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Top 2025 Amazon Prime Day Disney Deals
Disney Tourist Blog
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July 8, 2025
Amazon Prime Day is back! From July 8 to 11, 2025, score exclusive discounts on Disney toys, books, games, LEGOs, travel gadgets, and more! This rounds up the best deals for your vacations to Walt Disney World and beyond, plus products that will...
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...
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...
15 Best TV Shows Like Abbott Elementary
/FILM - Indiana
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June 24, 2025
"Abbott Elementary" is one of the biggest comedies currently on TV, but it's far from the most unique show. Created by and starring comedian Quinta Brunson, it's a mockumentary sitcom documenting the lives of an eclectic group of teachers at the...
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...
Oral Questions — Questions To Ministers | Sitting Date: 24 June 2025
Scoop
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Monday, 30 June 2025, 7:50 am Press Release: Hansard ORAL QUESTIONS QUESTIONS TO MINISTERS Question No. 1—Māori Development 1. TĀKUTA FERRIS (Te Pāti Māori —Te Tai Tonga) to the Minister for Māori Development: Does he stand by the Government's...
Rikishi to return on SmackDown as his son’s manager; new Wiseman of Solo Sikoa’s MFT? 4 Ways the WWE Hall of Famer can come back
Sportskeeda
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July 8, 2025
The Bloodline runs WWE. This has been the standard on-screen for the last five years or so. Be it Roman Reigns, Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso, Solo Sikoa, or Jacob Fatu, among others, the group has remained dominant. This doesn't just apply to the wrestling...
Archaeologists make surprising discovery at Easter Island - turning everything we know on its head
Daily Mail
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July 8, 2025
There's no doubt Easter Island is geographically one of the most isolated places on Earth. More than 2,000 miles off the coast of Chile, it was first settled by humans around AD 1200, who built its famous enlarged head statues. Historically, the...
Scientists Dropped A Cow Carcass 1,629 Meters Into The South China Sea – And 8 Unexpected Visitors Turned Up
IFL Science
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July 8, 2025
Getting accurate information on animal species can be quite a challenge, especially when they live deep within the sea. One of those animals is the Pacific sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus), which, despite its widespread distribution, remains...
Is This the Year of Record-Setting Heat-Domes and Flash Floods?
Townhall
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July 8, 2025
There are far too many true believers among journalists, all eager to join AP’s Seth Borenstein in declaring this the long-awaited summer of record-breaking heat waves. As it turned out, the recent brief spell of uncomfortably hot weather passed...
Lae factory will deliver clean water to PNG households -Rotomold
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 7, 2025
The man behind one of the South Pacific’s biggest tank manufacturers says a new factory in Lae will help ease long-running water shortages across Papua New Guinea. Prakash Chand, the Managing Director and Chairman of Rotomould Group, officially...
Guam’s Jordan Baden wins gold, shatters women’s 5K record at Mini Games
The Guam Daily Post
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With only three days remaining in the 12th Pacific Mini Games in Koror, Palau, Guam's mighty contingent earned five medals in athletics, baseball and judo. Two days ago, Guam's Jordan Baden won her first-ever medal while representing her island...
Triple H to controversially have one of his top champions lose his title at WWE SummerSlam? Exploring the possibility
Sportskeeda
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July 7, 2025
WWE is set to host its first-ever two-night SummerSlam, and Triple H has a huge challenge to make it a successful event. For the past few months, fans have been complaining that the product has lost its spark. Therefore, The Game might need to...
3 Explanations for Jimmy Uso not saving Jacob Fatu at WWE Night of Champions 2025
Sportskeeda
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June 29, 2025
WWE Superstar Jacob Fatu lost the United States Championship at Night of Champions. A return by Tonga Loa and the debut of Hikuleo put the brakes on The Samoan Werewolf’s title run, as Solo Sikoa exited Riyadh with the championship belt....
6 WWE stars who can realistically return before the end of 2025
Sportskeeda
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June 29, 2025
There were plenty of surprises at WWE Night of Champions, including the return of Tonga Loa from injury and the debut of Hikuleo. They helped Solo Sikoa defeat Jacob Fatu to become the new United States Champion. Loa has been out since Survivor...
Wāhine Māori rally for their Pacific sisters - and push for their own place in rugby history
Te Ao Maori News
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As Samoa and Fiji gear up for the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup, their final prep matches have come with powerful support. A group of wāhine Māori have banded together, some even coming out of retirement, to help their Pacific sisters get...
Jacob Fatu to hold WWE star responsible for his United States Title loss and turn on him? Exploring the possibility
Sportskeeda
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June 29, 2025
WWE Superstar Jacob Fatu lost the United States Championship to Solo Sikoa at Night of Champions. The Samoan Werewolf was outnumbered when the new Bloodline leader brought Tonga Loa and debuting Hikuleo (aka Tala Tonga) to help secure the win....
Govt explores electric vehicles with Chinese partners
Talanoa 'O Tonga
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June 28, 2025
The Cabinet has approved Hon Kapelieli Lanumata’s upcoming trip to China to explore electric‑vehicle options for Tonga. As Minister for Trade & Economic Development, Lanumata says EV adoption could halve petrol costs. The move aligns with national...
Northumberland sailor reaches halfway point on solo global voyage
The Hexham Courant
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Adam Waugh, 61, is competing in the inaugural Mini Globe Race, a 14-month, 28,000-nautical-mile challenge. He is sailing alone in a 19-foot Class Globe 5.80 yacht that he built himself, despite having no prior boatbuilding experience. Adam Waugh...
Tears and laughter: Community celebrates colorful life of Utah designer killed at No Kings rally
KSL - Utah
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SALT LAKE CITY — "I think Afa is smiling down on us right now." This was an oft-repeated sentiment Friday evening at the Salt Palace Convention Center as the family, friends, colleagues and longtime peers in the fashion industry of Arthur Folasa...