Nauru president praises USP for its global top 10% university ranking
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
President Lionel Aingimea of Nauru has praised the University of the South Pacific for becoming ranked among the world's top 10...
NZ police arrest alleged covid-positive MIQ hotel escaper in Auckland
RNZ News
A man with covid-19 who allegedly escaped an Auckland MIQ facility today has been charged with breaking lockdown rules and has been bailed...
Indonesia holds fire on Afghanistan relations – awaits Taliban government
By Marcheilla Ariesta in Jakarta
Indonesia, the world's fourth largest country by population with 270 million, has not yet determined its stance towards the Taliban...
Fiji news media ‘acted responsibly’ in questions over AG’s ego, says...
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva
Fijian Media Association president Stanley Simpson says a journalist who asked Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum to respond to comments made against...
Fiji reports 290 new covid cases, 8 more deaths in 24...
RNZ Pacific
Eight more people have died from covid-19 in Fiji, taking the death toll past 500.
The Fiji government also confirmed 290 new cases for...
Ex-tapol Filep Karma shocked over prosecutor’s ‘racist’ treatment of Yeimo
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Former Papuan political prisoner Filep Karma has also joined activists and Victor Yeimo's family along with Yeimo's lawyer who protested at...
NZ flight attendant’s journey from redundancy to leading vaccine centre
By Nita Blake-Persen, RNZ News Checkpoint reporter
A former Air New Zealand flight attendant who is now at the frontlines of Auckland's covid vaccination...
‘I’ll stay in Afghanistan as long as I can,’ says reporter...
New Zealand journalist Charlotte Bellis asks a key question about women's rights in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover during spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid's first media...
Trevor Richards: How about an apology from NZ Rugby?
COMMENTARY: By Trevor Richards
Apologies have been in the news recently.
Last month, French President Emmanuel Macron told "French" Polynesia (Ma'ohi Nui) that French nuclear testing...
Arrests, torture, beatings and jail – inside Myanmar’s daily junta reality
SPECIAL REPORT: By Phil Thornton
The military’s brutality is a daily reality for all the people of Myanmar. As Myanmar’s army prepares to deploy and...
Bloomfield says no update on how virus got into NZ community
RNZ News
New Zealand's Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says the country may never find out the source of the current outbreak, while Prime...
USP and Canterbury University partner for Pacific climate research
By Timoci Vula in Suva
The University of Canterbury and the University of the South Pacific are partnering in a unique research project that will...
Covid pandemic blows world off course over climate crisis, says Bainimarama
By Timoci Vula in Suva
Nearly two years since the start of the covid-19 pandemic, its global socioeconomic “headwinds” have blown many countries far off...
PNG’s ruling Pangu Pati elects first woman as national president
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Former Papua New Guinea radio broadcaster and tourism personality Erigere Singin has been elected as the first woman national president of...
Protest call at prosecutor’s home to demand hospital care for Yeimo
By Dwi Bowo Raharjo and Ria Rizki Nirmala Sari in Jayapura
West Papua National Committee (KNPB) diplomacy commission head Kobabe Wanimbo has appealed to the...
Ardern confirms NZ lockdown moves – drop to 53 new covid...
RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says if New Zealand had not moved into lockdown, daily case numbers could have been around 550.
Cabinet has confirmed...
Leading Fiji legal advocate condemns Attorney-General over ‘tantrum’
By Jale Daucakacaka in Suva
Fiji Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum’s “petulance” has become tiresome and unnecessary, says prominent lawyer and advocate Graham Leung.
He made the statement...
New covid book exposes global media bias, racism and stigmatisation
REVIEW: By Krishan Dutta
While the covid-19 pandemic’s relentless cyclone continues across the globe wreaking havoc on economies and social systems, this book sheds light...
‘You’re not alone’, PM Ardern tells lockdown nation on mental health
RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern spoke at today's 1pm press conference about the importance of mental health and support services in the community during...
West spins ‘humanitarian’ tale over Afghanistan, China talks up war...
ANALYSIS: By Kalinga Seneviratne in Sydney
To cover up the humiliating defeat for the United States and its allies in Afghanistan, the Anglo-American media is...