Kiribati
- Asia Pacific, Business, China, Cook Islands, Critical minerals, Deep-sea mining, Environment, Kiribati, Mining, Oceans, Pacific islands, US foreign policy, US news
In the depths of the ocean, a new contest between the US and China emerges
Around the Cook Islands, the world’s two most powerful countries are exploring the possibility of deep-sea min…
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‘Humanitarian’ visa must be created for Pacific Islanders displaced by climate crisis, experts say
Calls for reform to allow people across the Pacific threatened by climate crisis to more easily migrate, parti…
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, France, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nuclear weapons, Pacific islands, US news
‘Never forget’: Pacific countries remember nuclear test legacy as weapons ban treaty debated
Supporters of the UN treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons gathered this month in New York to call for wider rati…
- Asia Pacific, Kiribati, Pacific islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga, US foreign policy, USAid, World news
Explainer: what will the withdrawal of USAid mean for the Pacific?
Analyst says while USAid supports hundreds of jobs, the most significant damage from Donald Trump’s cuts will …
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, China, Kiribati, Pacific islands, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, US news
‘Resurgence’ in China aid to Pacific amid tussle with US for influence
Thinktank’s report says Beijing has emerged from Covid-induced lull with a ‘more competitive, politically targ…
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Kiribati’s pro-China government faces test as election begins
Climate change, living costs and China ties in focus as president Taneti Maamau seeks to extend his tenure in …
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Mapped: the vast network of security deals spanning the Pacific, and what it means
Guardian analysis shows web of agreements between Pacific countries and Australia, US and China, as experts ra…
- Asia Pacific, China, Fiji, Kiribati, Pacific islands, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu
China holds talks on policing with Pacific island officials
Two countries said their police chiefs were unable to attend video meeting chaired by Chinese and Solomon Isla…
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No more drinking water, little food: our island is a field of bones | Katerina Teaiwa
Banaba in the central Pacific is a microcosm of what has happened to this planet. It’s a place that cannot be …
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Record support during Covid and declining funding from China: what new data on Pacific aid reveals
Lowy Institute’s Pacific Aid Map charts thousands of projects and activities from 67 donor entities, including…
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Kiribati controversy as attorney general becomes acting chief justice
Tetiro Semilota appointed from within ranks of government that fired country’s most senior judge, another from…
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Kiribati left without high-level court after president suspends three appeal judges
The decision worsens the constitutional crisis plaguing the Pacific country, which also suspended a high court…
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Court lashes Kiribati government over treatment of Australian-born judge
Kiribati’s court of appeal said government’s latest bid to deport high court justice David Lambourne on nation…
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Australian-born judge released from immigration detention in Kiribati, after being held overnight
David Lambourne, who serves on the high court of Kiribati, was detained on Thursday after a failed attempt by …
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Kiribati constitutional crisis deepens as it detains Australian-born high court justice
Judge David Lambourne was detained after a failed bid to deport him, which he called a ‘devastating assault on…