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Americans Say Two Grim Factors Are Impacting Their Winter Travel Plans This Year
It's been widely reported by Tourism Economics that U.S. tourism is down by around 8.2% so far this year, despite previous predictions of a 9% increase based on previous years. The reasons behind this drop are primarily political. Stories of...
IHG Hotels & Resorts and Rakuten Travel unveil partnership
IHG Hotels & Resorts and Rakuten Travel have joined forces to provide domestic travellers exclusive loyalty benefits when booking on Rakuten Travel and staying at more than 50 IHG hotels across Japan. From today, Rakuten Travel users will be able...
Integrating DNA Sequencing and AI for AAV Genome Integrity
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'People are hungry': US shutdown puts food assistance in CNMI, Guam at risk
The US government went into shutdown on 1 October after Republicans and Democrats in Congress failed to pass appropriations funding government services. Photo: ANNA MONEYMAKER / AFP People are currently working without pay in the Northern Mariana...
Timing, Targeting, & Technology: Your New Collections Playbook
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UALR assistant professor to give presentation to Ouachita Chapter of the AAS
Maureece Levin, Ph.D., will present "Place-Based Community Learning at UA Little Rock: The Garden Site Project" at the 7 p.m. Tuesday meeting of the Ouachita Chapter of the Arkansas Archeological Society. This talk will be held in the Rainey Room...
Ranked: Countries With the Largest Forests in 2025
Ranked: 35 Countries With the Largest Forests in 2025 See visuals like this from many other data creators on our Voronoi app. Download it for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Key...
$124 Trillion And Counting... These Are The World's Largest Economies
The 2026 world economy has a cautious outlook, according to the October report put out by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The organization says that global growth is slowing amid fragmentation and rising protectionism. Significant downside...
Resolution encourages cooperatives to address regional poverty
The United Nations declared 2025 to be the International Year of Cooperatives with the theme “Cooperatives Build a Better World.” The UN resolution highlights the lasting global impact of cooperatives and emphasizes that the cooperative model is a...
Taitague presses military leaders for direct communication with the legislative branch
Sen. Telo Taitague confronted a Joint Region Marianas representative at last week's Pacific Island legislators meeting, demanding to know why the military briefs the governor's office but bypasses the legislature. The exchange happened during the...
GPA Strengthens Disaster and Cyber Readiness with SURGE 2025 Tabletop Exercise
The event gathered key partners, including the Guam Waterworks Authority, Joint Task Force–Micronesia, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and GPA’s private energy partners.
Israeli deputy foreign minister seeks to strengthen ties with Fiji, other Pacific nations
Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel meets Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka during her first visit to the island. (Photo: Raju Media) Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel is on a mission to strengthen diplomatic and...
United Nations Celebrates UN Day 2025 in Palau with Open House Event
The United Nations marked UN Day 2025 in Palau with an Open House at the Small Grants UN Office in Koror, bringing together partners, stakeholders, staff, and young media professionals to recognize the UN’s work across Micronesia. The event opened...
Plant of the Month for November 2025: Alahe‘e
Consider gracing your garden with a true Hawaiian native plant that might also make a lovely holiday tree. Alahe‘e has many attractive characteristics that make it an excellent choice for landscape use as well as a decorative feature outdoors or...
Scholars examine military buildup across US territories
Researchers from three U.S. territories gathered online Wednesday to discuss how rapid military expansion is transforming their islands, raising questions about who controls decisions affecting their lands, waters and futures. The virtual panel...
Designing a Resilient and Data-Driven FinCrime Function in the Age of AI
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The Time for a Decade of Island Resilience is Now
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation, Editors' Choice, Energy, Environment, Featured, Global, Headlines, Natural Resources, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Opinion The Rock Islands, Palau. Credit:...
Celebrities: Death in September 2025
Dhimitër Anagnosti, 89, Albanian film director (The Return of the Dead Army, Përralle Nga e Kaluara) and politician, minister of culture (1992–1994) and MP (1991–1996). Jimmy Bone, 75, Scottish football player (Partick Thistle, St Mirren) and...
Coast Guard Rescues 45 People from Boat
Passengers rescued from a disabled vessel gather on the deck of a Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium from Station Apra Harbor off Agat, Guam, Oct. 10, 2025. Coast Guard and Guam Fire Department crews responded to a report of a 45-foot...
Closing the Gap: Managing Journal Entry Risk in the Record-to-Report Process
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