投稿者: Kate Lyons
Pacific island nations are already being battered by king tides, catastrophic cyclones and sustained droughtsGlobal heating above 1.5C will be “catastrophic” for Pacific island nations and could lead to the loss of entire countries due to sea level ris…
Pio Tikoduadua, president of the opposition National Federation Party, has won praise and followers with his faltering attempts to understand social mediaA leading opposition MP from Fiji is delighting new social media followers with his wide-eyed disc…
The International Seabed Authority has two years to finalise regulations governing the controversial industryDeep-sea mining has been given the go-ahead to commence in two years, after the tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru notified the UN body govern…
Antony Blinken takes a shot at Beijing’s growing influence with rallying call for ‘international rules-based order’The US secretary of state has warned leaders of Pacific countries about “threats to the rules-based international order” and “economic co…
The case has been described as a ‘watershed’ moment that will test Fiji’s environmental lawsA years-long David and Goliath fight which has seen two Australian surfers take on a Chinese-linked company over their alleged damage of an idyllic Fijian islan…
Commissioner of corrections should be held accountable if reports of inhumane treatment prove correct, say rights advocatesInternational human rights groups have called on Fiji to launch an independent investigation into the commissioner of corrections…
Sione Filipe Totau, known as Mano, was one of six Tongan boys who spent 15 months marooned on a Pacific island. Suddenly the world wants to hear his story The past few days have been something of a whirlwind for Sione Filipe Totau.The 73-year-old Tonga…
Wong Tetchoong set off from Singapore in February but the coronavirus pandemic meant he could not find anywhere to dockCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA Singaporean man has been rescued after being stranded at sea for three …
Pacific nation lashed by heavy rain, flash flooding and ‘phenomenal seas’A category five cyclone has made landfall on the Pacific nation of Vanuatu, causing damage across large parts of the country, as it tries to prepare for the coronavirus outbreak.C…
Kiwis are keeping their spirits – and sartorial standards – up by working from home while dressed in suits, business attire or full evening-wearProving that clothes maketh even the virtual man, many New Zealanders are spending their second day of a nat…
A foreign mine worker is confirmed as the country’s first case, as Guam records the Pacific region’s first Covid-19 deathPapua New Guinea will enter into a two-week state of emergency on Tuesday after the country confirmed its first case of Covid-19, a…
Nadila Wumaier, the mother of an Australian, says police visited her in Xinjiang after she contradicted diplomat’s claim she did not want to be with husband A Uighur woman who is reportedly under house arrest in Xinjiang says she was visited by Chinese…
New figures show the budgets of some programs, including health, slashed in favour of more infrastructure spendingAustralia’s aid funding to health programs across the Pacific region has been slashed in the past five years, even as Pacific nations have…
Rui Severino calls proposal to quarantine Australians in offshore detention centre ‘outrageous’ An Australian man currently under lockdown in Wuhan says the government’s proposal to quarantine Australians in the Christmas Island detention centre is “ou…
John Momis says his government ‘will not rest’ until Australian-linked miner seeking licence for Panguna mine is banned for life from Bougainville and PNG The president of the autonomous Bougainville government has accused an Australian-linked mining c…