Today: October 18, 2024
Today: October 18, 2024

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Asia|Celebrity|World

Australia will turn on Sydney Harbour welcome for King Charles

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his partner Jodie Haydon will meet privately with King Charles and Queen Camilla on the Sydney Harbour foreshore

Australia will turn on Sydney Harbour welcome for King Charles
Asia|Economy|Finance|World

Growth across Pacific slows as post-pandemic rebound fades, says World Bank

Growth across the Pacific Islands is expected to slow to 3.6% this year, down from 5.8% in 2023, as a post-pandemic rebound fades and Fiji, contributing half of

Growth across Pacific slows as post-pandemic rebound fades, says World Bank
US

Former US Marine pilot can be extradited, Australian magistrate rules

Former U.S.

Former US Marine pilot can be extradited, Australian magistrate rules
Asia|Business|Economy|Finance

World Bank approves $68 million cross-border bank lifeline for remote Pacific Islands

The World Bank's board has approved a $68 million programme to prevent Pacific Island nations from being cut off from the international financial system that

World Bank approves $68 million cross-border bank lifeline for remote Pacific Islands
Asia|World

China's Pacific ally Kiribati criticises Beijing missile launch

The Pacific Island nation of Kiribati has issued rare criticism of China over last month's launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, saying the Pacific is

China's Pacific ally Kiribati criticises Beijing missile launch
Environment|World

Sinking Tuvalu fights to keep maritime boundaries as sea levels rise

Tuvalu and its 11,000 people, who live on nine atolls scattered across the Pacific, are running out of time.

Sinking Tuvalu fights to keep maritime boundaries as sea levels rise
World

World Bank wants bigger solution to move faster on Pacific Islands health crisis

The Pacific Islands, with the highest death rates globally from non-communicable diseases, could better tackle its health crisis with region-wide services, World

World Bank wants bigger solution to move faster on Pacific Islands health crisis
Asia|World

Pacific Islands to boost regional policing after leaders meeting

The Pacific Islands Forum has endorsed a plan to boost police numbers among its members, cutting the need to rely on external forces in a crisis, with China

Pacific Islands to boost regional policing after leaders meeting
Asia|Environment|World

Climate change, security take top billing as Pacific Island leaders prepare to meet

Climate change and security will dominate discussions at next week's meeting of Pacific Islands leaders in Tonga as China and the United States jostle for influence in

Climate change, security take top billing as Pacific Island leaders prepare to meet
Australia|US|World

Philippines air force joins multi-nation war games in Australia

The Philippines Air Force arrived in northern Australia on Wednesday on its first overseas deployment in six decades for combat practice alongside U.S.

Philippines air force joins multi-nation war games in Australia
Political|World

New Caledonia independence party says Macron needs to do more to defuse tension

New Caledonia's pro-independence political party has told French President Emmanuel Macron it can't persuade protesters to remove roadblocks across the French

New Caledonia independence party says Macron needs to do more to defuse tension
Economy|Education|World

Papua New Guinea has 'human capital crisis', says World Bank

The World Bank has urged the largest Pacific Island nation, Papua New Guinea, to address a "human capital crisis" and invest more in educating children, who suffer

Papua New Guinea has 'human capital crisis', says World Bank
Asia|Election|World

Solomon Islands opposition parties combine in race to form government

The two major opposition parties in the Solomon Islands struck a coalition deal on Saturday as they vie with former Prime Minister Manesseh Sogavare's party to form a

Solomon Islands opposition parties combine in race to form government
Asia|World

Solomon Islands prepares for tense negotiations to form government

Solomon Islands faces a nervous wait to establish a government as opposition parties vie with incumbent Prime Minister Manesseh Sogavare's OUR party to form a

Solomon Islands prepares for tense negotiations to form government
Asia|Australia|World

'No role' for China in Pacific policing, Australian minister says

Australia's Pacific Minister Pat Conroy said there should be "no role" for China in policing the Pacific Islands, and Australia will train more local security

'No role' for China in Pacific policing, Australian minister says
Asia|Election|World

Climate threatened Tuvalu holds election watched by Taiwan, China

Voting began on Friday in the tiny Pacific Island nation of Tuvalu in a national election that is being closely watched by China, Taiwan, the US and its ally

Climate threatened Tuvalu holds election watched by Taiwan, China
Australia|Environment|World

Australia signs security, migration pact with Pacific's Tuvalu

Australia announced on Friday a security guarantee to the Pacific Islands nation of Tuvalu to respond to military aggression, protect it from climate change and

Australia signs security, migration pact with Pacific's Tuvalu
Australia|Business|Technology

Australia to build cruise missiles with Norway's Kongsberg

Australia said it would jointly manufacture long-range Naval Strike Missiles and Joint Strike Missiles with Norway's Kongsberg Defence in the city of Newcastle on

Australia to build cruise missiles with Norway's Kongsberg
Asia|News|World

Fiji urges 'respect for our region' after China missile test

Fijian President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere called for "respect for our region" and a stop to missile tests in the Pacific Ocean, after China launched an

Fiji urges 'respect for our region' after China missile test
Business|Economy|Finance|News

From Peru to Tuvalu: World Bank chief says global lender must change

World Bank President Ajay Banga said in a speech on Tuesday after visiting 27 countries from Peru to Tuvalu that the global lender needs to work faster and

From Peru to Tuvalu: World Bank chief says global lender must change
Asia|Business|Economy|Education|News

World Bank President in Tuvalu says youth skills key to climate change plan

World Bank President Ajay Banga said on Friday that young people in the Pacific Island nation of Tuvalu need training to help them move and adapt to

World Bank President in Tuvalu says youth skills key to climate change plan
Asia|News|World

Tonga leader says police provide 'freedom from fear', support democracy

Tonga's Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni underscored the role of police to provide "freedom from fear" in democracies in a speech to Pacific Islands police chiefs on

Tonga leader says police provide 'freedom from fear', support democracy
News|World

New Caledonia Congress president Roch Wamytan replaced in vote

The president of New Caledonia's Congress, Roch Wamytan, an indigenous Kanak who had criticised France's handling of civil unrest in the French Pacific territory, has

New Caledonia Congress president Roch Wamytan replaced in vote
News|World

Vanuatu ancestral relics, trafficked as art to New York, return home with FBI escort

When a crate escorted by the FBI from New York was opened this week at the national museum of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, Kaitip Kami instantly recognised the

Vanuatu ancestral relics, trafficked as art to New York, return home with FBI escort
Americas|Asia|Crime|News

US to step up work with Pacific nations to halt drug trafficking

The United States will work with Pacific Island nations to rein in drug trafficking by criminal networks from China, which use the region as a way station for

US to step up work with Pacific nations to halt drug trafficking

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