Global temperatures set to break records during next five years: WMO
Global temperatures are likely to surge to record levels in the next five years, fuelled by heat-trapping greenhouse gases and a naturally occurring El...
Biden envoy gets two of three north Pacific nations to sign deals
Two Pacific nations considered by Washington as crucial in its competition with China for influence in the region have agreed 20-year extensions of funding...
PNG Government told to be careful over deals with any superpower
Former Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has cautioned the Government to tread carefully on deals it plans to sign with any superpower...
With China looming, Biden plans new Pacific islands summit after PNG no-show
U.S President Joe Biden will arrange another summit of Pacific island leaders this year after the disappointment caused by his cancellation of a visit...
NZ Foreign Affairs Minister Mahuta reacts to reports of potential United States, PNG security agreement
New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta says she takes a “country-agnostic” view to the militarisation of the Pacific amid reports that the United...
Blinken: US$7billion commitment to COFA nations critical to national security goals
The Biden administration’s US$7 billion pledge to extend Washington’s economic engagement with the freely associated states and an additional US$2 billion for other allies...
Fiji boosts it’s renewable energy goals
Fiji is a step closer to its goal to provide 100 percent of its population with access to affordable, reliable, safe and clean energy...
Four women feature in new French Polynesian government
French Polynesia's newly-elected president Moetai Brotherson has presented a 10-member government, which includes four women.
Brotherson has confirmed his pre-election choice of Eliane Tevahitua as...
Biden’s Papua New Guinea no-show deals blow to U.S credibility in Pacific, analysts say
U.S President Joe Biden's cancelled visit to Papua New Guinea, which had declared next Monday a public holiday in honour of his arrival, has...
Disappointment in Papua New Guinea after Biden cancels first visit by a U.S leader
Papua New Guineans have reacted with disappointment to the news that U.S president, Joe Biden, has cancelled his visit to the capital, Port Moresby,...
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MCC touts Pacific, Fiji partnerships as strategic alternative to China’s Belt and Road
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has highlighted its work in Fiji and the wider Pacific as part of a broader U.S strategy to strengthen...
Vanuatu Opposition demands Gov’t apology over failed Matthew and Hunter negotiations
Vanuatu Opposition Leader Alatoi Ishmael Kalsakau has called on Prime Minister Jotham Napat and Deputy Prime Minister Johnny Koanapo to apologise to the people...
Indigenous leaders tell governments ‘no more tokenism’ before COP31
As Pacific communities lose homes, coastlines and even the resting places of their ancestors to rising seas, Indigenous have delivered a blunt message to...