With China looming, Biden plans new Pacific islands summit after PNG no-show
U.S President Joe Biden will arrange another summit of Pacific island leaders this year after the disappointment caused by his cancellation of a visit...
NZ Foreign Affairs Minister Mahuta reacts to reports of potential United States, PNG security...
New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta says she takes a “country-agnostic” view to the militarisation of the Pacific amid reports that the United...
Blinken: US$7billion commitment to COFA nations critical to national security goals
The Biden administration’s US$7 billion pledge to extend Washington’s economic engagement with the freely associated states and an additional US$2 billion for other allies...
Four women feature in new French Polynesian government
French Polynesia's newly-elected president Moetai Brotherson has presented a 10-member government, which includes four women.
Brotherson has confirmed his pre-election choice of Eliane Tevahitua as...
Biden’s Papua New Guinea no-show deals blow to U.S credibility in Pacific, analysts say
U.S President Joe Biden's cancelled visit to Papua New Guinea, which had declared next Monday a public holiday in honour of his arrival, has...
Disappointment in Papua New Guinea after Biden cancels first visit by a U.S leader
Papua New Guineans have reacted with disappointment to the news that U.S president, Joe Biden, has cancelled his visit to the capital, Port Moresby,...
Former Fiji’s ruling party FijiFirst among four political parties temporarily suspended
Fiji's Acting Registrar of Political Parties, Ana Mataiciwa has suspended four political parties for 30 days with immediate effect for contravening Section 26(2) of...
Fiji PM jets into Port Moresby today
Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka jets into Port Moresby Thursday ahead of the Pacific leaders to kick off bilateral meetings on trade and regional...
U.S President Biden scraps planned visit to Australia, Papua New Guinea to focus...
U. S President Joe Biden said Tuesday he’s curtailing his upcoming trip to the Indo-Pacific, scrapping what was to be a historic stop in...
New UN ‘roadmap’ shows how to drastically slash plastic pollution
Plastic pollution could be slashed by 80 percent by 2040 if countries and companies use existing technologies to make significant policy shifts and market...
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PNG Opposition accuses PM Marape of ‘deception’, demands defence force probe
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape’s government is under fire, with Opposition leader James Nomane alleging the Defence Force is being undermined and...
Solomon Islands AG advice questioned amid political standoff
Solomon Islands Office of the Attorney General (AG) is facing mounting scrutiny over its handling of the current political situation, with claims emerging that...
Vanuatu pursues climate justice at UN despite backlash
Vanuatu will renew its climate justice fight at the United Nations General Assembly with a draft resolution that was watered down after pushback from...