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BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) — Talks between China and Japan’s foreign ministers in Beijing have paved way for Japan to host China’s foreign affairs chief next year, and mutual agreement to hold a security dialogue as soon as possible, Japan said on Wednesday. No details were given for when …

Guam Delegate James Moylan gives a speech during the 2024 Year of the Veteran Kick-Off Event at the Tumon Sands Plaza in Tumon on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024.  HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — Over the weekend, President Joe Biden signed into law the continuing resolution passed by Congress, a stopgap f…

KOROR (Island Times/Pacnews) — Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr. signed Presidential Directive No. 24-65 on Wednesday, December 18, instituting immigration controls for a 90-day period in an effort to combat criminal activity linked to foreign nationals.   However, the directive has raised concer…

A view of the Typhon missile system at Laoag International Airport, in Laoag, the Philippines, Sept. 13, 2024, in this satellite image. MANILA (Reuters) — The Philippines’ defense secretary on Tuesday justified the country’s deployment of a U.S. medium-range missile system and plans to …

Troops in formation. KOROR (BenarNews/Pacnews) —School students in Palau are taking on the United States military with a legal complaint to the United Nations over a “rapid and unprecedented wave of militarization” in their Pacific island nation. They allege that American military activities are de…

HILO, Hawaii (U.S. Department of Agriculture) — USDA Rural Development State Director Chris Kanazawa has announced $35.5 million in total investments to Banana Solar LLC, and Mana Solar, LLC, both located in American Samoa. The projects will help develop renewable energy systems to provide power fo…

SEOUL (Reuters) — The South Korean won dropped to its weakest level in 15 years on Thursday, weighed down by risk-averse sentiment after the U.S. Federal Reserve’s cautious stance on more interest rate cuts, as well as domestic political uncertainty. The won was quoted at 1,449.9 per dollar i…

PORT VILA, (The Guardian/RNZ/Pacnews) — A second earthquake has struck Vanuatu, as the death toll from Tuesday’s deadly quake rose and an international search and rescue operation got underway. With communications down, the official death toll was not yet known. But at least 14 people were reported…

(Special Advertising Feature) — United Airlines, the largest U.S. airline serving Taipei from the United States, announced Wednesday that customers can now book travel between Taipei and Guam for travel beginning in April 2025. United announced the new nonstop service last month, which will provide…

William Parkinson HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — As lawmakers in the 37th Guam Legislature near the end of the term, they do so with a resolution censuring Sen. William Parkinson for a sexually explicit gesture reportedly made during an emergency session in October. To censure is to make a formal …