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WORLD BANK REPORT SAYS WEALTH INEQUALITY IS A THREAT TO EAST ASIA, PACIFIC NATIONS
A rapidly growing gap between rich and poor in many developing East Asian nations is threatening the foundation for the region's economic success, the Worl... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP'S JAPAN TRIP FAILS TO SHED NEW LIGHT ON HIS ASIA VISION
Photo US President Donald Trump finishes up the Japan leg of his 12-day Asia tour with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe... READ MORE›
PACIFIC ISLANDS LEADERS SET TO PUT HEAT ON AUSTRALIA
UN climate meeting Pacific Islands leaders set to put heat on Australia... READ MORE›
A PROPOSAL IN NEW ZEALAND COULD TRIGGER THE ERA OF 'CLIMATE CHANGE REFUGEES'
Victims of climate change are so far not officially recognized as refugees. New Zealand could change that... READ MORE›
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PACIFIC ISLANDS MAKE LAST-DITCH PLEA TO WORLD BEFORE PARIS CLIMATE CHANGE TALKS
Children here in the Pacific talk about climate change like children elsewhere talk about school or TV... READ MORE›
HOW HUNTING WITH WOLVES HELPED HUMANS OUTSMART THE NEANDERTHALS
Modern humans formed an alliance with wolves soon after we entered Europe, argues Shipman... READ MORE›
WORLD BANK SAYS PARIS CLIMATE GOALS AT RISK FROM NEW COAL SCHEMES
Jim Yong Kim said poor countries needed help to become more resilient to climate change... READ MORE›
HEPATITIS B JAB TO BE ADDED TO IMMUNISATIONS OF BABIES BORN IN UK
In regions such as sub-Saharan Africa, most of Asia and the Pacific Islands, 10 percent or more have chronic hepatitis B infections... READ MORE›
ISLANDERS SHOCKED AS AUSTRALIA MOVES TO BAN KAVA
A total ban on kava imports because of the actions of a few has shocked the tens of thousands of Pacific Islanders in Australia... READ MORE›
LABOR SAYS AUSTRALIA MUST 'TELL STORY OF PACIFIC TO WORLD' AT PARIS CLIMATE TALKS
The impacts of climate change are being felt acutely by Pacific nations, many of which are low-lying, remote, and with vulnerable infrastructure... READ MORE›
WHAT CANADIAN TRAVELLERS NEED TO KNOW
Nothing's really changed -- we just have a third, milder virus, said Wise, citing dengue fever and chikungunya, similar mosquito-borne viruses long found in the region... READ MORE›
MORE THAN 1,000 ANTI-FOSSIL FUEL PROTESTERS JOIN AUSTRALIAN COAL BLOCKADE
Seventeen arrested as climate change activists block train tracks and entrance to Newcastle harbour as part of global Break Free From Fossil Fuels actions... READ MORE›
HAWAII TOUR OPERATOR GIVEN FIRST FINE FOR HARASSING DOLPHINS
A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency administrative law judge found that Casey Phillips Cho's actions on Oct. 23, 2014, amounted to harassment of dolphins... READ MORE›
HOW MORE THAN 13,000 PLANT SPECIES HAVE MADE A NEW HOME IN FOREIGN LANDS
This is probably explained by the vulnerability of islands to invasive species caused by their long geographical isolation which was shattered by European exploration... READ MORE›
ONLY TWO COUNTRIES IN THE AMERICAS WILL ESCAPE THE ZIKA VIRUS
If a pregnant woman is infected by the virus, the baby could be born with microcephaly... READ MORE›
WORLD PARKS CONGRESS: CALL TO EXTEND NO-TAKE SHARE OF MARINE PROTECTED AREAS
At the centre of the world's action plan for the oceans are sanctuaries for marine life, Dr Grady said... READ MORE›
