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The U.S State Department is eliminating the Office of Global Change, which oversees international climate change negotiations for the United States. Staff were told about the move verbally Thursday afternoon, according to three people who were granted anonymity to speak about the decision to avoid reprisal. The news thrust the office into chaos and raised questions among staff about when...

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto shared the Indonesian government's vision for realising food self-sufficiency and boosting food crop production during a meeting with Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka in Jakarta on Thursday. At the meeting, which took place at Merdeka Palace, Prabowo informed that national rice productivity has increased significantly in the six months since his tenure began. “We would be very...

U.S President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at boosting the deep-sea mining industry, the latest attempt to boost U.S production of nickel, copper and other critical minerals used widely across the economy. The broad order avoids a direct confrontation with the United Nations-backed International Seabed Authority(ISA) and seeks essentially to jumpstart the mining of U.S waters...

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto stated that Fiji is an important partner and "good friend" of Indonesia, adding that the two countries share several similarities. Prabowo explained that diplomatic relations between the two countries had been established since 1919. He affirmed that the two countries share similarities as archipelagic countries as well as similar interests and challenges. The president remarked that both Indonesia...

The Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) and Prime Minister of Tonga, Dr ‘Aisake Eke, is ramping up high-level advocacy in Washington this week, pushing for funding commitments to the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF). Joined by Forum Secretary General Baron Waqa, Prime Minister Eke met with U.S National Security Advisor Michael Waltz to discuss strengthening U.S-PIF engagement, with a...

President Prabowo Subianto has invited Fiji to conduct a joint military exercise in Indonesia as part of the bilateral defence cooperation. “We are also open to carrying out joint exercises in the military field, whether on land, at sea, or in the air. We welcome the Fijian military to exercise alongside us in Indonesia,” Prabowo stated in a statement with...

The human rights record of Kiribati will be examined by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the fourth time on Monday, 28 April 2025, in a meeting in Geneva that will be webcast live. Kiribati is one of 14 States to be reviewed by the UPR Working Group during its upcoming session from...

Savea brothers Ardie and Julian have both been named by Umaga in Moana Pasifika's match-day 23. While Ardie returns as captain, his older brother is expected to come off the bench, with the two brothers set to play together for the first time in the Moana Pasifika colours. The two had played together for the Hurricanes before they separately made the...

While the Fijian Drua are still fresh off their win against the Waratahs last weekend, head coach Glen Jackson is wary of their next encounter where they are set to face Moana Pasifika. The two sides met twice last year with the Drua winning the first match by a close margin of 24-17 in early April, before Moana defeated them...

As Dr Peter Maima stepped onto the stage at the Fiji National University (FNU) graduation ceremony to receive his doctoral scroll, it felt almost unreal. “The whole ceremony felt like a dream,” he recalled. “I was sitting there thinking, is this real? Then I walked up, and I felt 700 eyes on me. It was the greatest feeling I’ve ever had.” A...