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date: 2024-12-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Living in Hawaii, the traditions of the local people are so ingrained in many homes and you don’t need to be Japanese to practice many of the customs associated with the New Year.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/12/31/features/lets-talk-food-happy-new-year-2/
date: 2024-12-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The Big Island’s police chief hopes that the seizure of at least 75 tons of fireworks in Honolulu by the Illegal Fireworks Task Force over the past year will make for a somewhat quieter New Year’s Eve.</p>
date: 2024-12-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>With 2025 nearly here, it’s time to review an eventful 2024. Here are Hawaii Island’s the top 10 local stories of the year, as selected by the editorial staff of the Tribune-Herald.</p>
date: 2024-12-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>At least five babies have died from the cold in the Gaza Strip in the past week, health authorities there say, as winter worsens the toll on a population traumatized by 15 months of conflict.</p>
date: 2024-12-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>KYIV — Ukraine and Russia carried out a new exchange of prisoners of war on Monday, with the two sides bringing home a combined total of more than 300 former captives.</p>
date: 2024-12-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Chinese state-sponsored hackers breached the U.S. Treasury Department’s computer security guardrails this month and stole documents in what Treasury called a “major incident,” according to a letter to lawmakers that Treasury officials provided to Reuters on Monday. </p>
date: 2024-12-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump on Monday failed to overturn a $5 million judgment that he sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the mid-1990s and later defamed her.</p>
date: 2024-12-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON — The United States is sending nearly $2.5 billion in security assistance to Ukraine, as the Biden administration continues to rush military aid to Kyiv in the weeks before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. </p>
date: 2024-12-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>TAPACHULA — Hundreds of migrants waited in long lines outside an immigration office in southern Mexico on Monday, hoping to secure safe passage north and enter the U.S. legally before President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January.</p>
date: 2024-12-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON — Former President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral at Washington National Cathedral will be held Jan. 9, featuring a eulogy by President Joe Biden and culminating more than a week of ceremonies and tributes, organizers said Monday.</p>
date: 2024-12-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his deputy, Robert Habeck, used their New Year addresses to castigate Elon Musk over his backing for a far-right party in February’s snap election.</p>
date: 2024-12-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump endorsed Mike Johnson for another term as House speaker on Monday, roughly two weeks after Trump helped put Johnson’s chances in jeopardy by sinking a bipartisan spending bill that the speaker had negotiated to avert a government shutdown. </p>
date: 2024-12-31, from: Island Times
KOROR, Palau (Dec. 31, 2024) — President Surangel Whipps Jr. signed into law RPPL 11-40, a comprehensive amendment to the government salary structure, introducing a 10% across-the-board salary increase for all civil service and contract employees. The new salary schedule, set to take effect on October 1, 2025, will also feature new pay grades and […]
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date: 2024-12-31, from: Island Times
KOROR, Palau — Eight divers from China, three women and five men, were rescued a day after they went missing while diving at Peleliu Corner on Dec. 26. They were found nearly 30 miles north of their dive site near the Mutiaur reef system, northwest of Peleliu Corner. The divers failed to surface at 11:45 […]
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date: 2024-12-31, from: Island Times
KOROR, Palau — Two legal riders included in a recent amendment to Palau’s Corporate Registry law have made significant changes, addressing election procedures and government salaries. The amendment, known as RPPL 11-40, was signed into law on Dec. 26, 2024. Its primary purpose was to create a funding mechanism for Palau’s online corporate registration system […]
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date: 2024-12-31, from: Island Times
Tourism in Palau has reached a significant milestone, with visitor arrivals surpassing half of pre-pandemic levels as of November 2024. According to the Palau Visitors Authority, 50,541 visitors arrived in the country this year, compared to 93,723 in 2019. November 2024 marked a strong month for tourism, recording 4,651 visitors. This figure represents a 7% […]
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date: 2024-12-31, from: Island Times
KOROR, Palau — Peter D. Huffman was sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Trial Division of the Palau Supreme Court on December 16, 2024. Justice Huffman has a diverse professional background. He earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the United States Naval Academy and served seven years as an officer in the […]
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date: 2024-12-31, from: Island Times
The first six months of 2024 have been a transformative period for Palau amid global and domestic challenges. January: Economic Relief and Focus on Stability Palau began the year by providing much-needed financial relief through the Palau Goods and Services Tax (PGST). The Bureau of Revenue and Taxation (BRT) issued wage refunds to citizens earning […]
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date: 2024-12-31, from: Island Times
Koror, Palau — A surprise shakedown at Koror Jail early Thursday morning uncovered a significant cache of contraband, including drugs, weapons, and other prohibited items. The operation, conducted at 7:30 a.m. on December 26, yielded 12 cellphones, 26 knives, methamphetamine straws, small ziplock bags, glass pipes, marijuana pipes, and various sharp objects. Confiscated drugs included […]
