Climate change, AI in focus at Commonwealth's Oct meeting in Samoa
Samoa will be the first Pacific Island state to host the annual Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting since its inauguration in 1971.
Wed Mar 27 2024
Tokyo to host Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting in July - Japanese cabinet
Japan will host the 10th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM) in Tokyo from July 16-18.
Fri Feb 02 2024
What cost for riches from the ocean floor?
The regulatory body for deep sea mining is under pressure to accept mining applications, but what are the risks?
Fri Jul 07 2023
Some money services reopen in Tonga, drinking water the priority
Tongans queued for limited money services that were restored in the Pacific island's capital today.
Sat Jan 22 2022
Australia says initial reports suggest no mass casualties in Tonga from tsunami
There were "significant damage" to roads and bridges in the Pacific island nation.
Mon Jan 17 2022
Tuvalu minister stands in sea to film COP26 speech to show climate change
Kofe gave a speech to the UN climate conference to show how his low-lying Pacific island nation is on the front line of climate change.
Tue Nov 09 2021
Study finds Asians largely 'invisible' in Hollywood's top films
Findings reveal "an epidemic of invisibility" for Asians and Pacific Islanders in movies released from 2007 to 2019.
Wed May 19 2021
New York man charged with attempted murder in attack on Chinese immigrant
The assault is the latest in a spate of attacks targeting Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders across the nation.
Wed Apr 28 2021
Pacific island devotees of Prince Philip send their condolences
Anthropologists believe Philip became linked to the legend in the 1960s when Vanuatu was an Anglo-French colony known as the New Hebrides.
Tue Apr 13 2021
Atlanta shooting of Asian women was racially motivated, US senator says
The shootings have stoked fears among those in the Asian-American Pacific Islander community.
Mon Mar 22 2021
Magnitude 6.4 quake strikes off Pacific island of Tonga
The quake struck 206km east northeast of the Tonga capital and was a shallow 14km deep.
Wed Oct 18 2017
Japanese PM Abe hopes to visit Russia early next year
"We have no other way than directing the territorial issue to a solution while shaping a vision of a win-win future."
Wed Dec 21 2016
Russian couple murdered, dismembered in Fiji
A Russian couple from Fiji are thought to have been murdered and dismembered after human body parts washed up on a beach in the Pacific island nation.
Mon Jul 04 2016
The Zika threat
The Zika virus existed for decades in equatorial zones of Asia and Africa. Then, about 10 years ago, it cropped up on various Pacific islands.
Mon Feb 01 2016
Massive damage hampering Vanuatu cyclone aid effort
The super cyclone that hit the Pacific island of Vanuatu damaged up to 90 percent of houses in the capital Port Vila.
Sun Mar 15 2015