Amelia Earhart made Maryland her runway — even with the First Lady aboard

Amelia Earhart was attending a formal dinner at the White House the night of April 20, 1933, when she decided it was time to do something more stimulating than talk to politicians. With her friend, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, in tow, she...

The $115 Trillion World Economy in One Chart

Explore: The $115 Trillion World Economy in 2025 This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. There’s nothing quite like a...

Fiji – Australia build a new chapter in Vuvale partnership

Fiji’s Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sitiveni Rabuka and his Australian counterpart, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, have reaffirmed their commitment to building a sustainable, peaceful, and prosperous Pacific region. In their...

Seas are coming for us in Kiribati

By Akka Rimon, PhD Student, Australian National University and Anote Tong, Distinguished Global Leader-in-Residence, University of Pennsylvania Despite the progress and momentum of the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, we are still not moving...

A war without war: China’s gray zone activity

[Ryan Robertson] THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA REALLY DOESN’T WANT THE UNITED STATES, OR ITS INFLUENCE, IN THE INDO-PACIFIC ANYMORE. IN FACT, THE PRC WANTS TO MAKE SURE IT’S THE DOMINANT FORCE IN THE REGION REGARDLESS OF WHAT THAT MEANS FOR...

Pacific Community Calls Out Urgency of Climate Loss and Damage Finance for Frontline Island Nations

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Seabed 2030 announces new partnership with the Republic of Kiribati

The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Information, Communications and Transport (MICT) for the Republic of Kiribati. The new partnership will see the two parties work...

Pacific Tourism Organisation’s First-Ever Business Confidence Index in Kiribati Unveils Local Businesses’ on Tourism Development

The Pacific Tourism Organisation’s Pacific Tourism Data Initiative (PTDI) completed its first-ever Business Confidence Index survey (BCI) in Kiribati, offering invaluable insights into local businesses’ views on tourism in the country. Conducted...

Pacific Community calls out urgency of climate Loss and Damage finance for frontline island nations

This feature is a collaboration between IPS News and the Pacific Community. Written by Catherine Wilson Credit: IPS Advancing development of the new Climate Loss and Damage Fund was a key call by Pacific Island nations at the COP29 United Nations...

Dubai Visa Will Be Rejected If You Don’t Show Return Tickets, Hotel Bookings, Bank Statement

While other low-cost airlines have stopped operations, FlyDubai is still running several daily flights, keeping Israel connected to the rest of the globe. Indian visitors who want to visit the city between December 8 and December 14 for the Dubai...

Purdue shares details regarding expedition to identify Amelia Earhart's plane

Purdue announced in July it planned to travel to a remote island in the Pacific Ocean where they believe satellite images show parts of the plane. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A decades long mystery could soon become a closed case next month when Purdue...

Australia is pretty inclusive, but businesses could benefit from more advisors like Ben

Ben advocates for people like Naomi, who is vision impaired and studying to be a teacher in Fiji. Here he is presenting her with a laptop donated by Aspen Medical, which is installed with special screen reading software. Photo: Aspen Medical...

Climate adaptation costs exceed Paris pledge- Kiribati President Maamau told UN General Assembly

Kiribati President Taneti Maamau has told the United Nations General Assembly, the island nation is experiencing intensifying severe drought and coastal inundation affecting homes, public infrastructure, food and water security due to climate...

New FAO report offers guidance and data on integrating nutrition goals into food trade policies

Rome – International trade of food and agricultural products has grown robustly in recent decades and makes very significant contributions to food and nutrient diversity, availability and affordability around the world, a new report from the Food...

OPINION | You are not alone – UK goes coal-free and working towards decarbonisation

AS COP30 approaches next month, the urgency of climate action is intensifying. But for Pacific islanders, it is a daily reality — one that shapes lives, communities, and futures. The struggle is not theoretical. It is personal, immediate, urgent,...

Fiji joins U.S-led Indo-Pacific economic initiative on eve of Chinese visit

Fiji will join the U.S-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework just days before China’s foreign minister lands in the country, giving the Biden administration a victory in its competition with Beijing over influence in the Pacific. Jake Sullivan, U.S...

The mice that roared: how eight tiny countries took on foreign fishing fleets

By Christopher Pala It has been described as “the most remarkable achievement of the Pacific island countries in the last 50 years”. In 1982, eight, mostly minuscule Pacific island countries in whose waters much of the world’s skipjack tuna was...

Fears Kiribati moving to authoritarianism

The Pacific island nation of Kiribati is moving towards authoritarianism, its former president says in an interview, after the government suspended all judges from its appeal and high courts. Kiribati withdrew from the regional bloc, the Pacific...

TMC Announces June 27, 2025 Submission Date for Subsidiary NORI’s ISA Application, and Expanded Company Strategy

Breadcrumb Trail Links GlobeNewswire Author of the article: Published Nov 12, 2024 • 8 minute read Article content NEW YORK, Nov. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TMC the metals company Inc. (Nasdaq: TMC) (“TMC” or “the Company”), an explorer of...

The Seminar On Sustainable Development Of Marine Economy Of 21St-Century Maritime Cooperation Committee Successfully Held In Fuzhou

(MENAFN- TimesNewswire ) On November 15, the seminar on Sustainable Development of Marine Economy hosted by 21st-Century Maritime Cooperation Committee (“21CMCC”) kicked off at the Fuzhou Strait International conference and exhibition Center....