13 Tiny Nations & Regions You Can Cross in a Day – With One Big Adventure Each

Picture this: you wake up in one corner of a country, explore its entire breadth during lunch, and still have time for sunset in another corner. These miniature nations prove that the best adventures sometimes come in the tiniest packages. From...

Tottenham vs Chelsea Live Stream: How to watch Premier League 2025/26 London Derby on TV and online

Tottenham face Chelsea in the Premier League this Saturday teatime in what has become one of the fiercest rivalries in recent seasons. The Battle of the Bridge, Tuchel and Conte’s touchline clash, and Nicolas Jackson’s hat-trick against nine-man...

Fair Recruitment At The Heart Of Sustainable Reintegration

Press Release – PACER Plus Solomon Islands Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Peter Shanel Agovaka said his government is honoured to host the regional meeting. Pacific Labour Mobility Annual Meeting 2025 To Convene In Honiara...

Climate Refugees Are Already Here—And Democracy Hangs In The Balance

At the end of July, the Frankfurter Rundschau ran an alarming headline: “First country on Earth to become uninhabitable—alarming forecast.” The island nation of Tuvalu in the South Pacific will most likely become uninhabitable in the coming...

Closing the Gap: Managing Journal Entry Risk in the Record-to-Report Process

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Pacific senior leaders to ‘set the trend’ on statistics and planning in Aotearoa

More than 100 decision-makers from the Pacific and beyond meet in Wellington next week for HOPS7, the region’s highest-level platform for planning and statistics. Co-hosted by SPC and Stats NZ, the week champions Pacific leadership and innovation...

Pacific Islands News Roundup – October 24 – 30, 2025

Political Leadership and Regionalism, Peace and Security ‘Real Action’: Pacific voices growing louder over West Papua’s escalating crisis (PMN) China backs Fiji’s Ocean of Peace vision (Fiji Sun) Cook Islanders confront US-funded vessel over...

Pope invited to visit Fiji by President during meet at the Apostolic Palace

President Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu has has met with Pope Leo XIV a and has invited him to visit Fiji and, by extension, the Pacific region. Ratu Naiqama met with the Pope and Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See, at the...

Officially: 65 Countries Open Their Doors to Egyptian Passport Holders Without a Visa

Thu 30 Oct 2025 | 05:05 PM Officially: 65 Countries Open Their Doors to Egyptian Passport Holders Without a Visa The Egyptian passport has achieved a new milestone in the 2025 Passport Index rankings, with the number of countries Egyptians can...

Integrating DNA Sequencing and AI for AAV Genome Integrity

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Out of space – FINTEL gateway now crowded

FIJI’S international telecommunications gateway at Vatuwaqa is running out of space to accommodate growing interest from international cable and satellite companies to build their broadband networks across the Pacific, where Fiji is used as their...

Micronesia finally loses covid-free status

Two of the four states in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) have reported their first community spread of covid since the pandemic began in early 2020, ending the country’s status as one of a handful of covid-free countries globally. The...

We’re being conned about climate change, but not in the way Donald Trump says

In his recent speech to the United Nations, US president Donald Trump gave a clear exposition of his worldview. To his supporters, it was vintage Trump – to his critics, a confirmation of some of their worst fears. The most predictable, yet...

Crunch time for Australia and COP31

Time is running out for the Australian government’s bid to host the global climate change negotiations COP31 in partnership with the Pacific in November 2026. The government has pushed to host the event since 2022 and won the support of Pacific...

Canada warns travelers of rising dengue cases in Philippines

October 30, 2025 | 11:47am MANILA, Philippines — The Government of Canada has advised its citizens traveling to the Philippines to exercise a “high degree of caution” following rising cases of dengue fever. In a health notice issued on October 27,...

Reining in emission now can cut 0.6m of future sea-level rise: Study

New Delhi: An aerial view of the Pacific Islands nation of Tuvalu. Rising sea levels caused by climate change have prompted the Tuvalu government to strike a climate migration pact with Australia. (REUTERS) Decisive climate action taken now could...

UN report: Five charts which explain the ‘gap’ in finance for climate adaptation 

Developing countries are receiving just a fraction of the international finance they need to prepare citizens and adapt infrastructure for escalating climate impacts. That is according to the latest adaptation gap report from the UN Environment...

Sky NZ wins Olympic Games rights through 2032

Sky New Zealand (NZ), the country’s pay-TV giant, has secured broadcast rights for the Olympic Games through 2032 after months of speculation. The agreement, struck with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), will see Sky NZ provide exclusive...

The Pacific further invests in data and decision-ready tools to support Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of the Republic of Korea, in collaboration with the Pacific Community (SPC), the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST), and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS), has entered into a...

A broken system forces bold action: PM’s lawyer outlines necessity to protect FICAC

When Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka advised the President to revoke the appointment of Fiji’s former anti-corruption chief, Barbara Malimali, it was a decisive move taken in the middle of a governance crisis. To him, the choice was not political...