Climate change: La Niña fades, as global heat keeps rising
The weak but significant La Niña weather event that began in December is likely to be brief, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has announced.
La...
Cook Islands welcomes Marshall Islands’ accession to the Treaty of Rarotonga
The Cook Islands has welcomed the Marshall Islands by signing the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty, also known as the Treaty of Rarotonga.
In...
Samoa Speaker rejects Cabinet motion to remove him
Samoa Speaker of Parliament Papalii Lio Masipau once again rejected a proposed motion from the cabinet to remove him and his deputy Auapaau Mulipola...
Former USAID official says agency shutdown could cede Pacific islands to China
The Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S Agency for International Development is a boon to Beijing’s designs on Pacific Island nations and weakens America’s...
Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General to visit Japan for high-level meetings
The Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Baron Waqa, will visit Japan next week for a series of high-level engagements, including a meeting...
Countries fail again to decide timing of key IPCC climate science reports
Governments have delayed for the third time a key decision on the timing of an influential climate science assessment, after failing to resolve deep...
Fiji Military to focus on security, not political intervention
The Republic of Fiji Military Forces must never again be seen as an institution that dictates political outcomes, but as a pillar of national...
Scammers behind Marshall Islands bribery scheme stuck in Philippines Airport after entry bans
A pair of Chinese scammers who served short sentences in the United States for conspiring to bribe Marshall Islands officials have been stranded for...
Samoa PM Fiame stays on, La’auli’s no-confidence motion defeated
Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa remains the leader of the government after surviving a second vote of no-confidence vote in two weeks.
The motion...
Top Australian criminal target Zhao involved in Fiji Media startup
A Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-linked businessman, identified as one of Australia’s top criminal targets, was involved in establishing a new media venture in his...
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Tuvalu has inaugurated its first woman Governor-General, Temukisa Auina Penehuro Hauma, in a historic change of leadership on the eve of the country’s 48th...
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