Debt, Dependency, and Defiance: Some Nations Push Back Against Beijing’s Debt Diplomacy

Two Chinese nationals were killed, one Chinese national was injured, and several Pakistani nationals were killed and injured in a terrorist attack in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi. (Photo: Xinhua) China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI),...

The European Union and the Pacific Community boost border security in Marshall Islands with advanced X-Ray technology

Photo: European Union Ambassador Barbara Plinkert and Marshall Islands Minister Anthony Muller, key handover of the Airport X-ray machine The Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) has received a state-of-the-art X-ray machine to reinforce border...

This year’s whale migration has been bigger – and louder – than ever

According to Franklin, who with his wife, Trish, has created the largest database of images identifying whale flukes, the song sung along the migration changes each year. Compared with previous years, this year’s song is “robust and simple”. The...

Moses rushed in as duo ruled out of PM’s XIII vs PNG — Full teams for four-game blockbuster

Mitchell Moses has been rushed into the Australian Prime Minister’s XIII team for their clash with Papua New Guinea after two players were ruled out due to injury. Code Sports reported Moses, who was picked for the Kangaroos Ashes squad, will come...

Third narco sub found in Solomon Islands, as cocaine and meth trafficking comes to the Pacific

Radio NZ Pacific — Reubenson and Martin Fugui have been boating around their island village their entire lives, but they'd never seen anything like this before. The cousins were on their usual morning boat run on Saturday to get supplies from a...

Can local communities curb illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing in Cameroon's Douala Edea National Park?

Some chiefs and members of the Local Collaborative Management Committees in Mbiako. Photo by Leocadia Bongbe. Used with permission. In the settlements along Douala-Edea National Park, a first-class park covering over 2,630 hectares (6,498.87...

News The Guardian ‘Humanitarian’ visa must be created for Pacific Islanders displaced by climate crisis, experts say

Climate and migration experts are calling for urgent action to create legal pathways for people displaced by the climate crisis, as a new report highlights the scale of the problem across the Pacific. Research by Amnesty International released on...

Pacific Growth to Accelerate in 2025 on Resource Strength — ADB

Economic growth in the Pacific is expected to pick up next year, buoyed by strong resource output in Papua New Guinea (PNG), according to the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) September 2025, released on 6 October by the Asian Development Bank...

Patriots vs. Bills snap counts: Stefon Diggs makes the most of his opportunities

Stefon Diggs’ return to Buffalo was a full-on success. Not only did the New England Patriots ended up beating his former club, the Bills, in upset fashion, he also played a pivotal role in the game. The first-year Patriot caught 10 passes for 146...

'Made in Colombia' narco sub found floating in Solomon Islands

Reubenson and Martin Fugui have been boating around their island village their entire lives, but they'd never seen anything like this before. The cousins were on their usual morning boat run on Saturday to get supplies from a local market when...

Pasifika Sipoti in brief for 8 October

(file image) Photo: Blake Armstrong/Photosport Netball Samoa has joined netball nations around the world in backing a global campaign calling for the inclusion of netball in the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games. The campaign, led by World Netball and...

A lifetime in song: Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's next act

She has sung for queens, presidents, and packed concert halls across the world, but Dame Kiri Te Kanawa’s greatest legacy may now be what she leaves behind. Nearly 60 years after winning the Mobil Song Quest, the celebrated soprano has come full...

Extremely offline: what happened when a Pacific island was cut off from the internet | Samanth Subramanian

For a while, Sam Vea had been smelling sulphur on the air – only mildly infernal, like a distant sniff of hell, but sulphur nonetheless. Still, on the Saturday evening when the explosion happened, he sat up in fright. It sounded so near he thought...

Keeping Coastal Communities at the Heart of the Blue Economy

Image Source: Getty Images This is part of the essay series: Sagarmanthan Edit 2025. For coastal communities across the globe, the ocean is not only a source of income and food security–it is the foundation of their culture, identity, and way of...

Ports in Developing Countries Are Crumbling—Massive Investment Is the Only Lifeline

At the International Association of Ports and Harbors World Ports Conference in Kobe, Japan, Masato Kanda, President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), delivered a stark warning: ports in developing countries are not peripheral to global...

Earth is getting darker and it’s changing the planet’s climate balance

For nearly twenty years, satellites have quietly gauged the flow of sunlight and heat through the Earth’s atmosphere. Today, scientists say those measurements indicate a disturbing trend — the Northern Hemisphere is steadily getting darker...

Justice, Tribe, and the Temptation of Selective Outrage

⬆️ COURT WATCH | Justice, Tribe, and the Temptation of Selective Outrage This week in Zambia’s courts, the conversation around justice has collided with politics again. The acquittal of Hibeene Mwiinga, the reopening of the Honey Bee corruption...

Earth is reflecting less and less sunlight back into space, and that's reshaping our climate

Earth has grown a full shade darker since 2001. In practical terms, the planet is reflecting less sunlight back into space than it used to, resulting in a change in climate. After analyzing satellite data, a team led by Norman Loeb at NASA’s...

Patriots-Bills film review: Inside Drake Maye’s big game and Pats’ best win in years

Before the Patriots pulled off one of their greatest upsets in recent franchise history, they achieved something just as rare. The Pats dictated terms to the reigning NFL MVP and a defense that historically has flummoxed them. Surveying their...

Why loss and damage matter in the Pacific

For many Pacific Island nations, climate change isn’t a distant threat or an abstract statistic – it’s an everyday reality reshaping homes, traditions, and futures. Rising sea levels, coastal erosion, increasing temperatures and severe weather...