This report presents an overview of the strategic context, activities, and deliverables of the Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility (PRIF) in 2023. Samoa has two main islands—Savaii and Upolu—and ...

Suva Fiji: A high-level regional conference on beneficial ownership transparency has commenced in Fiji, bringing together policymakers, regulators, and anti-corruption experts from across the Pacific.

A Massey University academic says the uncertainty over the US Agency for International Development (USAID) will have implications for the Pacific region. Donald Trump is considering significantly ...

For international organizations and donors programming in the Pacific, heat should become front and center in the development agenda. Innovative and holistic solutions that connect greenhouse emission ...

The Pacific Coast highway (PCH) reopened Monday morning after being closed for nearly a month due to the devastating Palisades Fire. The route now has one lane in each direction and limited speed ...

The development follows the pause announced to billions of dollars ... The UNFPA Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific warned that between 2025 and 2028 in Afghanistan, the absence of US support ...

Of course they’ve made their way into human tissue, he says. Earlier studies have found them in lungs, intestines, blood, liver and placenta. In the samples collected in 2024, concentrations of ...

His focus is on security and defense issues in the Western Pacific region. He is a graduate of Hong Kong Baptist University. You can get in touch with Ryan by emailing r.chan@newsweek.com.

A new study finds microplastics accumulate at higher levels in human brains than in the liver and kidneys. Microplastics, plastic particles fewer than 5 millimeters in size, have infiltrated the ...

Today, it might be turning your computer off and on again. Quantum mechanics — the most successful and important theory in modern physics — is like that. It works wonderfully, explaining ...

Image: Ruth Cross Kwansing/FB A NZ-born Kiribati member of Parliament, Ruth Cross Kwansing, has tried to bring in some Pacific common sense into the diplomatic tiff between her country and Aotearoa ...