ADB announces financial support package to help Asia and Pacific mitigate impacts from Middle East conflict
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has announced a financial support package to help its developing member countries (DMCs) mitigate the economic and financial impacts...
China’s growing influence in the Pacific is 5,000 meters deep
Deep-sea mining is its latest battlefield
By Kara Fox, Elizabeth Alberts, Lou Robinson and Byron Manley
CNN and environmental news outlet Mongabay tracked eight Chinese research...
Fijiana XVs prepare for Wallaroos showdown as Pacific rivalry returns
Fiji’s Fijiana are preparing for a major Pacific rugby clash as they get ready to face the Wallaroos in Canberra this week.
Friday's Test match...
Samoa deputy PM loses seat after Court finds corrupt practices
The Samoa Electoral Court has today ruled that deputy Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for Falealili I, Toelupe Maoiautele Pou Onesemo, is guilty...
Western Pacific governments urged to speed up action to end TB in the region
The World Health Organisation (WHO) urged governments in the Western Pacific region to accelerate country-led action to transform tuberculosis care, decentralize services and scale...
Commonwealth SG warns global debt crisis threatens ‘survival’ of Small States
The Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Shirley Botchwey has warned that rising global debt is threatening development, sovereignty and survival for many countries, particularly small...
OACP SG appoints Katalaina Sapolu of Samoa as Assistant SG for global operations
The Secretary-General of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) Moussa Batraki has announced the appointment of Katalaina Sapolu of Samoa, as...
Pacific push for ocean protection as BBNJ PrepCom 3 opens in New York
The third and final session of the Preparatory Commission for the BBNJ Agreement under United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)...
“Climate chaos is rewriting the rules of weather”: UN SG Guterres
"Climate chaos is rewriting the rules of weather,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on World Meteorological Day, as new data confirmed accelerating global warming...
China’s grip grows on fragile Solomon Islands’ media
Since the Solomon Islands established diplomatic relations with China in 2019, the Pacific archipelago has become a strategic arena for Beijing’s influence.
By capitalising on...
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Australian PM Albanese receives traditional welcome ahead of treaty
Australia is set to sign an alliance with Fiji in a major diplomatic win over China.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was given a traditional welcome...
AFP to push Australia’s Pacific police training model to reduce UN costs
An Australian Federal Police model could help train United Nations peacekeepers in weeks, not months, while a new Pacific policing bloc is designed to...
Pacific leadership recognised in global plastics negotiations
Pacific voices have led from the head table in the global plastic negotiations as the world works together to develop a legally binding instrument...