Tuvalu’s ‘backup plan’ to create a digital twin in the metaverse
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Ambitious targets needed to eliminate problematic single-use plastic waste
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Denmark and Fiji partnership reaffirmed
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Australia aims to start making guided missiles within two years
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NZ Navy chief on China: We can’t stand aside and say ‘nothing to see...
New Zealand Navy chief David Proctor warned an Anzac service in Hawaii of an “increasingly coercive state” challenging freedom and prosperity in the Pacific.
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Tonga’s human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review
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Measles outbreak in American Samoa declared public health emergency
American Samoa has issued a public health emergency after an outbreak of measles has spread across the U.S territory.
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UNSG Guterres urges countries to recommit to achieving SDGs by 2030 deadline
More than half the world is being left behind at the midpoint for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, UN Secretary-General António Guterres...
New Ireland’s bid for autonomy goes before PNG parliament
New Ireland Province’s aspiration of attaining autonomy is slowing coming into fruition with the first reading on the proposed amendment to the Constitution on...
Cook Islands calls for ambitious targets to reverse and end plastic pollution
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