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Vanuatu open to signing deal with Australia but will not be subject to ‘bullying’ from larger countries
Country moves to deepen policing ties with China as Australia continues negotiations on Nakamal agreement, whi…
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China, climate crisis and Cop31: five takeaways from the Pacific Islands Forum
A key climate crisis funding treaty struck as Pacific leaders backed Australia’s bid for Cop31 despite some cr…
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Pacific Islands Forum: climate crisis tops agenda as China exclusion casts shadow over leaders meeting
Pacific Islands Forum 2025 faces bumpy start with China, the US and Taiwan uninvited from discussions, as Paci…
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Samoa’s election: Voting has begun after months of turmoil, here is everything you need to know
Samoans began voting on Friday in parliamentary elections amid personal rivalries and geopolitical tensions Sa…
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Tuvalu considers pulling out of Pacific leaders’ summit amid China-linked power struggle
Exclusive: Prime minister Feletei Teo says Tuvalu may withdraw from crucial meeting after key countries such a…
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Last-minute Taiwan drama and a policing plan: five things we learned at the Pacific Islands Forum
China’s representative demanded the scrapping of language about Taiwan in the final communique; Pacific countr…
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Pacific Islands Forum communique taken down after Chinese envoy calls Taiwan reference ‘unacceptable’
‘Visibly angry’ Qian Bo demands correction of Taiwan’s ‘development partner’ label despite its use for more th…
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‘Immoral and unacceptable’: Tuvalu calls on Australia to set urgent deadline to end fossil fuels
A day after agreement was ratified at the Pacific Island Forum, the country’s climate minister says ‘root caus…
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Australian PM caught on camera joking with senior US official over funding of Pacific policing plan
Anthony Albanese told journalists to ‘chill out’ over the comments filmed in the wings of the Pacific Islands …
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Tongan PM Sovaleni and Australian PM Albanese give details of Pacific police training plan – video
The Tongan prime minister, Hu’akavemeiliku Siaosi Sovaleni, and the Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanes…
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Australia overcomes last-minute concerns to secure sweeping Pacific police training plan
Anthony Albanese says it is ‘a Pacific-led initiative’ that reflects the desire of neighbours to ‘stand with e…
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‘Even in the teeth of a gale, she has time for a hula’: the sailor breaking barriers on the Pacific ocean
First female Fijian sail master on traditional vessel Uto ni Yalo led a difficult week-long voyage to the Paci…
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‘A crisis entirely of humanity’s making’: UN chief issues climate SOS on trip to Pacific
António Guterres calls for a ‘massive’ increase in finance and support for the countries most vulnerable to ri…
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UN chief to push for more climate change action at Pacific leaders’ summit
António Guterres to attend Pacific Islands Forum (Pif) in Tonga with climate crisis and unrest in New Caledoni…
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US funding delays hurt the Pacific – but there are bigger worries | Terence Wesley-Smith and Gerard Finin
Pacific leaders are increasingly concerned that Washington’s actions in the region conflict with their objecti…