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Spirit of talanoa' called upon as COP31 opens in Turkiye

Fiji, Nov. 10 -- A hundred and ninety-eight parties attending the 31st Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Antalya, Turkiye, including 14 Pacific cou... Read More


UN Climate chief Stiell warns climate crisis is now a global health emergency

Fiji, Nov. 10 -- The climate crisis has become a global health emergency of pandemic proportions, with extreme heat, pollution and climate disasters threatening lives and overwhelming health systems, ... Read More


U.S to host World Cup games but no guarantees of a spot

Fiji, Nov. 10 -- Rugby League World Cup games will be hosted in North America for the first time, but the US national team will not be automatically handed a qualification spot for the 2030 tournament... Read More


Time to Deliver Healthcare

Srinagar, Nov. 10 -- A hospital does not begin serving people when its walls are completed. It begins serving them when doctors report for duty, equipment starts functioning, wards open and patients r... Read More


Roots That Must Not Be Lost

Srinagar, Nov. 9 -- When a chinar falls, Kashmir loses more than a tree. It loses a witness to its history, a mark of its landscape and a piece of its collective memory. The decision to digitally map ... Read More


Relief on cement prices must reach consumers

DAR ES SALAAM, Nov. 9 -- THE governments decision to remove taxes on cement and key raw materials used in its production, including clinker, is expected to ease the financial burden on households, bui... Read More


A Mandate and a Message

Srinagar, Nov. 7 -- A government that wins a mandate inherits two clocks. One measures political promises. The other measures public patience. Recent meetings between the ruling party's leadership and... Read More


El Nino exposes urgent need for climate resilient development: World Bank

Fiji, Nov. 6 -- The current El Niño is highlighting the vulnerability of economies to climate shocks, with droughts and extreme rainfall threatening food production, energy supplies, infrastructu... Read More


Fiji leads Pacific in AI study, ranks 12th in Commonwealth

Fiji, Nov. 6 -- Fiji has been ranked the Pacific's leading island nation for youth artificial intelligence (AI) readiness, placing 12th among 56 Commonwealth countries, with the technology projected t... Read More


Pacific warns climate change promises mean little without the money needed to deliver them

Fiji, Nov. 6 -- Pacific countries are heading into the climate talks in Turkiye next week demanding more climate finance while warning that the region cannot protect its people and resources without m... Read More