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But to effectively end extreme poverty by 2030 - the goal of the World Bank Group and our 188 member countries - our aspirations must be higher still... READ MORE›
ZIKA VIRUS IS 'SPREADING EXPLOSIVELY' AND POSES 'ALARMING THREAT' WARNS WHO CHIEF
Dr Chan said that a causal relationship between Zika virus infection and birth malformations had not been established with certainty, but was strongly suspected ... READ MORE›
END OF PACIFIC SHORTWAVE DIPLOMATIC 'MISSTEP' AS ABC PULLS PLUG
The end of ABC shortwave radio broadcasts into the Pacific after 88 years has been criticised as an Australian foreign affairs 'misstep'... READ MORE›
MOSQUITO-BORNE ZIKA VIRUS THREATENING NEWBORNS AND ADULTS IN BRAZIL
Mosquito-borne Zika virus threatening newborns, adults in Brazil... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA TO BEGIN MONITORING FOR ZIKA VIRUS
The Cook Islands are a small group of remote South Pacific islands northeast of New Zealand... READ MORE›
ZIKA, MOSQUITOES OUTWIT RIO AS CARNIVAL, OLYMPICS LOOM
The virus is expected to continue spreading apace because the Aedes aegypti mosquito is notoriously adaptive... READ MORE›
HERE COMES AN ANSWER TO RISING SEAS
Olthuis said the technical challenges of artificial island construction could be resolved, and he hoped the French Polynesia project would succeed... READ MORE›
REFUGEES SHOULD BE SENT TO ISLANDS OUTSIDE EUROPE, SAYS GERMAN FAR-RIGHT LEADER
Party leader Frauke Petry made the suggestions in an interview with the Bild newspaper published on Saturday... READ MORE›
BEACHES YOU CAN HAVE ALL TO YOURSELF
Vlasoff Cay, Queensland It is, of course, possible to get some private beach action without heading to the Pacific Islands... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN MILITARY GETS MASSIVE UPGRADE AMID TENSIONS FROM THE WEST
Declaring the formation of the dedicated information warfare troops, Shoigu noted that propaganda needs to be clever, smart and efficient... READ MORE›
WHAT IS ZIKA, WHERE DID THE VIRUS COME FROM AND WHAT HAPPENS IF I CATCH IT?
What is Zika, where did the virus come from and what happens if I catch it?... READ MORE›
GOVT TO BAN KAVA IMPORTS AFTER REPORTS THE PACIFIC ISLANDER DRINK SMUGGLED INTO NT
The proposed ban comes as Australian overseas aid funds the development of bottled kava drinks as an export industry in Fiji... READ MORE›
AUSSIE TRAVELLERS CAUTIONED AS VIRUS SET TO SPREAD ACROSS AMERICAS
The World Health Organisation says that the mosquito-borne Zika virus is expected to spread throughout the Americas... READ MORE›
NAURU ELECTION: FORMER PRESIDENTS SAY MOVES TO 'RIG' RESULT UNDER WAY
Marcus Stephen and Sprent Dabwido urge international observers to intervene as Baron Waqa's government seeks re-election... READ MORE›
RUSSIA MILITARY ACKNOWLEDGES NEW BRANCH: INFO WARFARE TROOPS
Declaring the formation of the dedicated information warfare troops, Shoigu noted that propaganda needs to be clever, smart and efficient... READ MORE›
STATES FEELING THE SQUEEZE AS CONGRESS HOLDS OUT ON $1.8 BILLION IN EMERGENCY MONEY
It found 44.2 million for public health emergency preparedness, which it then cut from funding for local and state departments... READ MORE›
HOT DOCS: FIVE STORIES OF ENDLESS WAR | TORONTO STAR
Its figurehead was 27-year-old IRA officer Bobby Sands, who died of a hunger strike after being elected an MP... READ MORE›
PACIFIC ISLAND NATIONS ACCUSE AUSTRALIA OF FAILING TO 'BAT FOR NEIGHBOURS'
Australia and New Zealand refused to sign on to the 1.5 degree goal at this year's Pacific Islands Forum... READ MORE›