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Urgent Need For Legislation Against Black Magic: Protecting Society From Exploitation And Harm
Kashmir Reader
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July 20, 2025
In an era of science and rationality, a comprehensive law is essential to criminalise black magic practices and prevent psychological, physical, and financial abuse in Jammu and Kashmir and across India In an age of science, technology, and...
Arming the Arsenal: Molybdenum’s Role in U.S. Defense and the Top 10 Global Producers
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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July 29, 2025
Under China’s new rules, exporters must apply for special government permission to ship out dozens of forms of molybdenum, from concentrates and powders to finished alloy products. Reuters reports that the curbs stopped short of an outright ban;...
Volunteer promotes conservation of ‘Oro Butterfly’ in competition
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 17, 2025
Ahi Matue, a dedicated volunteer with the National Volunteer Service (NVS), is on a mission to accelerate the conservation of the Queen Alexandra Birdwing butterfly (Ornithoptera alexandrae), a species found exclusively in Papua New Guinea’s Oro...
Robusta Coffee farmers in Omuru finish training, receive certificates
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 17, 2025
A total of 128 coffee farmers in Omuru, Madang District, have completed a hands-on training program aimed at helping them grow better Robusta coffee. The training was run by the Coffee Industry Corporation (CIC) at its Omuru research station, a...
Hopae joins govt digital ID wallet initiative as Korea targets global interoperability
Biometric Update
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July 25, 2025
Hopae has won major backing as it collaborates on a joint research institute with the South Korean government in building digital identity standards with an internationalist view. The start-up will join a research project in the development of...
Russia Earthquake Triggers Tsunami: How Deadly Were The 10 Worst Instances The World Witnessed?
News18
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July 30, 2025
Last Updated:July 30, 2025, 14:44 IST Russia Earthquake Triggers Tsunami: Russia's earthquake is tied for the sixth strongest on record, and the strongest since 2011 Japan earthquake which triggered a tsunami Waves from a tsunami hit residences...
BlackLine Studio360: The Platform for Future-Readiness
CFO Dive
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What's the difference between a tsunami warning and an advisory?
WESH 2 - Florida
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July 30, 2025
FIRST PLACES WE LOOK TO SEE IF THERE’S ANY DAMAGE. LET’S GO AHEAD AND CHECK IN NOW WITH HEATHER WALDMAN, WHO’S BEEN TRACKING A LOT OF THIS FOR US. YEAH. AND ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND IF MAYBE YOU’RE WATCHING THE LIVE STREAMS IN...
Redesigning ballot papers to address multiple voting: Part 1
The National
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The incidences of multiple voting, a practice where an eligible voter votes in more than one constituency in the same election, was prevalent during General Election 2022 in Papua New Guinea (PNG). In 2014, The National reported on a project...
Tsunami alert highlights worth of global early warning system
UN News
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July 30, 2025
While the UN-backed International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported that there had been no damage to Japan’s nuclear facilities after an 8.8 magnitude quake was recorded off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, coastal communities have been taking no...
Astronomer Says the Object Approaching Us From Beyond the Solar System Is Not What We Think
Futurism
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July 16, 2025
Earlier this month, astronomers were thrilled to spot an interstellar object — only the third of its kind ever observed — hurtling toward the center of the solar system on an extremely unusual trajectory and at a breakneck velocity. While we're...
Parental consent, age ranges are flaws in India’s data privacy act, say experts
Biometric Update
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July 25, 2025
A common complaint from opponents of age assurance technology is that parents should be the ones to decide what their kids can and can’t see online. For years, parents could dictate which videos kids rented, which TV shows they watched and other...
EU Ambassador Reaffirms Long-Term Commitment to PNG
PNG Business News
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The European Union Ambassador to Papua New Guinea Jacques Fradin reaffirmed the EU’s long-term commitment to PNG, emphasising innovation, climate action and deepening trade and development partnerships under a transformative “global gateway”...
40 graduate as coffee extension trainers at Aiyura Institute
NBC PNG
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40 graduates with their certificates. (NBC News) Forty participants graduated yesterday with certificates from the Coffee Extension Training of Trainers [TOT] program at the Coffee Research Institute in Aiyura, Eastern Highlands Province. Among...
'A descent of burning hot lava' - Volcano in Russia's far east erupts after 8.8 magnitude earthquake
LBC
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30 July 2025, 18:04 A picture taken on March 16, 2021 shows people watching Klyuchevskoy volcano eruption on Russia's far eastern Kamchatka peninsula. Picture: MAXIM FESYUNOV/AFP via Getty Images The Klyuchevskoy volcano on Russia's Kamchatka...
PNG trio set to feature in Skipper Cup
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 30, 2025
Fiji Rugby Union is entering the representative rounds in the first week of August, and with that comes the return of the country’s biggest domestic competition — the Skipper Cup. In a major development, the 2025 season will feature a strong Papua...
Australia’s courts say climate change is a political problem. The ICJ just made it a legal issue
Crikey
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July 29, 2025
They were two decisions, from two separate courts, issued both a week and a world apart. One, a class action lawsuit filed in 2021 by a First Nations community in the Torres Strait, alleged the Australian government had failed to meaningfully...
Live: Russian volcano erupts after quake; Tsunami waves reach French Polynesia
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 30, 2025
6h agoWed 30 Jul 2025 at 7:59am Let's bring you up to speed Good evening, and thank you for joining our live coverage of the aftermath of a powerful earthquake off Russia's eastern coast this morning. Here's what's happened so far: The...
Foster grassroots energy initiatives
The National
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IN Papua New Guinea, the challenge of access to electricity in rural villages has long been a barrier to economic development, social progress, and quality of life for millions of people. With over 80 per cent of the population living in rural...
TerraPay Secures AUSTRAC Registration to Operate in Australia
Fintech News
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July 30, 2025
Free Newsletter Get the hottest Fintech Singapore News once a month in your Inbox TerraPay, a London-based money movement company, has announced its registration with the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) as both an...