Climate denial 'not based on science': Pacific climate advocate

Save the Children Vanuatu NextGen Youth Ambassadors and youth climate activists demonstrating ahead of the historic International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change. Photo: Save the Children A...

RC Blog: Who’s willing to pay for sustainability in the Pacific?

Written by Simona Marinescu, Isabella Massa, Guillaume Lafortune After major setbacks to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the Pacific needs fairer access to financing as it fights to overcome climate challenges. Crises in climate, geopolitics...

ASU SolarSPELL Initiative named a TIME 2025 'best invention'

By Mary Beth Faller, ASU News Newswise — The ASU SolarSPELL Initiative, which started as a student engineering assignment at Arizona State University and grew into a global humanitarian project that provides solar-powered library devices, has been...

ASU SolarSPELL Initiative named a TIME 'best invention'

The ASU SolarSPELL Initiative, which started as a student engineering assignment at Arizona State University and grew into a global humanitarian project that provides solar-powered library devices, has been named one of TIME's 2025 Best...

EU Council Updates Tax Haven List Without Changes

Balboa Avenue, Panama City, X/ @AguaTransport October 10, 2025 Hour: 7:45 am The Council of the European Union has released its updated list of tax havens, which includes American Samoa, Anguilla, Fiji, Guam, Palau, Panama, Russia, Samoa, Trinidad...

From Silk Road to Blue Pacific: Tourism as a Bridge to Shared Prosperity

Tourism has always been about connection. From the ancient Silk Road to the vast ocean highways of the Blue Pacific, it links cultures, fosters understanding, and creates prosperity through shared journeys. The Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO)...

Vantage Shines as Main Sponsor at Smart Vision Summit Bahrain 2025, Wins 'Most Trusted Broker' Award

PORT VILA, Vanuatu, Oct. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Vantage, a leading multi-asset broker, proudly took centre stage as the main sponsor of the prestigious Smart Vision Summit Bahrain 2025, underscoring its commitment to supporting key industry...

The New Sovereigns/Private Cities: How Ultra-Rich Investors Are Hunting “Safe Harbors” — and Why Vulnerable Small States Are in Their Crosshairs

Times Caribbean Global Investigations Desk Executive summary A growing class of ultra-wealthy investors is pursuing a version of “sovereignty on demand”: second (or third) passports, quasi-autonomous enclaves, and bespoke legal regimes that...

This family escaped Gaza for NZ, but could more have been helped?

Corazon Miller follows one family’s struggle to leave Gaza for New Zealand, and uncovers official documents indicating it might have been possible to evacuate more people trying to escape the conflict. The call came with two days’ notice on Ahmed...

Countries must confront fossil fuels head-on in their NDCs

Sergio Díaz is legal director at the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative. As governments submit their updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) ahead of COP30, almost all of them share one glaring omission. While the climate...

Overshoot: Exploring the implications of meeting 1.5°C climate goal ‘from above’

In an opening address to delegates, Prof Jim Skea, who is the current chair of the IPCC, acknowledged the scientific interpretation of overshoot was not intuitive to non-experts.“The IPCC has mainly used two words in relation to overshoot –...

International Coalition Joins Push for Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty: ‘We Cannot Protect Nature While Expanding Fossil Fuels’

An international coalition of more than 1,400 governmental and civil conservation organizations has called on its members to increase efforts to curb fossil fuel extraction and work toward a global fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty. The...

Bask in an endless summer with HELLO!'s latest travel special

The kids are back at school, the hordes have cleared off the beaches, and flights are suddenly half the price. That's right, folks, it's shoulder season – that sweet spot when the sun's still warm but the crowds have vanished. September and...

S Korea imposes travel ban, US and UK impose sanctions because of Cambodia's scam centres

The South Korean government has banned travel to some Cambodian provinces following the killing of a young South Korean abducted and forced to work in an online scam centre. A South Korean delegation has asked Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet to...

Feds sanction Cambodian conglomerate over cyber scams, seize $15 billion from chairman

The U.S. Justice Department seized about $15 billion worth of bitcoin from accounts allegedly linked to the chairman of a prominent Cambodian conglomerate, who was indicted on charges that his company is behind a sprawling scamming empire. The...

Who are Chen Zhi and the Prince Group, accused by the US and UK of large-scale scam operations?

The UK and the United States have sanctioned a multinational network based in south-east Asia accused of running large-scale online scam operations that are suspected of using trafficked workers to defraud people around the world. The industry has...

Pacific represented at the Marine Environment Protection Committee meeting in London

The second Extraordinary Session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) opened Wednesday at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Headquarters in London. The Pacific is represented by the 6PAC+ alliance, which has...

Trump's experiment is a nightmare come true for America's founding fathers

We may be in the midst of the most significant reorientation in US political history. President Donald Trump has laid the groundwork for the completely unprecedented use of the military in cities to combat what he says is a growing "insurrection"...

Pacific Islands News Roundup – October 10 – 16, 2025

Editor’s Note: We are undergoing a web host migration process and may need to make necessary modifications to our format and frequency over the next several weeks. Thank you in advance for your understanding. Political Leadership and Regionalism,...

'Oceans on Fire': Pacific face rising heat and climate changes

As heatwaves in the ocean become stronger across the Pacific, island nations like Tuvalu and Kiribati, along with New Zealand and Australia, are facing serious challenges from a warming sea. The changes are leading to declining fish populations,...