Pacific news in brief for 2 April
A round-up of news from around the region, including an Imam in PNG saying he is fine with the country being a Christian nation as long as freedom of religion is still respected.
The Family Voyage on MSN7h
The best beaches on Oahu - and why you should visit each one
What are the best beaches on Oahu? Find the boogie boarding on Oahu, the top snorkel spots on Oahu, best Oahu beaches for ...
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University of Hawaiʻi develops new map to detect wildfire risk
University of Hawaiʻi scientists developed a new wildfire risk map to help predict fire danger across the islands. “This new ...
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Digging for minerals in the Pacific’s graveyard: The $20 trillion fight over who controls the seabed
Kahoʻohalahala thinks the reality is no Pacific nation is truly independent of one another: Any decision the Cook Islands makes, that Tonga makes, will affect the same ocean that also belongs to ...
Statista on MSN8d
The World's Autonomous Regions
Autonomous regions exist in many different contexts around the world. While some countries decide to embrace autonomy fully ...
Yahoo13d
6 Cruise Port Cities With World-Class Food Scenes
Japanese immigrants brought shave ice—fluffier than your average snow cone—to Hawaii in the early 1900s ... Plan your day ...
New Hampshire Union Leader18d
New voter registration law caused confusion during town elections
In towns like Derry, Londonderry and Bedford, not everyone had the proper documentation to register to vote during Tuesday’s elections. A Derry voter went back home to grab her birth certificate ...
Hawaii News Now19d
Appeals process opening on new flood insurance rate maps on Oahu
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Property owners will have a chance to appeal the federal government’s new Flood Insurance Rate Maps on Oahu. Over the past five years, FEMA has studied flood risks ...
Los Angeles Times21d
Cal Fire rolls out new fire hazard maps for Central California. Up next: L.A.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection released new fire-hazard severity maps Monday that added thousands of acres within the purview of local fire departments across ...
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Oahu residents can soon submit appeals, comments on updated flood maps
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Starting this week, residents on Oahu will have an opportunity to submit feedback on updated Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), including appeals to their property’s ...
San Francisco Examiner21d
Supes pressure mayor to expand shelters across SF
Just a few neighborhoods are home to the vast majority of San Francisco’s services for the homeless. But city leaders are increasingly calling on San Francisco’s outer neighborhoods to pull ...
aspistrategist.org.au24d
Australia’s defences must be ready in two years. Here’s what to do
Such power projection is commonplace around the rimlands and littoral regions of Eurasia, where Chinese, Russian and, increasingly, combined Chinese-Russian operations are mounted frequently against ...