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      Asia Report

      Alumni revolt over Israel: 450 Sydney Uni staff, graduates accuse university…

      Crowds gather in Tehran on March 9 to celebrate the appointment of Iran's new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyed Mojtaba Khamenei
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Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir . . . visiting the construction site of a gallows being built to hang Palestinians
Commentary

‘Bloodthirsty psychopath’ – Israel’s Ben-Gvir touts viewing booths at gallows for...

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August 21, 2026
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Caretaker Prime Minister and Cook Islands Party leader Mark Brown with supporters on election night
Analysis

Stability key driver in Cook Islands Party’s election performance, says analyst

APR editor -
August 21, 2026
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Australia's march for humanity and an end to Israel's Gaza genocide
Asia Report

Australia, don’t be surprised. Israel does this to Palestinians all the...

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August 21, 2026
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The number of Fijians who are HIV positive has risen to at least 9000
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Fiji’s HIV epidemic has yet to reach a ‘turning point’, warns...

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August 21, 2026
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After two years of denial, Israel has officially admitted firing on the 5-year-old Hind Rajab’s car
Asia Report

Palestinian theologian warns against trusting Israel over Hind, medics killings probe

APR editor -
August 20, 2026
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Indonesian military forces in action in Intan Jaya regency in Central Papua province this week
Asia Report

West Papua issue likely to be on agenda in Palau, says...

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August 20, 2026
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Reports from West Papua say parts of the highlands region have been blanketed by snow and ice in recent days
Asia Report

Snowfall in West Papua, while severe drought hits other parts of...

APR editor -
August 20, 2026
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Cook Islands caretaker Prime Minister Mark Brown and US Ambassador Jared Novelly exchange gifts
Cook Islands

‘Teeming with life’: Cook Islands officials enthuse over NOAA deep dive

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August 20, 2026
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Defenders of the International Criminal Court, led by the pan-European group Eumans, rally in Rome
Asia Report

‘Deranged behaviour’ – Marco Rubio slammed for US sanctions on ICC...

APR editor -
August 19, 2026
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The Strait of Hormuz - closed
Asia Report

Correcting the Trump delusions about the Strait of Hormuz

APR editor -
August 19, 2026
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In late-June, PNG Prime Minister James Marape instructed all provinces
Climate

‘On another scale’ – PNG province unprepared for El Niño impacts,...

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August 19, 2026
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World Vision says humanitarian agencies are not seeing the lawlessness and disregard for international humanitarian law in the Pacific
Climate

Pacific humanitarian workers face major logistical and access challenges, says World...

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August 19, 2026
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Trapped Palestinian Refqa Hassan watches as Israeli settlers have besieged her family home
Asia Report

Qusra siege by Israeli settler ‘terrorists’ in West Bank persists despite...

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August 18, 2026
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Education Minister Aseri Radrodro
Asia Report

Chinese language to be taught in Fiji schools to strengthen educational...

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August 18, 2026
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AI slop: "Imagine a world where a British royal princess and a former Uruguayan guerrilla fighter shared their deepest reflections on life
AI

Jeremy Rose: AI-generated good ‘news’ floods social media

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August 18, 2026
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Killed Fiji military detainee Jone Vakarisi
Crime

Four months on, still no charges in death of man in...

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August 18, 2026
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Democratic Party leader Tina Pupuke-Browne
Cook Islands

Democratic Party pledges ‘honest review’ after preliminary election wipeout in Cook...

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August 18, 2026
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Government and corporate elites and states can continue to support Israel militarily and economically only as long as establishment media continue to rehearse the lies, falsifications, and denials of its genocide in Gaza
Analysis

Why can’t Israel be held accountable for its genocide in Gaza?...

Pacific Media Watch -
August 17, 2026
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Journalist and sports marketing official Charlie Charters
Democracy

Fiji High Court orders release of seven devices seized from journalist...

Pacific Media Watch -
August 17, 2026
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Indonesian police fire water cannon and tear gas on West Papuan demonstrators at Perumnas III Waena, Heram District, Jayapura City, Papua
Asia Report

Large demos across West Papua meet with mixed responses by police

APR editor -
August 17, 2026
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Mangaia's Agnes Armstrong
Cook Islands

Mangaia trio backs CIP, bringing ‘supermajority’ within reach

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August 17, 2026
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The author, Laurens Ikinia, with extended whānau - family (he is pictured fourth from left)
Analysis

Indonesia at 81 – who owns the Land of Papua’s...

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August 17, 2026
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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
Analysis

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
Analysis

NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all
Coronavirus

NZ’s covid-19 mandates end: GP group says some mask-wearing, self-isolation still...

The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
Coronavirus

Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

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BEARING WITNESS

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
Asia Report

Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire
Analysis

Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers...

Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide
Analysis

Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived

"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"
Analysis

Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
Asia Report

27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior
Bearing Witness

Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

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APJS NEWSFILE

Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society
APJS newsfile

Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.
APJS newsfile

Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)
APJS newsfile

Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)
APJS newsfile

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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The University of Sydney
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Jacinda Ardern
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Asia Report

Alumni revolt over Israel: 450 Sydney Uni staff, graduates accuse university...

Crowds gather in Tehran on March 9 to celebrate the appointment of Iran's new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyed Mojtaba Khamenei
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Six months on, Iran is still standing but survival is becoming...

A PNG Parliament press gallery monitor shows Opposition Leader James Nomane speaking during debate following the tabling of the Bougainville referendum result
Decolonisation

PNG’s parliament Bougainville vote still many months away

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The University of Sydney

Alumni revolt over Israel: 450 Sydney Uni staff, graduates accuse university...

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A PNG Parliament press gallery monitor shows Opposition Leader James Nomane speaking during debate following the tabling of the Bougainville referendum result

PNG’s parliament Bougainville vote still many months away

August 28, 2026
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August 28, 2026
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