A test of unity: Can the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ meeting keep the family together

Pacific leaders will gather in Honiara for big declarations on security and climate, but regional fragmentation poses a pressing challenge Chinese military activity in the Pacific has reached new levels in the past year. A PLA Navy task group...

NES staff enhance GIS skills

The hands-on workshop built skills in ArcGIS tools for mapping, data collection, and analysis, strengthening capacity for environmental monitoring, disaster risk reduction, and evidence-based decision-making across the Cook Islands.25052402 Staff...

Coach Daley praises players’ growth post-World Netball Youth Cup

DALEY... seeing them compete against other nations that have done their investments in netball, I am extremely proud of them The Young Sunshine Girls are set to touch down in Jamaica on Wednesday, October 1, and there’s a palpable sense of pride...

From rice paddies to coral reefs: 9 tropical island getaways within 10 hours of Australia

Our editors handpick everything we recommend. We may receive revenue for sharing this content or when you shop through our links. Read more here If time feels like a luxury, the cure is island time: that unhurried rhythm where schedules dissolve...

Marine spatial planning 

For the Cook Islands, these Marine Spatial Planning methods offer valuable insights.25082403 The Cook Islands joined 21 other countries for a two-week Training Seminar on Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) and Blue Economic Development, held in Xiamen...

Pacific Nations Split on Deep-Sea Mining as US Pushes to Curb China’s Critical Minerals Dominance

A photo taken on June 12, 2025, on Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, shows polymetallic nodules, bulbous lumps of rock that are rich in battery metals such as cobalt and nickel which carpet huge tracts of Pacific Ocean seabed. WILLIAM WEST/AFP via...

Police Commissioner Joseph joins Pacific Chiefs

Commissioner Teokotai Joseph amongst Pacific chiefs of police at the PCIP annual meeting in Waitangi New Zealand – 25082217, 25082218, 25082219 Cook Islands Police Commissioner Teokotai Joseph joined other Pacific chiefs of police at the 52nd...

Childhood obesity triples, overtakes underweight globally: UNICEF

Globally, obesity is likely now more prevalent among school-aged children and adolescents than being underweight, according to a new report from UNICEF, which blamed increasingly unhealthy food environments worldwide for the shift. The U.N....

Uto sailors offer prayers

AS Pacific leaders meet in Honiara for the 54th Pacific Islands Forum, climate action is high on the agenda. On Wednesday, there will be a treaty signing ceremony to establish the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF). It’s a new regional fund that...

More children now obese than underweight for first time ever

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Obesity now more common than underweight in world’s youth, says UNICEF

LONDON: Obesity has likely surpassed underweight as the more common condition among school-aged children and adolescents worldwide according to a new UNICEF report. The UN children’s agency attributed this shift to increasingly unhealthy food...

world Obesity overtakes being underweight among world's young, says Unicef

LONDON — Globally, obesity is likely now more prevalent among school-aged children and adolescents than being underweight, according to a new report from Unicef which blamed increasingly unhealthy food environments worldwide for the shift. The UN...

Obesity overtakes being underweight among kids, says UNICEF

LONDON, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Globally, obesity is likely now more prevalent among school-aged children and adolescents than being underweight, according to a new report from UNICEF which blamed increasingly unhealthy food environments worldwide for...

More children worldwide are obese than underweight, says UNICEF

More school-aged children and adolescents are obese than underweight across the globe, according to a new UNICEF report. The only exceptions are sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The report blamed unhealthy food environments for this shift. It...

Obesity overtakes underweight in kids worldwide, UNICEF urges urgent action

Obesity has now become more common than being underweight among school-aged children and adolescents worldwide, according to a new report by UNICEF, which cited increasingly unhealthy food environments as the main driver of the shift. The UN...

Four Key Takeaways for Deep Sea Mining from the ICJ Advisory Opinion

Established by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the International Seabed Authority (ISA) is responsible for administering resources in the Area, including regulating Deep Sea Mining (DSM) activities (art. 156 UNCLOS)....

Obesity overtakes being underweight among world's young: UNICEF

Globally, obesity is likely now more prevalent among school-aged children and adolescents than being underweight, according to a new report from UNICEF which blamed increasingly unhealthy food environments worldwide for the shift. The UN...

Seabed Mining Under the Microscope: A Techno-Economic Reality Check

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with a global expert on minerals processing and battery minerals, Lyle Trytten. We were closing out an engagement to do a...

Obesity overtakes being underweight among world’s young, says UNICEF

By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) -Globally, obesity is likely now more prevalent among school-aged children and adolescents than being underweight, according to a new report from UNICEF which blamed increasingly unhealthy food environments...

Guam petty officer helps combat illegal fishing in major Pacific operation

Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathalie Aviles of U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam played a key role in a multinational operation that conducted 100 vessel boardings and identified 12 vessels of interest during a two-week mission to combat...