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☆ Pacific Islands Need to Boost Digital Security to Join Undersea Cable, Says US Official
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Kirsty NeedhamSYDNEY (Reuters) - Pacific Islands nations that want to connect to U.S.-funded undersea cables will need to secure their digital ecosystems to guard against data risks from China, a senior U.S. State Department official said. The United States pledged last year to jointly fund two undersea cables, to be built by Google, connecting the U.S. territory of Guam with hubs in Fiji and French Polynesia, and further branching out across remote Pacific Islands. The proposed intra-Pacific cable project has offered to branch out to Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tuvalu, Fiji, Nauru, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Cook Islands, Wallis and Futuna and the Federated States of Micronesia. China and the U.S. are jostling for influence in the Pacific Islands with competing offers for infrastructure. The Solomon Islands, which struck a security pact with Beijing, is rolling out a Chinese-funded mobile network built by Chinese telecommunications company Huawei.

Persons: Kirsty Needham SYDNEY, Nathaniel Fick, Kirsty Needham, Edwina Gibbs Organizations: Pacific, U.S . State Department, United, Google, Futuna, Federated, The U.S . Department of, Washington, Sydney, Huawei, Telstra, Microsoft, U.S Locations: U.S, China, Guam, Fiji, French Polynesia, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tuvalu, Nauru, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Cook Islands, Wallis, Federated States, Micronesia, The, Solomon, Beijing, Australia, Asia, Pacific

☆ US backs Pacific undersea internet cable amid China competition
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Joe Brock | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Workers install the 2Africa undersea cable on the beach in Amanzimtoti, South Africa, February 7, 2023. The Central Pacific Cable would connect American Samoa with Guam - two U.S. territories - and extend to up to 12 more Pacific islands, according to a document showing the cable route. Undersea internet cables typically take at least 3-5 years to be developed and installed. Tonga was cut off from global telecommunication networks for a month last year after a volcanic eruption and tsunami severed its only undersea cable. Washington intervened two years ago to block a Chinese company from building another subsea internet cable in the Pacific islands, Reuters reported at the time.

Persons: Rogan Ward, Paul McCann, John Hibbard, APTelecom, Hibbard, McCann, Joe Biden, Biden, Solomon, Joe Brock, Kirsty Needham Organizations: REUTERS, Pacific, Reuters, Central Pacific Cable, Futuna, Federated, World Bank, U.S . Trade, Development Agency, U.S, East Micronesia Cable, Thomson Locations: Amanzimtoti, South Africa, China, SINGAPORE, United States, American Samoa, Guam, U.S, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tuvalu, Fiji, Nauru, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Cook Islands, Wallis, Federated States, Micronesia, Australia, New Zealand, Washington, Tonga, Beijing, Japan, Sydney

☆ Where are the safest places to travel in 2023? It depends on how you define 'safe'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Monica Pitrelli | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates Doha, Qatar Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Singapore, SingaporeParis topped market research company Euromonitor International's "Top 100 City Destinations" for 2022, but the United Arab Emirates' Sharjah, shown here, ranked highest in terms of health and safety. Its Travel Risk Map 2023 shows that much of North America and Western Europe — as well as places like Turkey, Israel, Japan, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates — have "low" medical risks. Medical risks by country. This map does not reflect the Covid-19 outbreak currently occurring in China, said Dr. Irene Lai, medical director at International SOS. Safest places: security risksInternational SOS's Travel Risk Map also assesses security risks, which include crime as well as political violence such as terrorism and war, social unrest and susceptibility to natural disasters, according to the company.

In the early 2010s, Mr. Mellow set out for still more distant shores, traveling to many famous surf breaks in the South Pacific. Mr. Abdul-Rashed and Mr. Danian traveled to Hawaii to connect with Mr. Mellow, their spiritual guide and Pacific expedition leader. Mr. Mellow posted an ad on Facebook and Craigslist offering $10,000 for passage to the South Pacific. Mr. Schmidt was in sync with the young seekers when it came to fear of Big Brother and vaccines, but dreading port officials brandishing nasal swabs struck even Mr. Schmidt as a little unhinged. When asked if he was at all responsible for what had happened to Mr. Danian and Mr. Abdul-Rashed, Mr. Mellow looked genuinely confused.

