Turkiye joins Australia in race to host Cop31 climate talks
Turkiye and Australia will vie for the support of Western Europe, North America and New Zealand in their bids to host the 2026 climate...
Intensive dialogue continues at 5th PIF-Japan meeting on Fukushima wastewater
Forum experts will meet with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in virtual mode in early June, to discuss the planned discharge of treated...
PM Rabuka renews Fiji-New Zealand links on meeting with PM Chris Hipkins
Fiji's prime minister was welcomed to the New Zealand Parliament on Wednesday morning.
Sitiveni Rabuka is on his first official trip to Aotearoa since being...
Solomon Islands and Fiji to enter bilateral security agreement
Solomon Islands will soon engage in a bilateral security agreement with the Republic of Fiji as part of efforts to fill the gaps in...
First steps agreed on plastics treaty after breakthrough at Paris talks
Nation-state representatives have taken the first concrete step toward a legally binding treaty to regulate plastic, described as the most important green deal since...
AOSIS offers waste management options for plastics treaty
The proposed legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, discussed at the second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-2)...
Japan sends seawater into tunnel built for Fukushima nuke wastewater discharge
Japan has started sending seawater into an underwater tunnel built to release nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power...
Vanuatu security deal with Australia to go before its parliament before the end of 2023
Vanuatu will put to its parliament a security treaty with Australia before the end of 2023, after concerns over China in the region led...
West Papuan ‘provisional’ government backs full membership of MSG
The self-styled provisional government of the United Liberation Movement of West Papua “with the people” of the Melanesian region have declared political support for...
Japan, Australia, U.S to fund undersea cable connection in Micronesia to counter China’s influence
Japan announced Tuesday that it joined the United States and Australia in signing a US$95 million undersea cable project that will connect East Micronesia...
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Pro-France Virginie Ruffenach elected New Caledonia Congress president
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NZ must consider cost of joining Pacific defence alliance
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