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NEW YORK (Reuters) — Toppled Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro pleaded not guilty on Monday to narcotics charges after President Donald Trump’s stunning capture of him rattled world leaders and left officials in Caracas scrambling to regroup.

HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — An audit of the Guam Department of Education’s fiscal year 2024 finances revealed that despite receiving millions in federal funds, a $64.7 million surplus and a clean unmodified opinion, recurring breakdowns in basic financial controls expose Guam’s publ…

MAJURO — Despite a high rate of domestic violence in the Marshall Islands, only a handful of women come forward to gain court offered protections against abusive partners.

HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — The possibility of deep seabed mining near the Marianas triggered an unprecedented wave of opposition from Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands throughout 2025, uniting government leaders, activists and scientists in a fight against federal plans…

HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — Govs. Lou Leon Guerrero of Guam and David Apatang of the CNMI are asking federal ocean officials to send a representative to the two territories for village and community forums before the Jan. 12, 2026, deadline for public input on a deep-sea mining proposal.

(Pacific GIS and Remote Sensing Council) — Beneath the Pacific Ocean, gardens of seagrass play a critical role in trapping and storing carbon at rates of up to 35 times greater than that of tropical rainforests, a frontline protector from climate change.

(Pacific Island Times) — Despite opposition from congressional leaders and the Council of Chiefs, Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr. has agreed to accept Washington’s proposal to relocate unwanted aliens to the Pacific island nation in exchange for supplemental aid and a new hospital.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. on Tuesday said Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau spoke to Palau President Surangel Whipps about transferring third-country nationals to the Pacific Island nation, even after its lawmakers rejected a previous request from Washington on the matter.

HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — Leaders from Guam’s executive and legislative branches, including the congressional delegate, have joined forces to oppose a federal proposal that could open waters near the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to commercial deep-sea mining.

HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — The Public Utilities Commission has approved the base rate increase and the reduction in the Levelized Energy Adjustment Clause for Guam Power Authority billings.