The Diplomat22h
How the Pacific Voted in the US Election
On November 5, voters went to the polls on U.S. Pacific islands: the state of Hawai’i and the three U.S. territories of Guam, ...
The Cool Down on MSN27d
NASA satellite maps sound alarm over looming threat to Pacific Islands: 'The future of the young people … is already at stake'
It will improve Tuvalu's early warning systems, Malie said, and could offer even more detailed ... in the Pacific." NASA ...
Sydney Morning Herald21d
The little-visited Pacific islands right on our doorstep
Now Micronesia, which has some 2000 islands, is inching its way onto cruise ship horizons to offer new discoveries for the adventurous. Micronesia refers to a chunk of the Pacific Ocean north-east ...
National Review24d
China’s Ambitions Are Endangering the Pacific Islands
Initially, U.S. Marine Corps major general William Rupertus predicted that it would take less than a week to capture the South Pacific island of Peleliu, but in the end it took 74 days to achieve ...
Phys.org28d
Climate-hit Pacific Islands plot landmark UN court case
Five Pacific nations on Thursday plotted how to prosecute a pivotal UN court case that aims to hold climate-polluting countries to account and safeguard their islands' survival. The International ...
World Bank1mon
Pacific Economic Updates
Diminishing Growth amid Global Uncertainty: Ramping up Investment in the Pacific (October 2024) The World Bank’s October 2024 Pacific Economic Update provides an assessment of the economies of the ...
Newsweek27d
Map Shows US and China's Aircraft Carriers in Pacific This Week
Newsweek's weekly update maps aircraft carrier ... area of operations in the Eastern Pacific Ocean on Tuesday. The Theodore Roosevelt returned to its North Island home port on Tuesday after ...
The New Zealand Herald8d
How the US election may affect Pacific Island nations
Earlier this month, Pacific Islands Forum Secretary-General Baron Waqa attended the South Pacific Defence Ministers meeting in Auckland. He said it was important that “peace and stability in the ...
Manchester Evening News29d
New ultra-detailed map of the universe shows millions of stars and galaxies
The European Space Agency has unveiled the first piece of its incredibly detailed map of the Universe - showcasing millions of stars and galaxies. The portion of the map, which is a huge mosaic of ...
Inside Climate News24d
Pacific and Caribbean Island Nations Call for the First Universal Carbon Levy on International Shipping Emissions
According to NASA, sea level in Tuvalu, a group of islands in the South Pacific with a total landmass of just 10 square miles, is rising 1.5 times faster than the global average. By the end of the ...
Island4d
JRJ’s detailed account of the drawing of the Indo-Lanka Peace Agreement
It would appear that the LTTE was intent on scuttling the agreement that the two governments were on the verge of signing and as a means of preventing this they hit upon the notion of a unilateral ...