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How the Fijiana battled adversity to win historic Olympic medal at Tokyo Games

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Flight FJ 1910 touched down at Nadi International Airport on Wednesday evening local time, as the Fijiana’s historic Olympic campaign concluded in style. The Tokyo...

Transhipment challenges in the WCPO

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By Iliesa Tora Not many Pacific Island women work on fishing vessels, but a young Fijian woman has found a way to support the...

14 death row prisoners to be executed: PNG Correctional Commissioner

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Fourteen out of 15 prisoners currently on death row will be executed after a “possible execution mode is identified”, says Papua New Guinea Correctional...

Fiji records 398 new cases of COVID-19, five new deaths reported

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Fiji has recorded 398 new cases of COVID-19 and five new deaths Thursday, increasing the total number of cases to 38,742 and 343 deaths...

$14-million climate change funding support to benefits Pacific Islands

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Pacific Countries will be benefiting from a $14-million (US$9.7 million) climate change funding support from the New Zealand government. The five-year funding assistance will help...

‘No public protest is allowed’ says Solomon Islands Attorney General

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Public assembly or procession of any form will not be allowed under the current state of emergency unless authorised by the Prime Minister, says...

Pacific Forum leaders set permanent maritime borders, as rising seas shrink islands

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Pacific island leaders have agreed that their maritime borders should be permanent, even if their countries shrink due to a future rise in sea...

PNG PM: Focus on Bougainville self-rule

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Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says Parliament needs to address soon the quest for independence by the people of Bougainville. “There is no...

‘Bad neighbours’: Australia at risk of becoming ‘global pariah’

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Australia is already considered a “bad neighbour” and will become a “pariah” if the federal government does not move past its long-running climate policy...

Travel restricted from Fiji to NZ

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Travel is restricted to New Zealand from Fiji this weekend. There are more than 24,000 active cases of Covid-19 in Fiji and at least 330...

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Marshall Islands warns against 1.5°C overshoot, says relocation is not an option

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The Marshall Islands has warned that exceeding the 1.5-degree Celsius global warming limit, even temporarily, would put vulnerable communities at greater risk and increase...

World must quadruple electrification pace to keep 1.5°C alive – Bowen

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The world must increase the pace of electrification more than four-fold to have any chance of keeping global warming within the 1.5-degree Celsius limit,...

COP31 must deliver results, keep 1.5°C goal alive – Kurum

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COP31 President Murat Kurum has called on countries to keep the 1.5-degree Celsius temperature limit within reach and deliver concrete climate action, warning that...