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On Wednesday afternoon the 16 team captains helped coach the next generation of rugby sevens stars at Holland Park School ahead of the highly anticipated finale of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2023 where the last Paris 2024 Olympic spot and final 2024 Series core team will be decided in front of a huge crowd at Twickenham Stadium...

Fijiana XVs skipper Sereima Leweniqila says their ultimate aim is to get a win over the Wallaroos in Sydney on Saturday. Leweniqila said while Fijiana is hyped to go up against the Australians, it will be a good time to test their five uncapped players. “Our plan is to get both a win and put on a good performance.” “Plan is to...

Defending champions Auckland City FC have illustrated their title credentials with a clinical 3-1 win over Suva FC in their second Group A match at the OFC Champions League 2023 in Vanuatu. Both sides entered the match at Luganville's Soccer City Stadium with three points after opening day victories and Suva coach Maxwell Thaggard picked arguably his strongest line-up in...

Vanuatu’s local hope has promised to do everything possible to avoid an early exit from the OFC Champions League on home soil. Ifira Black Bird, after a 2-0 loss in their opening fixture against Papua New Guinea’s Hekari United, must beat AS Pirae from Tahiti in their second Group B match later today or their maiden OFC Champions League campaign...

Tuvalu's Prime Minister Kausea Natano says as Pacific nations recover from the socio-economic devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic, “we face the single greatest existential threat of climate change”. For Tuvalu, the climate crisis is creating an increasingly uncertain future in our Blue Pacific, he said. “In three words, we are sinking. Our people, in my generation or the next, will be...

Tongan Foreign Minister Fekitamoeloa Katoa ‘Utoikamanu is the new chair of the ESCAP 79th Session underway in Bangkok, Thailand this week. In her acceptance speech, ‘Utoikamanu said the deliberations of the seventy-ninth session, guided by the theme “Accelerating climate action in Asia and the Pacific for sustainable development” are so critical for the region. “It is an honour to Chair a...

U. S President Joe Biden said Tuesday he’s curtailing his upcoming trip to the Indo-Pacific, scrapping what was to be a historic stop in Papua New Guinea as well as a visit to Australia for a gathering with fellow leaders of the so-called Quad partnership so he can focus on debt limit talks in Washington. The cancellation is a foreign...

Plastic pollution could be slashed by 80 percent by 2040 if countries and companies use existing technologies to make significant policy shifts and market adjustments, according to a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report released on Tuesday. “The way we produce, use, and dispose of plastics is polluting ecosystems, creating risks for human health and destabilising the climate,” said UNEP...

Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau has expressed his confidence in defeating the motion of no confidence against him, scheduled for Friday, 19 May 2023. In an interview with the Vanuatu Daily Post Tuesday, PM Kalsakau criticised the Opposition for initiating the motion, considering it premature and irresponsible given that he has only been in power for six months. “I would have...

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown addressed global and regional leaders on Monday during the high-level opening of the 79th session of the United Nations (UN) Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), held from 15 - 19 May at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, Thailand. Guided by the theme “Accelerating climate action in Asia...