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Fijian Drua coach Mick Byrne has cheekily donned a Chicago Bulls cap to make the Waratahs eat their words on Saturday. Two years ago, Waratahs coach Darren Coleman told reporters in Sydney that they “hadn’t beaten the Chicago Bulls” after a victory against the Drua. But after the Drua beat the Waratahs in a golden-point thriller in Fiji on Saturday, Byrne...

A brilliant Tom Wright try-of-the-year contender has helped the ACT Brumbies trounce Moana Pasifika in a statement 39-point Super Rugby Pacific win in Canberra. Five-eighth Noah Lolesio was also a standout in Friday's 60-21 victory, the Brumbies scoring nine tries and moving to 4-1 ahead of a tasty Australian derby with the in-form Queensland Reds in Brisbane next Saturday. The game...

Today marks a significant milestone in the historic campaign to take climate change to the world’s highest court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), as the deadline for State written submissions closes. This moment follows on from the landmark resolution to seek an advisory opinion from the ICJ, adopted by consensus at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in March...

About 300 foreign personnel will be deployed to Solomon Islands to support the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force provide security at next month’s joint elections. Commissioner of Police Mostyn Mangau said under existing security arrangements with regional countries, around 300 officers will be in Honiara. They come from Australia, New Zealand, Fiji under the Solomons International Assistance Force (SIAF) and RSIPF’s...

The video from Yahukimo showing Indonesian soldiers torturing a West Papuan man is horrifying, says Benny Wenda the President of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP). Wenda said it highlights the urgent need for a UN Human Rights visit to West Papua. In the video, soldiers can be seen kicking, punching, and slashing a young Papuan man who is...

Op-ed by Joey Tau Last month’s visit to the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat by Japanese Foreign Minister, Yōko Kamikawa, to convene an interim Ministerial meeting of the Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM) was applauded by Pacific foreign officials and ministers as a reassuring gesture of Japan’s commitment to the blue Pacific. But for many Pacific civil society organizations, activists and movements,...

Chair of Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) and Samoan Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Toeolesulusulu Cedric Schuster has expressed AOSIS’s readiness to collaborate for strong outcomes at COP 29. Minister Schuster made the statement in his opening remarks at the Copenhagen Climate Ministerial by acknowledging the incoming COP presidency from Azerbaijan. “AOSIS looks forward to working with you through...

The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland , will embark on official visits to Samoa and the Kingdom of Tonga from 25 March 2024. In both countries, she will hold discussions with Heads of Government, cabinet ministers and other public figures on issues of importance to the Commonwealth and the Pacific region, including Commonwealth assistance and cooperation. The Secretary-General will arrive in Samoa...

Fiji will continue police cooperation with China but won’t have Chinese officers stationed inside its force, a government minister said, following a review of security relations that highlighted the Pacific island country’s balancing act between economic reliance on China and security ties to the U.S and its allies. A police cooperation agreement between Fiji and China, signed in 2011 when...

Samoa Cabinet has approved Space X's Starlink satellite services to operate in the country. This was confirmed by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, La'auli Leuatea Schmidt. He said this was the government's vision for enhanced internet accessibility and affordability for all Samoans. Speaking during an interview on Soalepule on Wednesday night, La'auli disclosed that the Cabinet, in its weekly deliberations,...