U.S eyes massive ramp-up in diplomatic personnel and spending at new Pacific island embassies
The State Department says it plans a massive increase in diplomatic personnel and spending for facilities at new U.S embassies in the Pacific islands...
Pacific Conference of Churches push for West Papua to become full member of MSG
The Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC)continues to affirm its commitment to advocate and inspire actions in solidarity for the United Liberation Movement of West...
Pacific are sovereign nations not backyard of any country: Solomon Islands PM
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has leaped to the defence of China saying its strategic interests are misunderstood.
Sogavare has been visiting China this...
Solomon Islands may lead way as China eyes greater South Pacific role
The South Pacific could provide a “new focus” for China's Belt and Road Initiative after this week's visit by the Solomon Islands' Prime Minister...
Tiny metal balls found in the ocean near PNG could be first evidence of...
Scientists from Harvard University have collected fragments believed to belong to a huge interstellar meteor, saying it could have come from an alien spacecraft.
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Papua New Guinea wants its own ‘Gurkhas’ as U.S-China tensions rise
Papua New Guinea wants to create the equivalent of Britain’s Gurkha regiment as it struggles to strengthen its armed forces at a time of...
China rejects IAEA report on Japan’s Fukushima ocean discharge policy
Chinese diplomats in the Pacific are critical of a decision by the Japanese government to dispose of nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant...
New China-Solomon Islands Police deal trigger concerns
Solomon Islands prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare kicked off his trip to China this week with a clear goal — to deepen bilateral ties with...
No more coups, do not use the RFMF: Fiji Home Affairs Minister
Fiji's Minister for Home Affairs, Pio Tikoduadua claims some people, including politicians who have failed to earn power legitimately at the polls, have continually...
Bougainville opens Office of the Missing to help reconnect families displaced by the crisis
It's been more than 30 years since the Bougainville crisis ended, but for many families on the island, the conflict's impacts show no sign...
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Climate finance, Just Transition top agenda as World faces 1.5 overhoot
Climate finance, adaptation and the transition away from fossil fuels will dominate negotiations at COP31 in Türkiye, as developing countries demand greater access to...
Vanuatu Parliament to debate no-confidence motion on Monday
Vanuatu Parliament will debate the no-confidence motion against the Prime Minister (PM) Jotham Napat on Monday next week, after Speaker Felix Stephen confirmed that...
Put the ocean at the centre of COP31
By Peter Thomson
For over 30 years, Pacific island countries have issued the same warning at the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference: the warming...