Australia will bid for 2026 climate summit with Pacific, but will face pressure to do more this year at COP27
The Australian government will use the UN climate conference in Egypt to launch a bid with Pacific nations to host the 2026 summit and...
Marshall Islands confirms membership in the Pacific Islands Forum
The Marshall Islands ended two years of being at the centre of controversy over the possible break up of the Pacific’s premier regional organisation...
Vanuatu cabinet named
Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishamael Kalsakau has named his cabinet after he was sworn in on Friday.
The line up of ministerial portfolios saw a former...
693,915 registered for Fiji’s 2022 election
A total of 693,915 Fijians have registered for the 2022 General Election which will take place on 14 December.
Of this, 348,349 voters are males...
Cop27 gets off to delayed start after tussle over agenda for talks
The Cop27 UN climate summit has made a delayed start after delegates tussled late into Saturday night and on into Sunday morning over what...
Loss and damage must be at heart of Cop27 talks, experts say
Cop27, the UN climate summit beginning Sunday in Egypt, could fail before it even starts if countries do not agree to put the loss...
Why a chain of tiny Pacific islands wants an international court opinion on responsibility for the climate crisis
Emily Wilkinson, Co-director, Caribbean Resilience and Recovery Knowledge Network, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Matt Bishop, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, University...
China and Australia must not turn Solomon Islands into a gun state again
By Dorothy Wickham
My country once lived in fear of the gun. Thousands of weapons, many stolen from police armouries, fuelled the years of violence...
Toa Samoa advance to semi-finals with thrilling win over Tonga
Toa Samoa are through to the World Cup semi-finals for the first time in history, after emerging 20-18 winners over arch-rivals Tonga in an...
Kiwis handed ‘crazy’ penalty in ‘cruel’ end to Fiji’s tournament
New Zealand scraped to 18- 22 victory over Fiji in a tight World Cup quarterfinal after the Kiwis were awarded a controversial penalty for...
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By Dr Saia Ma’u Piukala, WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific, and Eamonn Murphy, UNAIDS Regional Director for Asia-Pacific and Eastern Europe and...