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Rachel Reeves to encourage import of raw materials from Commonwealth countries to counter China’s grip on market Businesses that import critical minerals to the UK will be given access to state-backed loans in a move to counter China’s dominance in the…
Witnesses said Craig Laidley had almost reached safety when a wave dragged the 56-year-old back into heavy seas Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFriends and family of Austr…
Growing diplomatic row as police say they have evidence of Delhi’s links to murder of Sikh leader in CanadaBritain joined its Five Eyes intelligence partners on Wednesday in saying India’s cooperation with Canada’s legal process was “the right next ste…
For decades nori-wrapped rice dish was mainly a snack eaten at home or in a bento, but now it has come into its ownIt is barely 10am and the queue outside Onigiri Bongo already stretches around the block. Some of the 30 or so early-bird diners sit on s…
Mount Kodu landowners petition prime minister to pay outstanding commitment the government made to them to preserve the trackGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe historic Kokoda track has been closed indefinitely as local land…
The narrow-nosed spookfish is also found in Australian waters and is distinctive for its elongated snout and whip-like tailA new species of ghost shark, with an unusually long nose and a whip-like tail, has been discovered in the inky depths of New Zea…
Naoro village residents block sections of track and demand Papua New Guinea government release funds long promised for community projectsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAu…
China’s representative demanded the scrapping of language about Taiwan in the final communique; Pacific countries will get a new multinational police unitPacific leaders gathered in Tonga this week to discuss the most pressing issues in the region. The…
‘Visibly angry’ Qian Bo demands correction of Taiwan’s ‘development partner’ label despite its use for more than three decadesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA summit of Pacific leaders has ended in drama after China’s region…
A day after agreement was ratified at the Pacific Island Forum, the country’s climate minister says ‘root cause of climate change’ must be addressedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily new…
Anthony Albanese told journalists to ‘chill out’ over the comments filmed in the wings of the Pacific Islands ForumFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian prime min…
The Tongan prime minister, Hu’akavemeiliku Siaosi Sovaleni, and the Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, spoke at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nuku’alofa, Tonga, after Pacific island leaders agreed to back a regional policing plan that will see…
Anthony Albanese says it is ‘a Pacific-led initiative’ that reflects the desire of neighbours to ‘stand with each other’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPacific island lead…
António Guterres to attend Pacific Islands Forum (Pif) in Tonga with climate crisis and unrest in New Caledonia among issues to watchThe UN secretary general, António Guterres, will attend a Pacific leaders’ summit this week in Tonga with a focus on cl…
Beijing says ‘no strings attached’ to the complex unveiled last month amid wider concerns over loans the Pacific country owes to ChinaPerched atop Port Vila, Vanuatu’s seaside capital, sits a gleaming red and white building, gifted to the Pacific count…