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    • Trump and Netanyahu claim the Iranian Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, has been killed
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UpScrolled . . . the Palestinian-Australian "free speech" platform
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UpScrolled – the pro-Palestine platform shaking up social media

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Nadi, Fiji
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Pacific at risky crossroads – Gaza vs the urgent drug crisis...

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The IDF in West Bank, the US in Afghanistan, or ICE?...

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Invitation to Israeli President Isaac Herzog (inset)
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January 29, 2026
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Toasting the Jewish New Year with IDF lone soldiers
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Researcher Dr Sanimere Boladuadua
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Pacific women scholars call for ‘radical shift’ in global health systems

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January 28, 2026
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PSNA co-chair Maher Nazzal
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PSNA seeks urgent police talks after ‘rock through window’ attack on...

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January 28, 2026
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American Samoa

Pacific delegates warn against US fast-tracking seabed mining

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The author, Laurens Ikinia, with a well-preserved mummy from the Hubula tribe in Wamena
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Jakarta at crossroads – can President Prabowo connect with Papuan hearts?

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January 27, 2026
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Israeli influencer Sammy Yahood
Australia

Australia cancels visa of Israeli influencer over ‘hate speech’ against Islam

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A foreign university scholarship has become a lifeline
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In Gaza, university scholarships are now a matter of survival

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A Vanuatu passport
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Vanuatu citizenship sales strong despite currency hassles and integrity issues

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January 27, 2026
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Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs Chairman Ratu Viliame Seruvakula and Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
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Eroding trust in Fiji politics – lessons of 2025 and beyond

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January 26, 2026
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"It would not come as a shock to any of the students I teach in prison. Militarised police in poor urban neighborhoods kick down doors without warrants and kill with the same impunity and lack of accountability"
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Chris Hedges: We sowed the wind, now we will reap the...

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Samoan author and playwright Papali'i Sia Figiel
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US President Donald Trump
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"Fiji’s peacekeepers have historically operated where communities accepted their role"
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For more than two years, free movement in and out of Gaza has been prohibited
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PSNA activist Brendan Corbett
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Israeli President Isaac Herzog
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Israel’s President Herzog faces ‘war crimes’ challenge over his Australia visit

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Genocide research institute levels accusations against Germany

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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29
Climate

COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"
Asia Report

COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm
Analysis

Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors
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How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

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CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
Coronavirus

Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent
Coronavirus

Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson
Coronavirus

Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

1News political editor Jessica Mutch-McKay talks to the main party leaders in last night's debate
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NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all
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The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
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Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

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"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"
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Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
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Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016
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David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration
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Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society
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