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DWP Privé All Set to Welcome the World’s Leading Luxury Wedding Planners, Suppliers & Partners in Colombo, April 9
Top Destination Wedding Industry Trends Revealed to Inspire, Educate, and Elevate Service Excellence DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, April 7, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Destination weddings and luxury celebration planners along with some of the...

President Lai addresses opening of 2025 Yushan Forum
TAIWAN, March 17 - Details 2025-03-13 President Lai attends Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2025 Spring Banquet On the evening of March 13, President Lai Ching-te attended the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2025 Spring Banquet for foreign ambassadors and...

President Lai meets Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs
TAIWAN, March 18 - Details 2025-03-18 President Lai meets delegation led by Minister of Foreign Affairs Denzil Douglas of Saint Christopher and Nevis On the afternoon of March 18, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation led by Minister of...

President Lai meets delegation led by Minister of Foreign Affairs Denzil Douglas of Saint Christopher and Nevis
TAIWAN, March 18 - Details 2025-03-17 President Lai meets Japan-ROC Diet Members’ Consultative Council Chairman Furuya Keiji On the afternoon of March 17, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation led by Japanese House of Representatives Member...

President Lai meets Japan-ROC Diet Members’ Consultative Council Chairman Furuya Keiji
TAIWAN, March 17 - Details 2025-03-17 President Lai addresses opening of 2025 Yushan Forum On the morning of March 17, President Lai Ching-te attended the opening of the 2025 Yushan Forum, the theme of which was “New Southbound Policy+: Taiwan,...

President Lai meets 2025 Yushan Forum participants
TAIWAN, March 18 - Details 2025-03-18 President Lai meets Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs On the afternoon of March 18, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation led by Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs. In remarks, President Lai said that Taiwan and...

President Lai meets Commander-in-Chief of US Veterans of Foreign Wars Alfred Lipphardt
TAIWAN, March 18 - Details 2025-02-17 President Lai meets former United States Deputy National Security Advisor Matthew Pottinger On the morning of February 17, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation led by former United States Deputy...

President Lai receives credentials from new Guatemala Ambassador Luis Raúl Estévez López
TAIWAN, January 6 - Details 2024-12-19 President Lai meets Brookings Institution delegation On the morning of December 19, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation from the Brookings Institution. In remarks, President Lai stated that Taiwan is...

INVESTING IN AMERICA: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $1 Billion in Funding to Modernize Airport Terminals Across 46 States
WASHINGTON – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding $970 million from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to 125 U.S. airports, spanning 46 states, Guam, and Palau. Today’s announcement is the fourth investment of nearly...

President Lai meets Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute delegation
TAIWAN, January 9 - Details 2025-01-06 President Lai receives credentials from new Guatemala Ambassador Luis Raúl Estévez López On the morning of January 6, President Lai Ching-te received the credentials of new Ambassador Extraordinary and...

How Does Ghost Gear Affect Small Island Developing States?
In 2016, I first traveled to the island nation of Vanuatu with a mission: to understand the real-life impacts of ghost gear(abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear) on the local communities. When you look at Vanuatu’s remote location...

Presidential Office thanks White House for its statement on enduring US commitment to Indo-Pacific region
TAIWAN, January 11 - Details 2025-01-09 President Lai meets Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute delegation On the morning of January 9, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and...

President Lai attends banquet hosted by overseas community in Honolulu
TAIWAN, December 1 - President Lai attends banquet hosted by overseas community in Honolulu On the evening of November 30 local time (noon of December 1 Taipei time), President Lai Ching-te attended an expatriate banquet in Honolulu while...

President Lai visits Guam Legislature
TAIWAN, December 5 - President Lai visits Guam Legislature On the morning of December 5 local time (also morning of December 5 Taipei time), President Lai Ching-te visited the Guam Legislature while transiting through Guam during his itinerary of...

President Lai visits Bishop Museum in Hawaii
TAIWAN, December 1 - President Lai visits Bishop Museum in Hawaii On the morning of November 30 local time (early morning of December 1 Taipei time), President Lai Ching-te landed at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport to transit through Hawaii...

Continued Growth Projected for the Pacific, but Resilience still Needed — ADB
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (14 August 2024) — The Pacific is projected to grow by 3.3% in 2024 and 4.0% in 2025, but the need to build resilience continues, according to the latest issue of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Pacific Economic Monitor...

The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 26 August, 2024
Back to Publications Russia Operates ‘Shadow Fleet’ of LNG Tankers in Barents Sea As reported by High North News on August 22, at least three Russian LNG carriers—part of the so-called ‘shadow fleet’—are currently operating in the Barents Sea....

SPREP and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation partnership unlocks promise for resilient reefs
A new partnership to protect our Pacific coral reefs was signed at the Pacific Islands Leaders Forum Meeting in Tonga between the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. Working together,...

USS Blue Ridge Returns from Summer Patrol
Blue Ridge departed Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka on June 4. During the patrol, the ship and the Seventh Fleet staff participated in Valiant Shield—a multinational, biennial field training exercise focused on sustaining joint forces in a...

Pacific Islands gather in Funafuti for first-ever Plastic Dialogue
7 August 2024, Funafuti Tuvalu - With the community of nations deadlocked in international negotiations to conclude a global instrument to end plastic pollution by the end of 2024, a first-of-its-kind Plastic Dialogue was convened today in...