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Tonga Motor Show draws record entries this year
Talanoa 'O Tonga
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July 3, 2025
The 2025 Tonga Motor Show has attracted 30 contestants, its highest number since the event began eight years ago. This year marks the first time the event, hosted by Vaitohi Enterprises, has run under its new name, changing from the Tonga Car Show...
Of President Hichilema missing major events, the 23 spokespersons
Zambian Eye
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July 8, 2025
Mweetwa announces new media appointments By Emmanuel Mwamba President Hakainde Hichilema has missed key events where he was advertised to be; the Zambia International Trade Fair and the Gonde-Lwiindi Traditional Ceremony hosted by Chief Monze of...
"That was my only demand" - When Brock Lesnar asked Sable to make massive sacrifice for their relationship, and she agreed!
Sportskeeda
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July 4, 2025
WWE veteran Brock Lesnar once made a blunt demand to his then-girlfriend Sable (aka Rena). The Beast Incarnate believed their relationship could only continue if Sable left World Wrestling Entertainment. Back in 2004, Lesnar left WWE on a very bad...
Banquet hosted at State House to honour Tongan royals during State Visit
Fijivillage
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A Banquet was hosted in honour of the State Visit by King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau’u of the Kingdom of Tonga at the State House last night by the President of the Republic of Fiji, Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, and the First Lady, Emily Lalabalavu....
Trend Micro bolsters pacific commitment as regional cyber landscape shifts
iTWire
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July 9, 2025
Trend Micro Incorporated, a global cybersecurity leader, is cementing its commitment to the Pacific Islands, building on strong public sector partnerships and rising demand for cyber resilience. The announcement follows the company’s inaugural...
Tonga joins Ottawa Treaty as 166th State Party after Cambodia’s advocacy
Khmer Times
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July 3, 2025
Ly Thuch, First Vice-President of the CMAA and President of the Ottawa Convention, meets with Viliami Va’inga Tōnē, Ambassador of Tonga to the United Nations, in New York, on October 7, 2024. CMAA Synopsis: Cambodia celebrates Tonga’s accession as...
Uto Bulabula - Healthy Hearts Initiative Returns | A Growing Regional Response To Paediatric Cardiac Care In The Pacific
Scoop
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Photo/Supplied The Uto Bulabula - Healthy Hearts initiative will return for it’s second year to continue delivering life-saving cardiac surgeries to children across the Pacific, including, for the first time, patients from Tonga. Children are...
Tonga flanker Fifita leaves Scarlets for France
BBC
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July 3, 2025
Tonga flanker Vaea Fifita is leaving Scarlets to join Montauban in France's Top 14. The 33-year-old, who can also play at lock, moved to Parc y Scarlets from Wasps in 2022 and signed a contract extension in August 2024 to extend his stay in Wales....
“Tonga has overtaken Nyanja as the second most widely spoken language in Zambian households.”
Zambian Observer
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July 3, 2025
Figure 10.1 presents the percentage distribution of the population by language of communication at home, disaggregated by rural and urban residence. Bemba emerged as the most spoken language nationwide, accounting for 34.0 percent of the...
Visa free Pacific-Australia travel is the next logical step in the relationship
The Interpreter
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July 9, 2025
On my first visit to Vanuatu, I spent a week on the island of Pentecost. Among its many colourful inhabitants was a 30-something teacher from the United Kingdom, who’d made his way there on holiday and never left. He’d married, settled into island...
Hosts Fiji Beat Tonga To Collect Consecutive Wins In Group B
Pacific Scoop
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July 8, 2025
Press Release – OFC Tonga provided stubborn resistance for the tournament hosts, but Fiji’s pressure inevitably proved too much, scoring two late goals to seal victory. Fiji have recorded two wins from two in Group B at the OFC Women’s Nations Cup...
Third gold for Tonga in women’s shot put at Palau Mini Games
Talanoa 'O Tonga
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July 8, 2025
Ata Maama Tu’utafaiva has made history by winning gold in the women’s shot put at the Pacific Mini Games 2025. Her massive throw secured the top spot on the podium, delivering a proud moment for the Kingdom. “Ata delivered a golden moment for Team...
"That's real loyalty" - Fans react to 47-year-old star rejecting massive WWE offer
Sportskeeda
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July 3, 2025
The WWE Universe came in droves on X/Twitter to heap praise on a veteran for rejecting a Hall of Fame induction. Jeff Hardy turned down the honor because he wanted to be inducted with his brother, Matt Hardy. The Hardy Boyz are regarded by many as...
A new country in the Pacific — Bougainville
International Politics and Society
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July 8, 2025
A historic moment for Bougainville is within reach — the Pacific archipelago is on the verge of achieving independence from Papua New Guinea. In the 2019 referendum, almost 98 per cent of the population voted in favour of secession. Two years...
The Pacific Pivot is dead; welcome to the Fluid Indo-Pacific
The Pacific Island Times
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July 8, 2025
Pacific Reflections By Gabriel McCoard I’ve always been struck by how much people from other nations understand American domestic politics. Who’s running for president is always obvious, but even domestic politics seizes outsized attention....
FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League - Oceania Conference 2, Stop 5: The Solomon Islands Prevent a Second Tonga Double
FIBA Basketball
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KOROR (Palau) - The competition was fierce at Stop 5 of the FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League – Oceania, Conference 2, with almost every match-up proving to be a close contest. The Tongan teams came out strong once again at stop five, looking to...
Taking matters into our own hands: aid dependency in the Pacific
Island Times
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July 8, 2025
By Dr Aisake Valu Eke and Tuya Altangerel SUVA, (DEVPOLICY.ORG) — There has been a marked decline in Pacific development and progress against the SDGs since the early 2000s, attributable to the impacts of major disaster events, remoteness of...
Pacific Islanders relocate to Australia to escape rising seas
Context
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What’s the context? Climate-vulnerable Pacific Islanders take up Australia's offer for resettlement through a pioneering visa scheme. LONDON - More than a third of people living in the tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu have applied to permanently...
Japan plans to expand OSA aid to align with US' Indo-Pacific strategy and pursue military ambitions, analysts say
Global Times
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Latest news Japan plans to supply defense equipment to Thailand, Tonga and six other nations in the current fiscal year as security aid, a government source said Friday, with the aim to ensure safe sea lanes in the Indo-Pacific region where China...
Triple H to add Steel Cage Match for WWE title to Saturday Night's Main Event on SmackDown? Possibility explored
Sportskeeda
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July 8, 2025
WWE is set to host Saturday Night's Main Event this weekend at State Farm Arena in Atlanta. Ever since the NBC special returned, Triple H has been treating it as a major show. Three contests have been made official so far, with two more expected...