 days, Purdue University and Purdue Research Foundation members will join an Archaeological Legacy Institute expedition to the South Pacific attempting to solve the disappearance of Amelia Earhart during her mission to...

The Impact of the Hong Kong Convention on Ship Recycling 3 Months In

The Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships (the Hong Kong Convention) went into effect on June 26, 2025, in 24 contracting states. The Hong Kong Convention aims to improve worker conditions and...

One month out: Countdown to the search for Amelia Earhart’s plane begins   

Purdue joins Archaeological Legacy Institute in exploring Pacific island’s lagoon for plane wreckage WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — In 30 days, Purdue University and Purdue Research Foundation will join an Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI) expedition...

Monkeys in Palau: How Germany's colonial past, WWII and US military plans have fuelled an ecological calamity

This is an ABC podcast. Pilot Pleasure to have you on board this morning. It should be a pretty smooth ride down. James Nokise It's early Saturday morning and I'm sitting crammed inside an eight-seater plane with the side door open so we can get...

Growth in the Pacific to accelerate to 4.1 percent in 2025,...

Economic growth in the Pacific is projected to accelerate to 4.1 percent in 2025 and moderate to 3.4 percent in 2026, according to the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) September 2025, the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) flagship economic...

Former Director at USAID Discusses New Global Reality

When Nathaniel Scott took the stage at Stillpoint Thursday to discuss his 16-year career with the US Agency for International Development (USAID), he was wearing a blue button-down shirt with the USAID logo embroidered on the pocket. It’s the...

Lost in Space: The Limits of Geolocation in a Satellite-Connected World

“Where are you?” is not an easy question to answer on the Internet. The telephone system’s address plan embedded a certain amount of physical location information in the fixed-line network, and a full E.164 telephone number indicated your location...

How to watch Galatasaray vs Liverpool: live Champions League 2025/26 game, free streams, team news

The Galatasaray vs Liverpool live stream sees the visitors aiming to inflict another damaging European defeat on the Turkish champions. Galatasaray have started the season in superb fashion and sit top of the Süper Lig table. Not only have they...