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Proposed air and missile defences raise ire of residents who are also concerned about environmental impactsA planned missile defence system on the island of Guam could turn the US Pacific territory into a “target,” local residents have said, as opposit…
Read MoreWind and rain bring island to a standstill but eye replacement cycle weakens super typhoon temporarilyEarlier this week, Typhoon Mawar whipped up tension in western Micronesia as the category 4 storm came close to landfall on the island of Guam. Starti…
Read MoreLaunch was the sixth in 12 days and the first since an intermediate-range missile was fired over Japan on TuesdayNorth Korea fired two short-range ballistic missile toward its east coast in the direction of Japan, after joint South Korean and US missil…
Read MoreOnce the great vaccination success story, the island is under strain amid a new wave of infections, but experts say cases would be far higher without vaccine coverageOutside Guam Memorial hospital, blue medical tents have sprung up to accomodate an ove…
Read MoreAbout 170 people, some wearing hazmat suits, were the first to fly to the Pacific island for a holiday with a Covid twist On Tuesday afternoon in Taipei about 170 people, some dressed in hazmat suits and face shields, boarded a plane bound for the Paci…
Read MoreOptimism abounds as leaders from Fiji to Papua New Guinea welcome the new US president-electJoe Biden’s presidential ascension had not even been settled when Fiji’s forthright prime minister was already urging greater US action on climate change from t…
Read More‘Now that I live in Guam, I cannot vote’. The first Americans to ‘vote’ on polling day have no say in who will be president Politics is a favourite sport on the streets of Hagatna, where voters are preparing for the US elections.Billboards adorn every …
Read MorePacific nation was one of the last on Earth without a single confirmed Covid-19 infectionCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOne of the last coronavirus-free sanctuaries in the world has been breached, with the US military impor…
Read MoreMore than 12,000 pages of US government documents show military operations contaminating the Pacific with radioactive waste, nerve agents, and chemical weapons like Agent OrangeIn 1968, Leroy Foster was a master sergeant in the US Air Force, assigned t…
Read MoreRising cases in Papua New Guinea, French Polynesia, and Guam raise fears of uncontrolled coronavirus outbreaks across PacificSurging Covid-19 cases in Guam are threatening to overwhelm the island’s healthcare system, while rapidly spreading infections …
Read MoreAmerica’s militarisation of the western Pacific island threatens its ecosystem, culture and history, a plea before the UN argues “It’s hard to pinpoint exactly the moment one … starts to see the great game afoot,” Julian Aguon says, before pausing, and…
Read MoreCovid-19-related developments throughout the Pacific IslandsThe total number of cases of Covid-19 infection listed by the World Health Organization for the region stands at 382, an increase of 22 since last week.With increasing evidence that many of th…
Read MoreCovid-19-related developments throughout the Pacific Islands • Sign up to get this Coronavirus in the Pacific briefing delivered to your email every WednesdayThe total number of cases of Covid-19 infection listed by the World Health Organization for th…
Read MoreCovid-19-related developments throughout the Pacific IslandsSign up to get this Coronavirus in the Pacific briefing delivered to your email every WednesdayThe total number of Covid-19 cases across the Pacific stands at 314, with new cases reported this…
Read MoreCovid-19-related developments throughout the Pacific IslandsHere is the latest news about the Covid-19 outbreak across the Pacific, from Dan McGarry and Tess Newton Cain on Wednesday 10 June.The total number of cases of Covid-19 infection across the re…
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