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Power struggle with China and regional rift in focus as Anthony Albanese heads to Pacific Islands forum
Absence of Kiribati from the meeting is ‘really devastating’ to the body’s long-term strategy, security expert…
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China influenced Kiribati exit from Pacific Islands Forum, MP claims
Opposition leader calls withdrawal from PIF an ‘extreme move’ and claims the reasons offered by Kiribati’s pre…
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Kiribati withdraws from Pacific Islands Forum in blow to regional body
President says it will not be attending forum because of failure to address concerns of Micronesian countriesT…
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Kiribati faces constitutional crisis after government suspends both high court justices
Second judge suspended as legal challenge from first judge due to begin, escalating ongoing controversy over s…
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China’s foreign minister to visit Solomon Islands amid push for more deals with Pacific countries
Tour, which includes Fiji and Papua New Guinea, comes amidst ‘uptick of tempo’ in China’s engagement in the Pa…
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Two-thirds of passengers on first flight to Covid-free Kiribati diagnosed with virus
Island nation set to impose lockdown next week after virus escaped from quarantine centreCoronavirus – latest …
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Two-thirds of passengers on first flight to Covid-free Kiribati diagnosed with virus
Island nation set to impose lockdown next week after virus escaped from quarantine centreCoronavirus – latest …
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Pacific faces ‘strategic surprise’, says US official, alluding to China
US Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell says bases and other agreements could be on the cardsThe Pacific may…
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‘There is just a lake with crocodiles!’: hope and homkesickness for Kiribati nurses in the outback
A Pacific labour scheme has been transformative for Kiribati families but the loss of nurses has hit the count…
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One-third of people in Pacific paid a bribe in the last year, says corruption report
Survey of more than 6,000 people by Transparency International is the most comprehensive look at corruption in…
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Kiribati to open one of world’s largest marine protected areas to commercial fishing
The Phoenix Islands Protected Area is about the size of California and has been fully closed to commercial fis…
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Australia’s commitment to coal is directly responsible for climate crisis in the Pacific | Anote Tong
Constant change in the climate policies of Australia and New Zealand has been a huge disappointment to Pacific…
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‘She can do it’: Kiribati Olympic judo hopeful wants to combat domestic violence
Kinaua Biribo says she wants to empower women in the Pacific island nation, where almost 60% of men have perpe…
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Death at sea: the fisheries inspectors who never came home
Eritara Aati Kaierua is one of more than a dozen observers who have died since 2009. A year later his family a…
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The island with no water: how foreign mining destroyed Banaba
The Kiribati island survived droughts due to sacred caves that captured rainfall but rampant phosphate extract…