Tag: Donald Trump
Joe Biden headed for narrow victory in US presidential election
ANALYSIS: By Adrian Beaumont, University of Melbourne
Joe Biden is now poised to win the US presidency. The mail-in votes in Wisconsin and Michigan have...
Nightmare ‘haunts US dream’, says leading NZ newspaper
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A leading New Zealand newspaper has branded the knife-edge US presidential election as a "nightmare" scenario in response to fears of...
With US D-day, the outcome won’t be simply a matter of...
ANALYSIS: By Jennifer S. Hunt, Australian National University
It has been billed as the most significant US election in generations, and with nearly 100 million...
Nik Dirga: The one word that really matters for US election...
OPINION: By Nik Dirga
I conducted a highly scientific study among a handful of my Facebook friends back home in America this week, asking them...
Bryan Bruce: On trolls, haters, conspiracy theorists and health stupidity
COMMENT: By Bryan Bruce
The other day I wrote a post on my blog which invited people to: "Take care of others by taking care...
Assange’s UK detention violates international law – Australia must intervene
The War on Journalism: The Case of Julian Assange, a film by Juan Passarelli @jlpassarelli
By Simon Floth in Armidale, NSW
Julian Assange is scheduled to...
Trump again claims New Zealand has ‘big outbreak’ of covid-19
Politicians react to US President Donald Trump's earlier mocking of New Zealand. Video: RNZ News
By RNZ News
US President Donald Trump has again called New...
In publishing Tom Cotton, The New York Times has made a...
ANALYSIS: By Denis Muller of the University of Melbourne
When a newspaper with the authority of The New York Times chooses to publish a party-political...
Indonesian schoolgirls tell Trump ‘take back your toxic rubbish’
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Two school girls from East Java, Aeshnina Azzahra (alias Nina), 12, and Zahira Zade, 11, have sent hand-written protest letters to...
Climate change and security big focus for Pacific Islands Forum in...
Climate change is a major worry to the Pacific Islands and it was the major talking point at the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) earlier...
Murray Horton: Hey, Jacinda, let’s do this – be truly independent
OPINION: By Murray Horton, of the Aotearoa Independence Movement
Jacinda Ardern, we have some suggestions for when you go as New Zealand's incoming Prime Minister...
Paris climate agreement ‘still best avenue’ for solutions, says Forum
The European Union and China step up climate collaboration. Video: Al Jazeera
Pacific Media Centre News Desk
The Pacific Islands Forum remains committed to the Paris...
Trump’s pullout from Paris climate pact ‘threatens lives’ of Pacific people
Pacific Media Watch News Desk
President Donald Trump's move to pull the United States out of the Paris Climate Agreement is a grave moral injustice,...
Bill McKibben: Stop swooning over Justin Trudeau – he’s a disaster...
OPINION: By Bill McKibben
Donald Trump is so spectacularly horrible that it’s hard to look away – especially now that he’s discovered bombs. But precisely...
Iran condemns air strike on Syria – UK, Australia, NZ give...
An unidentified US Navy destroyer launching missiles at a Syrian government air base. Video: TheMozzextras
Iran has condemned a United States strike on a Syrian...
Trump puts Indonesia on ‘cheating foreign importers’ hit list
By Anton Hermansyah, Stefani Ribka and Tama Salim in Jakarta
A week after seeing a petition against Indonesia's biodiesel, the country has seen another blow...
Climate change key focus of EU ‘case for the Pacific’ roundtable
By Kendall Hutt in Auckland
Climate change is the central focus of the European Union’s continuing relationship with the Pacific, says the international cooperation chief.
Stefano...
New Greenpeace vessel key to ‘do or die’ battle against oil...
By Kendall Hutt in Auckland
In light of news of President Donald Trump’s executive order today -- undoing integral climate change policies implemented under former...
Images: ‘I will not stay silent’ – women’s human rights march...
More than 2000 people took to the streets in Auckland at the weekend as marches for women's rights began across New Zealand on Saturday...
‘Dump Trump,’ say Philippine women protesters
Philippine protesters at an anti-Trump rally in Manila at the weekend. Video: Eagle News Philippines
Hundreds of Filipinos protested outside the United States embassy in...
Obama’s legacy is bittersweet – and its chance of survival hangs...
By Professor Thomas Clark
The grace. The elegance. The deftness of touch. The quick intelligence. The soaring rhetoric. The unlimited aspirations. The hope of a...
President Trump – best and worst case scenarios over next four...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to pack into downtown Washington today for a women's march in opposition to newly inaugurated President Donald...