Samoa underfire at UN over media freedom restrictions
Samoa has defended its media freedom record at the United Nations, insisting it remains committed to protecting independent journalism after 10 countries raised concerns...
Fiji warns world off track on 22 biodiversity targets
The world is failing to meet 22 of its 23 global biodiversity targets, with Fiji warning that inadequate funding and continued subsidies for activities...
Royal New Zealand Navy supports the Cook Islands in pursuit of illegal fishers
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Pacific Scientists Build a Regional Picture of a Changing Ocean
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The Pacific Ocean connects thousands of islands, and understanding how ocean acidification is unfolding across the region requires more than individual research...
Samoa Rugby to elect first executive board
The Samoa Rugby Football Union (SRFU) will elect its first Executive Board at its inaugural Annual General Meeting on 11 November, marking a key...
Democrats win U.S House and Senate, taking full control of Congress
Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress, delivering a decisive rebuke of Republican governance in Washington and ushering in a new era of...
Samoa, Antigua and Barbuda demand fairer climate finance at CHOGM
Samoa and Antigua and Barbuda have called for urgent reforms to international climate finance, warning that vulnerable countries should not be forced into debt...
Current El Niño event likely to intensify, persist through to March 2027
The current El Niño event is continuing to strengthen, with forecasts indicating it could surpass the intensity of all previous El Niño events recorded...
Torres, Attao headed for runoff in CNMI; AG race also faces second round
Former CNMI Governor Ralph DLG Torres and independent candidate Rep Blas Jonathan “BJ” T. Attao appear headed for a runoff after neither secured the...
Fiji PM Rabuka to bypass Committee recommendation with new Parliamentary motion on Australia Treaties
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has expressed disappointment with Parliament’s Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence for recommending that ratification of two major...
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‘The world we know is over’ without urgent climate action, leaders tell COP31
Failure to provide an overwhelming response to the climate crisis means “the world we know is over”, the president of the embattled Marshall Islands...
Solomon Islands pledges USD$400k to GCF
By Eddie Osifelo in Antalya, Turkiye
Solomon Islands is set to become the first country to pledge to the Green Climate Fund’s third replenishment (GCF-3),...
Pacific climate envoy seeks $500M resilience fund at COP31 to safeguard island nations
Pacific Island nations are seeking to mobilise US$500 million for a regional resilience fund to support communities threatened by rising sea levels and extreme...