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date: 2024-12-31, from: Island Times
The Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) is excited to announce its upcoming 24th Anniversary Fundraising Gala Dinner, scheduled for January 23, 2025. Under the theme “Resilient Ocean, Resilient Community,” this special event will celebrate the Center’s continued commitment to conserving Palau’s marine ecosystems for the people and strengthening local communities as we face challenges, […]
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date: 2024-12-31, from: Island Times
Who looks outside, dreams, who looks inside, awakes. -Carl Jung The most famous idea of Jung’s is his recognition of the psychological value of spiritual experience, particularly in an era where traditional religious belief was waning and church attendance across Europe was declining. Jung proposed and developed the concepts of the extraverted and the introverted […]
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date: 2024-12-31, from: Island Times
YAREN (UNDP)—Nauru has taken transformative steps towards sustainable energy with the launch of its first electric bus (e-bus) in Yaren District, marking a significant commitment by the government to reducing emissions and advancing sustainable energy solutions. This milestone is a key component of the Supporting Mainstreamed Achievement of Roadmap Targets on Energy in Nauru (SMARTEN) […]
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date: 2024-12-31, from: Island Times
By Fiji reporter Lice Movono in Suva and Doug Dingwall In short: (ABC-Australia) Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has dismissed MP Lynda Tabuya from her ministry after an explicit video of her circulated online. Ms Tabuya said the video was private and was shared “between two consenting adults who are in a relationship, in this case me and […]
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date: 2024-12-31, from: Island Times
In short: (ABC) The United States’ longest lived president, Jimmy Carter, has died aged 100. He became a global name in humanitarianism after leaving office in 1981 and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He is survived by his children, Jack, Chip, Jeff, and Amy, 11 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren. Jimmy Carter, the former US […]
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date: 2024-12-31, from: Island Times
Seoul, South Korea– A Jeju Air plane flying from Bangkok to South Korea with 181 people on board crashed on landing Sunday, killing 179 with just two people plucked alive from the wreckage. Here’s what we know so far. – What happened? – A Boeing 737-800 aircraft belonging to low-cost carrier Jeju Air, flying from […]
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date: 2024-12-31, from: Pacific Island Times
Stoney’s Mini Golf and Snack Shack has opened in Upper Tumon, offering a new amusement destination for Guam families.
date: 2024-12-31, from: Pacific Island Times
Guam joined the nation in mourning the passing of former President Jimmy Carter on Dec. 30. He was 100.
https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/guam-joins-the-nation-in-mourning-jimmy-carter-s-death
date: 2024-12-31, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Architecture Professor Kevin Nute published Frank Lloyd Wright and Japan Revisited: Traditional Japanese Culture as a Means to Modern American Architecture.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/12/30/arch-prof-book/
date: 2024-12-30, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Respondents can confidentially provide their contact information, location and activities in relation to the jet fuel spill at Red Hill and main concerns they would like the registry to address
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/12/30/red-hill-registry-pre-enrollment/
date: 2024-12-30, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
The Kauaʻi CC loʻi is yielding more than an education in taro.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/12/30/endangered-native-birds-kauai-cc-loi/
date: 2024-12-30, updated: 2024-12-30, from: Marianas Variety
(AP) — Oh, the weather outside is frightful. But don’t head to the multiplex to stay warm. Not if you’re seeing “Nosferatu,” anyway. Bring your hand warmers, toe warmers, heart warmers and soul warmers — this update of the 1922 silent vampire classic will chill you to the bone.
date: 2024-12-30, updated: 2024-12-30, from: Marianas Variety
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A boldly patterned BMW stands at the entrance of the Wits Arts Museum in the vibrant Johannesburg neighborhood of Braamfontein.
date: 2024-12-30, updated: 2024-12-30, from: Marianas Variety
OVER the past 36 years, the Public School System has faced a dynamic journey marked by both triumphs and challenges, each contributing to its growth and evolution. This year stands out as a particularly noteworthy chapter in PSS history. With a range of initiatives successfully implemented, the school system is set to end the year on an exceptionally high note.
date: 2024-12-30, updated: 2024-12-30, from: Marianas Variety
GOVERNOR Arnold I. Palacios, U.S. Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan and Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata of American Samoa mourned the death of former President Jimmy Carter, who passed away at the age of 100 on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024.
date: 2024-12-30, updated: 2024-12-30, from: Marianas Variety
WITH mounting debts since its office in Gualo Rai shut down in Jan. 2023, three years after its only source of funds, Imperial Pacific International, ceased operations at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020, the Commonwealth Casino Commission is in desperate need of money, its chair, Edward C. Deleon Guerrero, said on Friday.
date: 2024-12-30, updated: 2024-12-30, from: Marianas Variety
CAIN Stanley Fitial, 20, has been accused of burglarizing a house and taking a 40-pound propane tank and gas stove burner on Dec. 24, 2024.
date: 2024-12-30, updated: 2024-12-30, from: Marianas Variety
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday the 2023 debt ceiling extension agreed by then House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden will “go down as one of the dumbest political decisions made in years.”
