By Hongji Kim ANMA ISLAND, South Korea (Reuters) – Under the light of a moon partially obscured by cloud, the eyes of a dozen deer glow uncannily in the dark on South Korea’s island of Anma. They destroy crops and damage trees in their nocturnal wanderings, but by day the spot is deceptively peaceful, though […]
Looking out now over the Indian Ocean from Mnemba Island, it is hard to believe that just three years ago the stunning coral reef surrounding this part of Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago was dying. Under threat from climate change, overfishing and other human activity, the islanders faced losing their livelihoods and the prospect of moving away […]
Family — Ohana — brought hundreds to Elk Grove Regional Park on Saturday to celebrate Polynesian culture and community at the first Pacific Islander Festival. “When you come to events like this, you get plenty of people into the Polynesian community, but you also get plenty of families that haven’t seen each other for a […]
MORIGAON, India (AP) — Yaad Ali is dreading the rainy season’s arrival this year. The 56-year-old farmer from northeastern India’s Assam state lives with his wife and son on Sandahkhaiti island on India’s Brahmaputra River. The island, like two thousand others on the river, floods with increasing ferocity and unpredictability as human-caused climate change makes […]
FILE – Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event in Elkins Park, Pa., May 8, 2024. Harris on Monday, May 13, used a profanity while offering advice to young Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders about how to break down barriers at the the annual Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies […]
Gov. Dan McKee announced his goal to raise per-person annual earnings by $20,000 by the end of the decade in his State of the State address on Jan. 16, 2024. (Michael Salerno/Rhode Island Current) Ears perked when Gov. Dan McKee unveiled an ambitious goal during his Jan. 16 State of the State address, promising to […]
Voting closed across the Solomon Islands on Wednesday in the South Pacific nation’s first general election since the government switched diplomatic allegiances from Taiwan to Beijing and struck a secret security pact that has raised fears of the Chinese navy gaining a foothold in the region. The Solomon Islands’ closer relationship with China and a […]
This article was originally published in Rhode Island Current. You might call it a bachelor party: Rhode Island saw an almost 4% increase in bachelor’s degrees in 2022, according to new national data from a higher education foundation. “We did not see this much increase in any other state’s bachelor’s degrees,” said Courtney Brown, vice […]