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Pacific news in brief for 2 July

Pacific news in brief for 2 July

Sitiveni Rabuka met with Sam Mostyn, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. Photo: Fiji Government Facebook Fiji/Australia - visit Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is leading a delegation on a high-level visit to Australia this...

Pacific Nations Cup underway at Tafuna Tennis Courts

Pacific Nations Cup underway at Tafuna Tennis Courts

Governor Pulaalii Nikolao Pula delivered the first serve to open the Pacific Nations Cup at the tennis courts in Tafuna Monday morning. More than 65 tennis players, coaches, and officials from 11 countries are competing in the tournament, which...

Top Latin American court upholds right to “healthy climate”, urges fossil fuel control

Top Latin American court upholds right to “healthy climate”, urges fossil fuel control

Latin America’s top court of human rights has decided for the first time that people have the right to a “healthy climate” without “dangerous” human interference, and has urged states to regulate fossil fuel extraction and exploration, in a...

New World Bank Group resident representative for Solomons, Vanuatu

New World Bank Group resident representative for Solomons, Vanuatu

HONIARA, (WORLD BANK) — Bernard Harborne becomes the World Bank Group resident representative for Solomon Islands and Vanuatu starting from 01 July. This position brings together the World Bank Group’s country-level leadership to better support...

Inter-American Court of Human Rights says states must protect people from climate change

Inter-American Court of Human Rights says states must protect people from climate change

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that countries belonging to the Organisation of American States (OAS) have an obligation to take "all necessary measures" to protect populations from climate change. The decision means that...

Man stabbed in case of 'mistaken identity' contract killing, police say

Man stabbed in case of 'mistaken identity' contract killing, police say

The victim of an "ambush-style" stabbing in Western Sydney was attacked with machetes, with police believing his death is now likely a case of mistaken identity. Police on Friday morning said the two teenage boys charged with Luke Manassa's death...

Pacific Ocean Commissioner: Op -ED – Ripples to Waves:

Pacific Ocean Commissioner: Op -ED – Ripples to Waves:

By Dr Filimon Manoni, Pacific Ocean Commissioner KOROR, 30 JUNE 2025 (PIFS) — It’s been two weeks since the curtains fell on the third UN Ocean Conference. At this largest ever ocean summit, the Pacific voice echoed as a collective, calling for...

Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire edition

Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire edition

By Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal Author David Robie and Little Island Press are about to publish next week a 40th anniversary edition of Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior, a first-hand account...

India-EU Relations: Charting New Vistas for Climate Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific

India-EU Relations: Charting New Vistas for Climate Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific

Among the host of commitments that found their way into the Leaders’ Statement during the visit of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to India in February 2025 was the need for greater cooperation across a number of areas...

For an Effective and Legitimate Jurisdictional Regime on the Crime of Aggression at Last: States Parties to the Statute of the International Court to Convene on Monday for a Special Session in New York

For an Effective and Legitimate Jurisdictional Regime on the Crime of Aggression at Last: States Parties to the Statute of the International Court to Convene on Monday for a Special Session in New York

As of Monday, a window of historic opportunity will be open for States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC Statute) for three days to provide the Court with a more effective and more legitimate legal framework for...

Pacific Mini Games 2025 draws regional viewership, offers wide access to sports coverage

Pacific Mini Games 2025 draws regional viewership, offers wide access to sports coverage

By: Eustoria Marie Borja KOROR, Palau (July 1, 2025) — The Pacific Mini Games 2025 opened with vibrant color, traditional dances, and a dazzling fireworks display on Sunday, marking the Games’ return to Palau after 20 years. Despite a rain shower,...

Palau Mini Games: Samoa, Fiji and Northern Marianas break Tahiti's golden streak in the pool

Palau Mini Games: Samoa, Fiji and Northern Marianas break Tahiti's golden streak in the pool

Samoa continue to stay in second place with a total haul of 13 gold, four silver and 14 bronze. Photo: Facebook / TeamSamoa Tahiti's dominance in the pool on day four of the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Koror was broken by some golden moments shared...

A glimpse into the 2025 Pacific Mini Games - voices of athletes in Palau

A glimpse into the 2025 Pacific Mini Games - voices of athletes in Palau

2025 Palau Mini Games enters its fifth day of competition on Friday. Photo: Facebook / Palau 2025 Pacific Mini Games The 2025 Pacific Mini Games has been a colourful affair so far, bringing together 23 Pacific nations to compete in a variety of...

Migrants to Aus send billions of dollars home

Migrants to Aus send billions of dollars home

Australia’s migration boom helped drive a record $38.2 billion in money sent in overseas remittances last year, including $7.3 billion to India and $5.35 billion to China, according to new analysis. The two countries received nearly one third of...

Cook Islands soars past previous medal count

Cook Islands soars past previous medal count

Thursday 3 July 2025 | Written by webmaster | Published in Cook Islands swimming sensation Mia Laban, 18, claimed a bronze medal in the women’s 200-metre backstroke final with a time of 2:18.94 minutes on day three of the Pacific Mini Games on...

Fiji’s PM Sitiveni Rabuka says China’s military bases are ‘not welcome’ in the Pacific

Fiji’s PM Sitiveni Rabuka says China’s military bases are ‘not welcome’ in the Pacific

Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has delivered a blow to China’s security ambitions in the Pacific, declaring his country would “not welcome” any Chinese military bases in the region. But Rabuka has also stressed he doesn’t believe that China...

China Denies Pacific Military Base Ambitions After Fiji PM Flags Concerns

China Denies Pacific Military Base Ambitions After Fiji PM Flags Concerns

Home China China Denies Pacific Military Base Ambitions After Fiji PM Flags Concerns Fiji's Prime Minister said on Wednesday his country had development cooperation with China, but was opposed to Beijing establishing a military base in the Pacific...

The brutal truth about Japan: I was told it's 'great for families' - but the locals were awful to my kids and the cities are a pervert's paradise. Then an incident at a train station was the last straw, writes JONICA BRAY

The brutal truth about Japan: I was told it's 'great for families' - but the locals were awful to my kids and the cities are a pervert's paradise. Then an incident at a train station was the last straw, writes JONICA BRAY

Exhausted and frustrated, I pushed open the glass doors of the 7-Eleven and made a beeline for the chilled section to pick out dinner for my tired, hungry family. Cream and strawberry sandwiches, raw spicy tuna and rice, or something fried on a...

Regional Pacific Workshop Strengthens Link Between Agriculture and Tourism

Regional Pacific Workshop Strengthens Link Between Agriculture and Tourism

UN Tourism, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO), concluded a successful three-day Regional Workshop on Sustainable Gastronomy...

PACIFIC JOURNOS MEET CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL, PRAISE CHINA

PACIFIC JOURNOS MEET CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL, PRAISE CHINA

Beijing, China – SIX Pacific Islands journalists met with the Director of the Pacific Island Division, Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs of the Chinese Ministry on Foreign Affairs, Gu Xinqiang in Beijing and exchanged views within...

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