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Nations and territories around the Pacific have cancelled or downgraded the tsunami advisory issued this morning, following a second major earthquake off New Zealands Kermadec Islands, but locals have been told to remain vigilant. The magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck around 8.28am NZ time at a depth of 10 km, triggering an alert for much of the south Pacific region. Photo: RNZ/Vinay Ranchhod The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said hazardous tsunami waves were possible within the next three hours...

Kassy Cho Masuma Ahuja can vividly recall what she wore on her first day of school in the United States: black jeans and a gray and orange T-shirt. It was the early 2000s and her family had just moved from India to Pittsburgh. She remembers a boy at her middle school asking her, on that very first day, about what she was wearing. "He was like, Oh, I didnt realize that you wore [Western] clothes in India," she says. "He thought India was very much a place where there were snake charmers an...

Masuma Ahuja, author of Girlhood: Teenagers Around The World In Their Own Voices, set out to document girls ordinary lives. Kassy Cho Masuma Ahuja can vividly recall what she wore on her first day of school in the United States: black jeans and a gray and orange T-shirt. It was the early 2000s and her family had just moved from India to Pittsburgh. She remembers a boy at her middle school asking her, on that very first day, about what she was wearing. "He was like, Oh, I didnt re...

00:49 am GMT+12, 26/02/2021, Vanuatu The Vanuatu Government has started implementing the Tamtam Travel Bubble.   Prime Minister Bob Loughman specified that the first stage of the Tamtam Travel Bubble will be the opening of Vanuatu’s border with New Caledonia on Friday 19 February, 2021.     It is necessary for the Government to begin implementing the Tamtam Travel Bubble now so Vanuatu’s economic recovery from the global COVID-19 pandemic can also begin, the Prime Minister said.     �...

New Caledonia and Vanuatus borders remain closed to travellers from other countries. The “Tamtam Bubble” was first mooted publicly during Vanuatus 40th-anniversary celebrations in July last year. The Vanuatu Tamtam Travel Bubble Taskforce has been looking at options for travel to New Zealand and other Covid-free countries to help reignite the countrys lifeless tourism industry. The plan was to open links with countries which had been Covid-free for 30 days or more. With continued commu...

Air Vanuatu will likely recommence flights between Port Vila and Noumea Photo: Airbus From April, the so-called Tamtam Bubble will allow easier travel between the covid-free Melanesian neighbours. Travel will be restricted to Vanuatus main island of Efate. Launching the bubble on Friday, Bob Loughman said it would allow a resumption of business activities in the capital Port Vila and for Vanuatu students to resume studies in New Caledonia while others will be able to return home. New Caledonia...

Vanuatu's prime minister has announced the creation of a safe travel bubble between Vanuatu and New Caledonia.

Earthquake news: reports and updates on earthquake activity world-wide

Earthquake news: reports and updates on earthquake activity world-wide

Earthquake news: reports and updates on earthquake activity world-wide