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After delays, US Senate passes funds for Pacific island nations

After delays, US Senate passes funds for Pacific island nations

Republicans were able to make it easier for veterans deemed mentally incompetent to buy guns – a provision that provoked some Democrats to vote against the measure.

  • by Erik Wasson

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Welcome to the last country on earth without a national soccer team

Welcome to the last country on earth without a national soccer team

Soccer is played everywhere on the planet - except for this tiny Pacific nation which barely has enough room for a field. Three blokes from England are trying to get the world game up and running.

  • by Vince Rugari
Freak waves wreak havoc on US Army missile-tracking island

Freak waves wreak havoc on US Army missile-tracking island

Roi-Namur in the Marshall Islands, about 4000 kilometres north-east of Australia, is an American space and defence test site.

  • by James Lemon
Chinese duo accused of trying to create micro-state in South Pacific

Chinese duo accused of trying to create micro-state in South Pacific

The charges come against a backdrop of growing geopolitical competition between China and the United States in the strategic Indo-Pacific region.

  • by Nicola Smith
How ambition for a small country’s survival helped reshape the COP agenda

How ambition for a small country’s survival helped reshape the COP agenda

The Marshall Islands is an unlikely powerhouse at the COP for its role in founding a voting bloc of nations that appeared suddenly and dramatically at the Paris climate talks.  

  • by Nick O'Malley
Group of countries plan COP26 deal to end financing of fossil fuels abroad: sources

Group of countries plan COP26 deal to end financing of fossil fuels abroad: sources

The agreement would attempt to build consensus between wealthier and poorer nations around overseas financial support to stop backing fossil fuel projects.

  • by Kate Abnett and Simon Jessop
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Five Micronesian countries to quit the Pacific Islands Forum

Five Micronesian countries to quit the Pacific Islands Forum

Five Pacific island nations have announced they are quitting the Pacific’s key regional body in a blow to Australia’s efforts to unite the region.

  • by Anthony Galloway
Wide blue yonder

Wide blue yonder

Lance Richardson explores nations rich in culture, charm and conflict as he hops over a key expanse of the Pacific.

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