Comitetul Naţional pentru Situaţii de Urgenţă a actualizat astăzi, lista zonelor cu risc epidemiologic ridicat. De pe „lista galbenă” au fost eliminate Republica Moldova, Wallis and Futuna, Isle of Man și Palestina. Prin urmare, nu va fi instituită carantina pentru persoanele care vin în România din aceste zone dacă:- au efectuat vaccinul anti-Covid cu ambele doze şi au trecut cel puţin 10 zile de la data rapelului până la data intrării în România- au fost confirmate pozitiv la Covid în ultimele 90 de zile anterioare intrării în ţară, fapt dovedit prin documente medicale şi au trecut cel puţin 14 zile de la data confirmării până la data intrării în ţară- rămân pe teritoriul naţional pentru o perioadă mai mică de 3 zile (72 de ore) şi prezintă un test negativ Covid , efectuat cu cel mult 72 de ore înaintea intrării în RomâniaAstfel, pe noua listă galbenă au intrat mai multe țări, printre care Argentina, Columbia, Letonia, Iran, Liechtenstein, Maldive, Statele Unite ale Americii, Elveția și Canada.

Organizations: Comitetul Locations: Republica Moldova, Wallis and Futuna, Isle of Man, Palestina, România, Argentina, Columbia, Letonia, Iran, Liechtenstein, Maldive, Statele Unite ale Americii, Elveția, Canada

☆ România menține R. Moldova în lista țărilor cu risc epidemiologic ridicat
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-26 | by ( Diana Severin | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +1 min

Lista țărilor pe care România le consideră cu risc epidemiologic ridicat a fost actualizată joi seară de Comitetul Național pentru Situații de Urgență. Persoanele care sosesc în România din aceste țări, regiuni sau teritorii incluse în așa-numita „zonă galbenă” trebuie să stea în carantină timp de 14 zile, scrie Digi24. CNSU își motivează această măsură prin persistența unui număr crescut de persoane infectate pe teritoriul național, precum și prin apariția zilnică a unor cazuri noi de persoane infectate atât prin circulația virusului pe teritoriul național, cât și prin importarea acestuia odată cu revenirea în țară a persoanelor posibil infectate, „aspecte care generează o presiune constantă asupra capacității de gestionare a unităților administrativ – teritoriale și a sistemului sanitar”, se arată în textul Hotărârii. Lista țărilor pentru care se impune carantina la sosirea în RomâniaPe lista statelor cu risc epidemiologic ridicat se află:EstoniaCehiaSan MarinoUngariaMuntenegruIordaniaSerbiaSeychellesCuraçaoPoloniaLibanArubaAndorraBulgariaCipruSuediaMacedonia de NordMaltaPalestinaFranțaUruguayBahrainItaliaKosovoSloveniaRepublica MoldovaOlandaBraziliaSlovaciaMonacoAustriaLuxemburgBelgiaKuweitBosnia si HerțegovinaChileLetoniaParaguayAfrica de SudWallis and FutunaBonaire, Saint Eustatius and SabaPuteți consulta AICI tabelul cu lista țărilor cu risc epidemiologic ridicat.

Persons: Saba Locations: România, Estonia Cehia San Marino Ungaria Muntenegru Iordania Serbia Seychelles Curaçao Polonia Liban Aruba Andorra Bulgaria Cipru Suedia Macedonia de Nord Malta Palestina Franța Uruguay Bahrain Italia Kosovo Slovenia Republica Moldova Olanda Brazilia Slovacia Monaco Austria Luxemburg Belgia Kuweit Bosnia, Herțegovina Chile Letonia Paraguay Africa de Sud Wallis and Futuna, Saint

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