International
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Papua New Guinea Seeks Reset With New Zealand — CEPA Looms
Papua New Guinea is pressing New Zealand for a bespoke economic partnership and rejecting the regional pact — signalling a push to reset their relationship. Read more
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Apia Dialogue: A Turning Point for Pacific Climate?
Leaders, youth and technical partners are coming together to shift decades of climate loss and damage advocacy into concrete, community-focused action. Read more
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China-Nauru Investment Pact: What Comes Next?
A major investment pact promises to reshape life in a tiny Pacific nation — but who will really benefit, and how quickly will promises turn into… Read more
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Trump Hints at Controversial Plan Before Alaska Meeting with Putin
An Alaska face‑to‑face between Trump and Putin puts territorial options for Ukraine back in play — and has Kyiv and European allies sounding alarms. Read more
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Who’s Counting Pacific Digital Trade?
Pacific island countries are stepping up efforts to understand and harness a fast-growing wave of digital trade. Data gaps, skills shortfalls and customs hurdles stand between… Read more
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Mysterious Vessel Off Solomon Islands Fuels Narco‑Sub Fears
A mysterious low‑profile vessel washed up off Isabel Province, sparking concerns about possible narco‑submarine activity and glaring gaps in Pacific maritime surveillance. The discovery has already… Read more
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Penny Wong in Suva: What’s Australia Bringing to the Pacific Islands Forum?
Penny Wong arrives in Suva for a high-stakes Pacific Islands Forum ministers’ meeting — behind-the-scenes negotiations on climate, security and regional partnership are expected. Read more
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New Zealand’s Quiet Ultimatum to the Cook Islands
At the Cook Islands’ 60th anniversary, New Zealand issued a pointed warning over recent overseas agreements — raising fresh questions about consultation, sovereignty and paused funding. Read more
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Alaska Summit: Could Ukraine Be Shut Out?
A looming U.S.–Russia summit has Kyiv and its European partners scrambling to block any backroom deal that could redraw borders without Ukraine’s consent. Diplomatic pressure is… Read more
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Cook Islands at 60: Celebrations and a Quiet Storm
Sixty years of self-governance are being celebrated — but the festivities sit alongside a simmering diplomatic dispute and urgent questions about the islands’ future direction and… Read more