date: 2024-12-30, updated: 2024-12-30, from: Marianas Variety
SEOUL (Reuters) — Shares of South Korean budget carrier Jeju Air hit their lowest on record on Monday, after the deadliest air crash in the country killed 179 people.
date: 2024-12-30, updated: 2024-12-30, from: Marianas Variety
(AP) — The former Morrison Hotel, made famous by The Doors and their 1970 album of the same name, was significantly damaged by a fire that erupted in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday.
date: 2024-12-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Jimmy Carter, who rose from Georgia farmland to become the 39th president of the United States on a promise of national healing after the wounds of Watergate and Vietnam, then lost the White House in a cauldron of economic turmoil at home and crisis in Iran, died Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia. He was 100.</p>
date: 2024-12-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Making mochi for the New Year is a tradition that’s observed by many of Hawaii’s families of Japanese ancestry.</p>
date: 2024-12-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>MUAN, South Korea — The passenger plane with 181 people on board skidded on the runway at a high speed and slammed into a wall before exploding into flames.</p>
date: 2024-12-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Warren Upton, the oldest survivor of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the final survivor of the battleship Utah, died on Wednesday in Los Gatos, California. He was 105.</p>
date: 2024-12-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>TBILISI, Georgia — A former soccer star and conservative critic of the West was sworn in Sunday as the new president of Georgia, a strategically important republic in the middle of the Caucasus, replacing a head of state who vowed to continue fighting to steer the country closer to Europe.</p>
date: 2024-12-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>BAMIYAN, Afghanistan — Yi-Pin Lin, an associate professor at Tufts University, proudly says he has vacationed in 120 nations over the past decade.</p>
date: 2024-12-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Four people were dead in three Southern states over the weekend after a severe weather system marched across the region, unleashing tornadoes in Texas and Mississippi and heavy rains in the Carolinas.</p>
date: 2024-12-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>TOKYO — The cast gathered in the recording studio, taking turns at the microphones as animated scenes from one of Japan’s most beloved television cartoons played on screens in front of them. Midori Kato, 85, was the only gray-haired head in the room. She closed her eyes, appearing to doze for a moment until it was her character’s turn. She stepped up to a microphone, her shoulders slightly stooped and her gnarled hands grasping the paper script.</p>
date: 2024-12-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The eruption at Kilauea volcano that began last Monday continues this morning.</p>
date: 2024-12-29, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>In early 2000, scientists at 3M, the chemicals giant, made a startling discovery: High levels of PFAS, the virtually indestructible “forever chemicals” used in nonstick pans, stain-resistant carpets and many other products were turning up in the nation’s sewage.</p>
date: 2024-12-29, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>President-elect Donald Trump appeared to weigh in Saturday on a heated debate among his supporters over the role of skilled immigrant workers in the U.S. economy, saying he had frequently used the visas for those workers and backed the program.</p>
date: 2024-12-29, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>CAIRO/JERUSALEM — Israeli forces detained more than 240 Palestinians including dozens of medical staff from a north Gaza hospital they raided on Friday, including its director, according to the Health Ministry in the enclave and Israel’s military.</p>
date: 2024-12-29, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Hawaii reported an 87% increase in total homelessness between 2023 and 2024 that was largely attributed to the devastating Aug. 8, 2023, Maui wildfires, according to the latest Point-in-Time count report by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.</p>
date: 2024-12-29, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and a close adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, shocked many in Germany this month by endorsing its far-right Alternative for Germany party, which is under surveillance by domestic intelligence for being extremist.</p>
date: 2024-12-29, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>BERLIN — President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Saturday apologized for the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane this past week, breaking the Kremlin’s three-day silence on the accident that killed 38 people. He did not explicitly acknowledge Russia’s responsibility for the crash.</p>
date: 2024-12-29, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>London dazzles year-round, so consider visiting in winter. Despite the season’s drearier weather and shorter days, London’s museums, theaters, and pubs always offer a warm, cozy welcome. And come January, tourist crowds are at a minimum, and airfare and hotel rates are generally cheaper.</p>
date: 2024-12-29, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Kilauea began erupting again on December 23, 2024. This is the eighth eruption of Kilauea, and the sixth within Kaluapele, since 2020. These previous eruptions within Kaluapele lasted from less than one week to more than a year in duration. This history of activity, along with continued summit inflation, suggests that eruptive activity may continue to pause and resume in the coming days or weeks.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/12/29/features/volcano-watch-kilauea-summit-erupts-again/
date: 2024-12-29, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A passenger plane carrying 181 people crashed while landing at an airport in southwestern South Korea on Sunday, killing at least 85 people and kicking off a dwindling search for survivors, officials said.</p>
date: 2024-12-29, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Thousands of flights around the country were delayed or canceled Saturday because of severe weather, disrupting travel for many returning home after the holidays.</p>