Pacific islands
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Rise in dengue fever outbreaks across the Pacific driven by the climate crisis, experts say
Samoa, Fiji and Tonga among the worst affected amid warning the disease and others will become ‘more common an…
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Thursday briefing: How global preparedness prevented a tsunami tragedy
In today’s newsletter: Years of preparation and global coordination ensured communities from Japan to Hawaii w…
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‘Prepared for a long stay’: tsunami alert triggers mass evacuations across Pacific
People in Guam and Japan move to higher ground, while highways in Hawaii busy as residents leave for safe area…
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Tsunami updates: Easter and Galápagos Islands evacuate coastal areas as tsunami warnings rattle Pacific – as it happened
Authorities ordered evacuations on Pacific islands of Ecuador and Chile; warnings downgraded elsewhere after 8…
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Many countries downgrade tsunami alerts after powerful earthquake off Russia
Impact of water surges less than initially feared after quake of 8.8 magnitude hit near Russia’s Kamchatka pen…
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‘We were heard’: the Pacific students who took their climate fight to the ICJ – and won
In a packed court thousands of kilometres from home, Cynthia Houniuhi saw years of work come to fruition with …
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‘I couldn’t watch the forests vanish’: the man restoring Solomon Islands’ vital mangroves
Crucial for coastal communities, mangroves are threatened by land clearing, development and rising seasAs the …
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Caught in the contest between China and the west, the Cook Islands asks where its future lies
After the Pacific nation struck deals with Beijing, New Zealand abruptly cut off millions of dollars in critic…
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New Caledonia to be declared a state in ‘historic’ agreement – but will remain French
Emmanuel Macron hails ‘new chapter’ for New Caledonia as politicians agree on statehood after 10 days of talks…
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Building a nation: Papua New Guinea’s 50 years of independence
A time of opportunity seemed to lie ahead in 1975, but has PNG and its leaders lived up to that promise?In the…
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New Zealand halts millions of dollars in aid to Cook Islands over deals struck with China
Wellington says it has paused payment of some funding until Pacific island nation takes steps to ‘repair the r…
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Pacific faces ‘critical moment’ in fight for press freedom, media watchdog warns
Some reporters in the region face jail for alleged defamation in countries where news outlets often lack resou…
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French court releases New Caledonia independence leader detained over deadly riots
Christian Tein, who denies accusations of instigating violence in the French territory in 2024, will remain un…
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Vanuatu criticises Australia for extending gas project while making Cop31 bid
Climate minister says greenlighting North West Shelf project until 2070 is not the leadership Pacific countrie…
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France spent €90,000 countering research into impact of Pacific nuclear tests
Documents suggest campaign to discredit revelation that tests contaminated many more people than acknowledgedF…