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Whistleblower vice-chancellor deported after midnight raid by Fiji police
Presence of Pal Ahluwalia deemed ‘prejudicial to peace’: a report by the vice-chancellor alleged widespread fi…
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Migration firm investigated over ads promising Vanuatu passports
Global-Migrate accused of promoting access to travel document without the government’s authority, although adv…
- Asia Pacific, Climate change, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Pacific islands, Pacific Islands Forum, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tonga, World news
Zoomed to fail? Cracks appear in Pacific Islands Forum as Covid pulls nations apart
Pacific diplomacy hinges on in-person discussion but web-only meetings have fed a growing dispute over the for…
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Cyclone Yasa: Fiji prepares for category 5 storm as Tonga braces for Zazu
Evacuations ordered in Fiji as Yasa strengthens into a category five system with winds of up to 270km/hTwin cy…
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Pacific leaders condemn Australia’s ‘weak’ climate target in open letter to Scott Morrison
Fourteen eminent signatories urge Canberra to commit to net-zero emissions by 2050Pacific leaders have condemn…
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West Papua independence leaders declare ‘government-in-waiting’
Province’s breakaway movement nominates exiled leader as interim president as conflict-ridden Indonesian regio…
- Asia Pacific, Cook Islands, Fiji, Guam, Joe Biden, Pacific islands, Papua New Guinea, US elections 2020, US politics, World news
Pacific nations herald Biden presidency amid hope for action on climate emergency
Optimism abounds as leaders from Fiji to Papua New Guinea welcome the new US president-electJoe Biden’s presid…
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Remote Marshall Islands records its first coronavirus cases
Pacific nation was one of the last on Earth without a single confirmed Covid-19 infectionCoronavirus – latest …
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Australia should create ‘Pacific visa’ to reduce impact of climate change and disaster on islanders
Displacement is growing in the Asia-Pacific region, and a new policy paper argues migration policies must be e…
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Cook Islands’ prime minister gives himself 17 portfolios
Mark Brown’s multiple ministries prompt opposition to suggest PM lacks confidence in his cabinetThe Cook Islan…
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, Australian economy, Australian foreign policy, China, Coronavirus outbreak, The Pacific, Timor-Leste
Australia’s global aid budget falls – but Pacific and Timor-Leste get a Covid fighting fund
Official development assistance declines to $4bn, boosted by $304m over two years to help region recoverAustra…
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Papua New Guinea police accused of gun running and drug smuggling by own minister
Bryan Kramer takes extraordinary swipe at force for which he is responsible, saying it could take a generation…
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Portrait of a mentor: ‘granddaddy’ of National Art School campus finds himself the subject
Papua New Guinean student Lesley Wengembo has painted campus assistant Mal Nagobi for Australia’s famous Archi…
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Papua New Guinea bans Chinese mine staff ‘given experimental Covid-19 vaccine’
Flight carrying workers from Chinese state-owned Ramu nickel mine cancelled by pandemic controller over concer…
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Photo of Chinese ambassador to Kiribati walking across backs of locals ‘misinterpreted’
Image criticised as emblematic of China’s rising influence in Pacific, but i-Kiribati say practice is part of …