Pacific Islands

Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka arrives at the Great Hall of the People for a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China, August 20, 2024. Photo: ANDRES MARTINEZ CASARES/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
World+Biz

Fiji leader to press Pacific Islands concerns in Washington after US aid frozen

Analysts warn US aid cuts targeting clean energy risk damaging the United States ability to compete with China in the strategic region, where almost half of pledged aid is climate related

The islands in the Pacific Ocean divided into three major groups. Photo: Wikipedia
Asia

Pacific Island nations at risk of becoming footholds for global crime gangs, says UN

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. File Photo: AFP
Climate Change

UN chief issues 'SOS' for Pacific Islands worst hit by warming ocean

Ventilation stacks and cranes at the disabled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant are seen from a beach in Namie, about 7 km away from the power plant, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, February 28, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
World+Biz

Pacific Islands divided over Fukushima water release, says Cook Islands PM

FILE PHOTO: Local residents fish in front of the abandoned site of the old Vunidogoloa Village, Fiji, 19 July, 2022. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
World+Biz

Pacific islands, in spotlight, to push climate change in South Korea summit

FILE PHOTO: Carmel Sepuloni attends a news conference after being confirmed as the new Deputy Prime Minister in Wellington, New Zealand, January 22, 2023. REUTERS/Lucy Craymer
World+Biz

Pacific 'family' free to form any ties but need to work together, says New Zealand Deputy PM

East-West Center President Suzanne Puanani Vares-Lum speaks next to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken during the U.S.-Pacific Island Country Summit at the State Department in Washington, U.S., September 28, 2022. Kevin Wolf/Pool via REUTERS
USA

US says it has agreed Pacific Islands partnership, offering 'big dollar' aid