U.S boosts anti-China Pacific push with embassy in Vanuatu
The Biden administration said Friday that the U.S will open an Embassy in the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu in its latest move...
Cook Islands PM Brown meets U.S Secretary of State in Washington, DC
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown has met the United States Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman...
Deep-sea mining meeting closes without resolving whether mining can start in July
As meetings to oversee deep-sea mining on the high seas draw to a close, it remains unclear whether regulators will allow it to commence...
International Court of Justice to advise states on climate duties: ‘A turning point for...
One of the world’s most important courts will advise states on their responsibilities for curbing global emissions and the legal consequences of inaction, following...
Carbon credit industry resists vulnerable nations’ call to fund adaptation
The carbon credit industry has successfully fought off a push by some of the most climate vulnerable nations to place a mandatory levy on...
Forum Secretary General Puna takes 2050 message to leaders in Niue
Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Henry Puna is wrapping up a week of stakeholder sessions in Niue with a visit to the national college,...
Donald Trump indicted; First U.S ex-president charged with crime
Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury, prosecutors and defense lawyers said Thursday, making him the first former U.S president to...
NZ stands with Vanuatu on Climate at UN
New Zealand is welcoming a decision by the United Nations General Assembly to ask the International Court of Justice to consider countries’ international legal...
UN approves resolution on climate justice – ‘The work has only just begun’
By Sanjesni Kumar
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has agreed to seek the International Court of Justice’s opinion on the obligations of states regarding...
Beginning of a new era’: Pacific islanders hail UN vote on climate justice
A group of Pacific Island students who were instrumental in pushing a UN resolution that should make it easier to hold polluting countries legally...
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MCC touts Pacific, Fiji partnerships as strategic alternative to China’s Belt and Road
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has highlighted its work in Fiji and the wider Pacific as part of a broader U.S strategy to strengthen...
Vanuatu Opposition demands Gov’t apology over failed Matthew and Hunter negotiations
Vanuatu Opposition Leader Alatoi Ishmael Kalsakau has called on Prime Minister Jotham Napat and Deputy Prime Minister Johnny Koanapo to apologise to the people...
Indigenous leaders tell governments ‘no more tokenism’ before COP31
As Pacific communities lose homes, coastlines and even the resting places of their ancestors to rising seas, Indigenous have delivered a blunt message to...