Story Archive
2024-12-16
Fortification of the U.S. territory closest to China continues with billions in defense spending planned.
2024-12-13
Top polluters China and the U.S. have argued against liability for rising temperatures.
2024-12-11
Twenty-two nations and territories form ‘unprecedented’ Pacific Policing Initiative with U.S. $270 million in Australian funding.
2024-12-10
No figure valuing the bilateral agreement signed in 2023 has previously been released.
2024-12-10
The Missile Defense Agency deemed the first Guam test successful, noting debris fell into the ocean.
2024-12-06
Landslides, flooding, infrastructure collapse, mine and industrial chemical exposure identified as ‘high risk’ legacies of the PNG mine.
2024-12-05
Court is hearing the case after lobbying by Vanuatu and other islands facing sea-level rise
2024-12-05
China condemned President Lai’s U.S. stopovers and warned against any official interactions and support for Taiwanese independence.
2024-12-02
President Lai Ching-te is visiting Taiwan’s last remaining Pacific allies Palau, Marshall Islands and Tuvalu.
2024-11-10
Pacific nations want clear commitments at COP29 on loss and damage funds for climate adaptation from high-emitters.
2024-11-08
Proponents of case hope for world court opinion that transcends changes in government.
2024-11-07
Deepening U.S. engagement with the Pacific is now firmly a consensus issue in Washington.
2024-11-05
Disenfranchised citizens in U.S. territories have no vote for who will be their president.
2024-11-05
Penny Wong and S. Jaishankar held a joint press conference in Canberra hours before polls opened in America.
2024-11-04
Church leader says locals need health, welfare services but not new residents in their communities.
