Tag: USA
Graham Davis: Behind the saga of the ‘seized’ Russian super yacht...
COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis
If you’re as confused as most people by the exact circumstances surrounding the continuing presence in Fiji of the Russian super...
West Papuan students’ dreams dashed after scholarships suddenly cancelled
SPECIAL REPORT: By Marian Faa of ABC Pacific Beat
As a child, Efika Kora remembers watching planes glide over her remote village in the Pacific.
Transfixed,...
Former Solomons PM says country needs economic solution not security
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific journalist
Former Solomon Islands Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo says the country needs an economic solution to its instability problems,...
Papuan students form umbrella body, reaffirm campaign for education rights
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
An umbrella organisation representing Papuan students worldwide has been formed with a renewed commitment to strengthening their efforts to gain “quality...
Papuan students appeal for meeting with President Jokowi to air grievances
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A global Papuan students abroad umbrella organisation has appealed for a meeting with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to air their grievances...
Indonesia denies claims by Papuan students over education setback
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Indonesian government has denied claims by an umbrella group representing Papuan students on scholarships abroad that it is “assassinating” the...
Assumptions vs facts – how the Julian Assange case confronts our...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Selwyn Manning in Auckland
The dilemma facing whistleblowers, journalists and publishers who risk it all to help the world’s people to become...
Police break up rally by Papua activists at US embassy in...
By Ihsanuddin in Jakarta
Indonesian police forcibly broke up a protest marking the 1962 Rome Agreement in front of the US Embassy in Central...
Samoa Observer: The fallacy of a nuclear submarine deal for peace
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer editorial board
It perhaps wasn’t a remarkable coincidence that last month Samoa’s former Ambassador to the United Nations called on...
AUKUS pact strikes at heart of Pacific nuclear-free regionalism
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific reporter
Australia's new security pact with the US and the UK has touched a nerve at the core of Pacific...
ANZUS without NZ? Why the new security pact between Australia, the...
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato
We live, to borrow a phrase, in interesting times. The pandemic aside, relations between the superpowers are tense....
A View From Afar: Independence hopes for Kanaky and what now...
A View From Afar on 26 August 2021. Video: EveningReport.nz
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
In this this week's episode of A View from Afar today, Selwyn...
Where will NZ stand in rising tensions between China and other...
ANALYSIS: By Jane Patterson, RNZ News political editor
Rising tensions between Australia and China have raised the question of where New Zealand would stand if...
Relief at Derek Chauvin conviction sign of long history of US...
ANALYSIS: By Clare Corbould, Deakin University
The unprecedented conviction of police officer Derek Chauvin in the United States for the murder and manslaughter of George...
Forum chair welcomes Biden’s ‘Blue Pacific’ climate priority for Paris pact
By RNZ Pacific
The chair of the Pacific Islands Forum has welcomed the re-entry of the United States to the Paris agreement over climate change.
Within...
Bryan Bruce: The hope that arises in spite of the chaotic...
COMMENTARY: By Bryan Bruce
On Wednesday, from behind a wall of bulletproof glass, outgoing US President Donald Trump told a crowd of his supporters to...
‘They’re trying to tear down the country’, says US expat in...
By Ella Stewart, RNZ News reporter
American expats are feeling grateful to be living in Aotearoa after watching the chaos and violence unfold at the...
American columnist apologises to NZ for ‘scary’ Trump leadership
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
An American columnist and high tech expert has apologised to the people of New Zealand over the “scary” experience of authoritarian...
Cartoons: Malcolm Evans on the demise of Trump – back to...
'I ain't buying it' - Trump voters protest US election call
Donald Trump was the real winner of The Apprentice
US election -...
Marshall Islands now on edge after losing covid-free status
By the Marshall Islands Journal
The first-ever covid-positive case in quarantine at Kwajalein and the arrival of the first group of 27 Marshall Islanders being...
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...
Ardern springs surprise with Mahuta now in charge of ‘Pacific reset’
By Jane Patterson, RNZ Political Editor
The bolt out of the blue in New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's new cabinet is Nanaia Mahuta as...