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• The fact that Timor-Leste's court initially denied extradition based on the credible risk of torture or inhumane treatment clearly demonstrates a strong constitutional commitment to human rights. TATOLI Agencia Noticiosa de Timor-Leste
• With Timor-Leste being a young and isolated island nation, CDC recognizes the need to not only provide knowledge and skills, but also to facilitate ongoing learning and economic opportunities for their students through partnerships. Agrilinks
• The EU's support for Timor Leste joining the World Trade Organization will help its integration into the global economy and regional architecture. TEMPO.CO
• China will send two warships to Cambodia and East Timor from the first half of May to mid-June, its defence ministry said, potentially further unnerving the United States over concerns about growing Chinese presence at a key Cambodian naval base. Foundation for Defense of Democracies
• Critics may question whether a small island nation such as East Timor could have an impact on a crisis as complex and seemingly intractable as Myanmar's. DNyuz
• The EU is a major supporter of Timor-Leste's accession to the World Trade Organization, which is expected to make a lasting contribution to Timor-Leste's economic reform and sustainable development. Trade
• Any slow down in the global economy will impact more in places like Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea or Timor Leste than in larger economies in the Americas or the North West Pacific. Ben Morgan's Substack
• Secretary of State Rogerio Araujo Mandonca added, the quota that the Government of New Zealand indicated to Timor-Leste with a total number of 27 million valid for Asia Pacific countries but the priority number of the largest quantity is Timor-Leste, so in 2025 New Zealand will increase. SAP News TL
• Eligible countries could include Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. TATOLI Agencia Noticiosa de Timor-Leste
• By 2035, Laos, the Philippines, Myanmar, and Timor-Leste are likely to be the only Southeast Asian countries with a fertility rate above 2.0. The Diplomat
• The Pacific Engagement Visa will enable up to 3,000 nationals of Pacific Island countries and Timor-Leste to migrate to Australia as permanent residents each year. Australian Institute of International Affairs
• ASEAN ASEAN Girls Education and Skills Programme, funded by £30 million of UK support, will be delivered in Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Timor Leste. GOV.UK
• A considerable segment of general women's population as well as women from urban areas, for instance in Timor-Leste, India, Pakistan, and the Maldives, is malnourished and faces an increased risk of infectious diseases due to poorer water, hygiene, and sanitation conditions. Nature
• The Albanese government's new Pacific Engagement Visa (PEV) program will see up to 3,000 citizens of Pacific Island countries and Timor-Leste migrating to Australia as permanent residents each year. ABC News
• North Korea deepening ties with Russia could prompt China to expand its own engagement and economic ties with Pyongyang again, lest it lose out in influence to Moscow. Foreign Policy
• Union which will enable geographical expansion of PDEP initiatives into five additional countries including PNG, Timor Leste, Kiribati, Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Marshall Islands. UNCTAD
• The head of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics is on a three-day visit to Indonesia, the first stop in a 12-day trip that will take in Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore. Barrons
• Dili probably views Jokowi's chairmanship as a golden opportunity, even expecting Indonesia to maximize its position as chair to accelerate Timor-Leste's admission. The Diplomat
• Utilising four priority areas of Timor-Leste's current Strategic Development Plan - social capital, economic development, infrastructure development and governance - participants identified priorities that international development partners could further support. East Asia Forum
• The countries that have relatively low hydropower potential values are Singapore, Brunei, and Timor Leste, whose largest potential values are 26 MW, 38 MW, and 75 MW, respectively. Nature
• The Pacific Engagement Visa (PEV) will increase permanent migration from the Pacific and Timor-Leste, growing the diaspora in Australia, strengthening people-to-people links, and encouraging greater cultural, business, and educational exchange. TATOLI Agencia Noticiosa de Timor-Leste
• Major questions remain about Timor-Leste's capacity to fully implement an economic development agenda that takes into account both the limits of the Petroleum Fund and the pressing need to foster human capital to achieve a higher international development status by 2030. East Asia Forum

Last updated: 17 June 2025