Story Archive
2025-01-22
2,400-year-old earthworks revealed as predating stone moai statues of Rapa Nui and megalithic Nan Madol in Micronesia.
2025-01-20
Unofficial counting indicated most incumbent MPs have been reelected but with some high-profile departures.
2025-01-19
Violence in PNG continues unabated as the country prepares to mark its 50th anniversary of independence.
2025-01-14
A 17-month state of emergency fails to quell violence at one of PNG’s most important economic assets.
2025-01-13
A national election will go ahead this week despite a devastating earthquake in the capital Port Vila last month.
2024-12-19
Several domestic lawsuits are also challenging unprecedented U.S. use of defense pact powers.
2024-12-18
At least 14 people have been killed and hundreds injured, but medical experts and the government say the figure is likely to rise.
2024-12-17
Witnesses have appealed for help, describing chaotic scenes, widespread damage and people trapped in the rubble.
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
