Tag: Portugal
RWC2023: England will be tougher opponent for Flying Fijians in quarters,...
By Rodney Duthie of The Fiji Times
Flying Fijians head coach Simon Raiwalui says facing England in the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals will be different...
Timor-Leste is at the polls, here’s how Australia can support its democracy
ANALYSIS: By Melissa Conley Tyler, The University of Melbourne and Andrea Fahey, Australian National University
Today is election day in Timor-Leste, when voters are deciding...
Fiji, Palau and Samoa call for deep-sea mining moratorium at UN...
RNZ Pacific
Palau, Fiji, and Samoa have announced their opposition to deep-sea mining, calling for a moratorium on the emerging industry amid growing fears it...
Tuvalu’s Kofe quits UN Oceans summit in protest after China blocks...
RNZ Pacific
Tuvalu's foreign minister and Nobel peace prize nominee Simon Kofe has withdrawn from a UN Ocean Conference in Portugal in protest against China's...
Fijian policymaker calls for an ‘inspired’ defence of world oceans
RNZ Pacific
The global community needs to "be inspired" to defend the world's oceans ahead of the second United Nations Oceans Conference in Lisbon at...
Two key Timor-Leste revolutionary heroes forced to presidency run-off
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Timor-Leste's citizens voted for a new president at the weekend, hoping the most competitive election in the history of the Asia-Pacific's...
Timor-Leste turns 20: Colonial past feeds problems of neocolonial present
ANALYSIS: By Ivo Mateus Goncalves in Canberra
Today, the people of Timor-Leste will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the popular consultation, through which the nation...