How a PNG NRL team would boost strength of Kumuls
Kumuls veteran Rhyse Martin believes the introduction of a PNG NRL team would boost the competitiveness of the national side by creating opportunities for...
Cooks eager to develop game locally
Rugby league is also a national sport in the Cook Islands but it needs more exposure to grow the game and make it better,...
EU and OACPS call for swift ratification and implementation of the “Treaty of the High Seas
The European Union (EU) and the Organisation of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (OACPS) has welcomed last month’s signature of the BBNJ agreement (biodiversity...
Last refugees in PNG to begin leaving ‘within weeks’ after Australian funding runs out
The final group of refugees still held in Papua New Guinea a decade after being exiled there by Australia will begin leaving “within weeks”,...
Cook Islands MP-elect has eye on Pacific peoples’ portfolio
The only Pacific MP in New Zealand's National Party has her eye on the Pacific peoples’ portfolio.
“I want to make sure that I deliver,”...
World Bank controversy sends loss and damage talks into overtime
The president of the next UN climate summit, Cop28, has told government negotiators they must agree how to set up a new loss and...
Small islands struggle to get help from the Green Climate Fund
Government officials from small island developing states (SIDS) have said they find it difficult to get money from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) for...
‘Israel war won’t impact Samoa’: Minister
A Cabinet Minister in the Samoa government has urged citizens not to worry about the effects of the Israel-Hamas war in the Middle East...
Heat on UAE to give COP28 ambitious edge we need
By RR Rashmi, The Energy and Resources Institute in New Delhi
To meet climate goals, countries will have to get far more ambitious and quickly....
Palau calls on the new global plastics treaty to prioritise production control and incentivise alternatives
Palau is reiterating its call for the new plastics treaty to focus on the full lifecycle of plastics including controlling production rather than relying...
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