Biden tells Pacific islands leaders he'll act on warnings about climate change Biden said his administration is requesting Congress approve $200 million in new assistance for the region, including ...

Pacific Island Countries are sovereign and independent states and are not anyone’s ‘backyard,’” he said. Last month, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare made assurances ...

The World Bank has maintained its focus on climate change and gender in the Pacific, managing director of operations Anna ...

The first tropical depression of the 2025 season in the central Pacific basin will increase the wildfire risk in Hawaii this ...

Some remote Pacific island nations haven't had a single case of Covid-19 for the past two years. Now they're reopening to the world, but can they handle an outbreak?

The Northern Mariana Islands are a U.S. commonwealth consisting of 15 islands and cover about 183.5 square miles. Of the population of 77,000, the vast majority are on Saipan and Tinian.

A founding father of the Pacific climate movement on Thursday welcomed an international court's decision on global warming ...

A 1,000-tonne ship is exploring the far-flung South Pacific for riches buried beneath the waves, spearheading efforts to ...

COVID-19 is reaching the Pacific islands, the last nations without coronavirus. Vanuatu, Marshall Islands and Solomon Islands report their first cases.

Not only are rising seas causing people to leave, they’re also forcing out tuna, the lifeblood of the economy.

For the Pacific Islands, which have a combined GDP of about $33.77 billion – less than 1% of China’s total GDP – China has been a crucial partner during the pandemic.

Competition between the United States and the People’s Republic of China has generated new interest in the Pacific Island region. While broadly welcomed by the Pacific Islands, America’s ...