Tag: USA
Peace doesn’t come by trying to bludgeon the Middle East into...
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone
The US has carried out another air raid on Yemen, with targets reportedly including the international airport in the capital city...
NZ elections 2023: Green Party, Te Pāti Māori call out ‘harmful...
RNZ News
Green Party co-leader James Shaw has compared the language of New Zealand First leader Winston Peters to former US president Donald Trump, saying...
Palestine furious at PNG Prime Minister opening embassy in Jerusalem
RNZ Pacific
The Palestinian Authority has called the opening of Papua New Guinea's Israeli embassy in Jerusalem an "aggression" and a "violation" of international law.
In...
USAID launches ‘reinvigorated’ Pacific mission to help sustainability goals
By Kalinga Seneviratne in Suva
The United States government’s overseas development aid arm US Agency for International Development (USAID) opened two new offices in Papua...
Anger over failure of sirens to go off as wildfire swept...
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist
As recovery and humanitarian efforts ramp up in Hawai'i's Maui to help evacuees from the town of Lāhainā, there...
Macron warns of ‘new colonialism’ in Pacific, but clings to French...
ANALYSIS: By Ravindra Singh Prasad
In a historic first visit to an independent Pacific state by a sitting French president, President Emmanuel Macron has denounced...
Potential AUKUS deal could divide NZ and Pacific, says academic
By Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific
An international relations professor says that if New Zealand joins AUKUS it could impact on its relations with Pacific countries.
AUKUS...
PNG plans 21-gun salute for Macron in historic visit to an...
PNG Post-Courier
French President Emmanuel Macron jets into Port Moresby late tomorrow for his historic visit to Papua New Guinea and will be met by...
Macron in New Caledonia to bolster France’s Indo-Pacific strategy
By Eleisha Foon, journalist
France has deployed Rafale jet fighters during a military ceremony in New Caledonia, marking President Emmanuel Macron's first official day in...
French President Macron to make historic visit to PNG, Vanuatu
RNZ Pacific
French President Emmanuel Macron will make a first official visit to Papua New Guinea next Friday as part of a short Pacific trip.
AFP...
Congressmen angry that Bikini islanders’ nuclear trust fund may have been...
By Giff Johnson, Editor, Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent
Following widespread media coverage of the collapse of what was a more than US$70...
India launches ‘celebration of future’ climate research centre at USP
By Joeli Bili in Suva
A partnership forged between the Indian government and the University of the South Pacific (USP) will see the establishment of...
Memories of war haunt ‘slippery slope’ to a militarised Pacific
ANALYSIS: By Barbara Dreaver in Port Moresby
When I was growing up in Kiribati, then known as the Gilbert Islands, New Zealand divers came to...
UPNG student protesters call for ‘transparency’ over US defence pact
By Stella Martin and Rose Amos in Port Moresby
Thousands of students at the University of Papua New Guinea staged a protest at the Waigani...
Pacific leaders arrive in Port Moresby ahead of Modi and Blinken...
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
Pacific leaders are starting to trickle into Papua New Guinea for two high level meetings and a number of...
Biden apologises to PNG, Blinken being sent for Pacific dialogue
By Lawrence Fong and Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
United States President Joe Biden yesterday apologised to Prime Minister James Marape and the people of...
US envoy gets two of three north Pacific nations to sign...
By Giff Johnson, Editor, Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent
Two Pacific nations considered by Washington as crucial in its competition with China for...
Biden cuts out Australia and Papua New Guinea on Pacific visit
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
US President Joe Biden will cut out his historic trip to Papua New Guinea -- and also to Australia...
OPM leader calls on Biden to take proactive role in ending...
Asia Pacific Report
Free Papua Organisation (OPM) leader Jeffrey Bomanak has appealed to US President Joe Biden for a “proactive role” in ending Indonesia’s “unlawful...
Elitist, insensitive, blatant abuse of taxpayer money – PNG’s Coronation trip...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent
It was a tumultuous week in Papua New Guinea after a 30 member delegation returned from...
PNG’s Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko steps aside over video row
PNG's Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko steps aside. Video: ABC News
ABC PACIFIC BEAT: By Marian Faa, Prianka Srinivasan and Belinda Kora
Papua New Guinea's Foreign Minister...
Snipers, secret service, special forces fly into PNG for superpower visit
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea’s airspace will be closed for four hours with tight security for when US President Joe Biden...