March held in New York for Taiwan UN inclusion

Overseas Taiwanese were joined by Taiwanese lawmakers in a parade in New York City yesterday, calling for Taiwan’s inclusion in the UN. Democratic Progressive Party legislators Wang Cheng-hsu (王正旭) and Lai Hui-yuan (賴惠員), along with Taiwan...

Solar Eclipse 2025 date: When exactly is Surya Grahan on 20th, 21st or 23rd September?

Before the year bids us farewell, the heavens are offering a final treat, a solar eclipse. Once feared as omens, eclipses are now moments when people step outside, tilt their heads back, and marvel at the Sun and Moon crossing paths. The big...

Bateteba left what once felt like ‘the safest place in the world’ to build a life in Australia. Thousands hope to follow

Bateteba Aselu describes her former life in Tuvalu as like living in the “safest place in the world” where the community looked out for each other, there was no homelessness and you rarely heard the sirens of police or ambulances. But rising sea...

An Entire Country Has to Be Evacuated Because of Climate Change

"The existential threat we face is not of our making. But it will remake us." Going Under Tuvalu, a small island nation in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, is planning to evacuate all of its over 11,000 inhabitants, due to rising sea levels caused...

Why A Sinking Tiny South Pacific Nation Wants An Australian Climate Change Visa

Last Updated:July 11, 2025, 22:00 IST Under the Falepili Union Treaty, 280 Tuvaluans will be chosen every year through a secret ballot to move to Australia. Tuvalu, one of the world’s smallest countries, consists of nine tiny coral islands...

Solar Eclipse 2025: List of countries to witness the partial ‘Surya Grahan’ with timing and safe viewing tips

The solar eclipse 2025, known in India as Surya Grahan, is set to occur on September 21, 2025, and has already sparked global curiosity. This partial eclipse will be the last celestial eclipse of the year, making it a significant astronomical...

Pacific leader attends combined Golden Jubilee lotu program

Leaders from across the Pacific joined Prime Minister James Marape this morning at the Sir John Guise Stadium in Port Moresby for the combined Golden Jubilee lotu program. Prime Minister Marape welcomed the leaders to the program. Pacific leaders...

Is Maldives Sinking? What Happens If The Islands Submerge, Does The Nation Cease To Exist?

Last Updated:September 10, 2025, 12:42 IST With 80% land less than a metre above sea level, Maldives is not just facing erosion; it is staring at existential erasure. It may not 'sink' tomorrow, but its essence could fade For Maldives, where the...

A test of unity: Can the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ meeting keep the family together

Pacific leaders will gather in Honiara for big declarations on security and climate, but regional fragmentation poses a pressing challenge Chinese military activity in the Pacific has reached new levels in the past year. A PLA Navy task group...

How to watch Australia vs Argentina: FREE Rugby Championship 2025 streams, TV schedule, preview

It's safe to assume both the Wallabies and the Pumas learned plenty from last weekend's thriller. Argentina had led 21-7 at half-time, but couldn't cope with Australia after the interval, with Angus Bell crossing the whitewash in the 85th minute...

OPINION | Protection in an unpredictable region

I still remember a question asked during the 2023 Australasian AID Conference, where I spoke on the panel Cash Transfers and Social Protection Programs: South and Southeast Asia and the Pacific. “What is the best social protection program a...

LIRR fare evaders and more: Letters to the Editor — Sept. 14, 2025

Evaders in the loo I have a great way for the MTA to stop some fare evaders (“$1 Billion,” Sept 11). Have the conductors on the LIRR go after the people who get on the train and go directly into the restroom. These people lock themselves in there...

Broken promises worsen climate crisis in Pacific islands

HONIARA, Solomon Islands >> Fred Conning pulled up Google Earth on his phone and zoomed in on the coastline that had been the backdrop of his childhood in a small village in the Solomon Islands. Here was the beach of white sands where he would...

Pacific leaders reaffirm Taiwan’s status as a partner

The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), a major political gathering of nations in the region, concluded on Friday, with leaders reaffirming Taiwan’s involvement in its events as a “development partner.” In Taipei, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in...

Netweaving the Soul of Pasifika Development

Introduction: Reconnecting with Our Pacific Soul Bula vinaka, talofa lava, malo e lelei, halo olgeta – warm Pacific greetings to you all. Esteemed leaders, respected elders, fellow academics, youth representatives, and civil society champions –...

Fiji, Marshall Islands strengthen bilateral ties

AS Pacific Islands Forum presidents and prime ministers hold their annual leaders retreat this Thursday, they’ll be briefed on regional engagement with donors and partners by a group of regional veterans – the High-Level Political Talanoa....

Pacific Islands Forum sees Australia-China push for regional influence get ‘comical’

By ABC foreign affairs reporter Stephen Dziedzic in Honiara, Solomon Islands. This week, Pacific leaders — as well as hundreds of officials, diplomats and journalists — will gather in the capital of Solomon Islands, Honiara, for the region’s most...

Pacific Islands Forum says Taiwan's engagement status remains unchanged

Taipei, Sept. 13 (CNA) The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), a major political gathering of Pacific island nations, concluded Friday with leaders reaffirming Taiwan's continued engagement as a "development partner." In a statement Saturday, Taiwan's...

MoS Margherita To Attend Papua New Guinea’s 50th Independence Day Celebrations

Port Moresby/New Delhi: Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita will be visiting Papua New Guinea (PNG) on September 16 to represent Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the commemorative events marking the country’s 50th anniversary...

In the Pacific, unkept US promises on climate cut deep

HONIARA, Solomon Islands — Fred Conning pulled up Google Earth on his phone and zoomed in on the coastline that had been the backdrop of his childhood in a small village in the Solomon Islands. Here was the beach of white sands where he would...