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Cabinet expands list of countries eligible for Visa on Arrival
Informante
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September 14, 2025
Staff Reporter CABINET has approved the expansion of the list of countries whose nationals are eligible for Visa on Arrival (VoA) in Namibia. This was announced by the Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Emma Theofelus, during a...
PIF vows commitment to Small Island States (SIS) priorities
The Islandsun
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September 14, 2025
BY SAMIE WAIKORI As part of Pacific Island Forum (PIF) Leaders’ commitment to deepening regional integration, PIF assures to leave no-one behind with emphasis on collective effort to address priorities of Small Island States in Pacific region. In...
How to watch Australia vs Argentina: FREE Rugby Championship 2025 streams, TV schedule, preview
TechRadar
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September 13, 2025
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...
Pacific declares itself an ‘Ocean of Peace’ in historic regional pact
Islands Business
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September 12, 2025
IN Honiara, participants at this week’s Pacific Islands Forum have hailed last July’s International Court of Justice advisory opinion on climate change. For President of Kiribati Taneti Maamau, “the ICJ advisory opinion is a milestone and a great...
A test of unity: Can the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ meeting keep the family together
Talanoa 'O Tonga
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September 11, 2025
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...
Luxon leaves Pacific Islands Forum with assurances on peace, dialogue partner framework
RNZ
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September 11, 2025
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon with Pacific leaders at Pacific Islands Forum Leaders' Meeting. 11 September 2025. Photo: RNZ Pacific / Caleb Fotheringham Analysis: An imposing range of hills and ridges loom over Honiara. While...
Solar Eclipse 2025 date: When exactly is Surya Grahan on 20th, 21st or 23rd September?
The Economic Times
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September 14, 2025
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...
Pacific Islands Forum: Fate of New Zealand’s funding for Kiribati remains up in the air
The New Zealand Herald
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September 10, 2025
In March, Newsroom reported the Ministry of Foreign Affairs review had found the funding should not be cut but its exact findings remain unknown. Media were able to capture an image of Luxon and Maamau but the leaders offered no opening remarks...
Solomon Islands removes menstrual product taxes
Islands Business
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September 12, 2025
AS President of French Polynesia Moetai Brotherson attends the 54th Pacific Islands Forum in Solomon Islands this week, he has spoken about the legacies of French nuclear testing in his country, and called for strengthening the South Pacific...
Pacific Islands Forum sees Australia-China push for regional influence get ‘comical’
Samoa Global News
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September 9, 2025
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...
FSM drums up support for Global Methane Pledge at Pacific Island Forum meeting
The Pacific Island Times
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September 11, 2025
FSM President Wesley Simina leads the FSM delegation to the 54th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting in Honiara, Solomon Islands. Photo courtesy of the Office of the FSM President By Pacific Island Times News Staff Wesley Simina, president of the...
Countries shorten tuna fishing closure at Pacific summit with few conservation ‘wins’
Mongabay
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September 12, 2025
The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), a multilateral body that manages tuna and other fish stocks in the Eastern Pacific, held its annual meeting Sept. 1-5 in Panama. Commission members agreed to shorten an annual fishing closure...
New Zealand to host the 2027 Pacific Islands Forum
RNZ
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September 10, 2025
Fijian prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka shakes hands with Christopher Luxon. Photo: RNZ / Giles Dexter New Zealand appears to be gearing up to offer more policing support in the Pacific, as the prime minister heads to a retreat with other Pacific...
Grace: Gaylene Preston’s new film on artist Robin White is a powerful prayer for peace
The New Zealand Herald
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September 12, 2025
“I knew what I was looking at was not the frontline of a battle scene,” she says, in Grace: A Prayer for Peace, an intimate documentary on the artist by another legendary dame in her late 70s, Wellington filmmaker Dame Gaylene Preston. “It was a...
10 disappearing island groups that could be lost forever: The places most at risk from rising sea levels
Discover Wildlife
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September 12, 2025
Dozens of island nations and thousands of individual islands are threatened by rising sea levels all over the world. They are at the frontline of the impacts of carbon emissions as a result of burning coal, gas and oil, though almost all of them...
Scaling up climate finance in the Pacific
Solomon Star
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September 12, 2025
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) aspires to be the Pacific’s Climate Partner of Choice. Here, I wish to outlines how the Fund is committed to partnering with the Pacific to achieve greater impact in the face of the climate crisis. As leaders gather in...
President Maamau assumes Chairmanship of Smaller Island States
The Islandsun
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September 9, 2025
BY NED GAGAHE President Taneti Maamau of Kiribati officially assumed the Chairmanship of the Smaller Island States (SIS) during the 54th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting, which began yesterday in Honiara. President Maamau succeeded the...
Palau, Kiribati, Vanuatu and Marshall Islands Urge Action on ICJ Climate Opinion
Island Times
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September 12, 2025
At the Pacific Islands Forum, leaders from Kiribati, Palau, Vanuatu and the Marshall Islands said the ICJ climate ruling must be more than symbolic. They called for urgent policy changes to safeguard sovereignty, secure justice, and ensure Pacific...
Solar Eclipse 2025: List of countries to witness the partial ‘Surya Grahan’ with timing and safe viewing tips
The Times of India
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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...
ICJ climate opinion a milestone for Pacific accountability: Kiribati President
Pacific News Service
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By Pita Ligaiula in Honiara, Solomon Islands Kiribati President Taneti Maamau says the International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion on climate change is a landmark decision that strengthens the fight for accountability and action on...