Recent News Headlines : Santa Cruz Islands Solomon Islands
MAGNITUDE-7.9 QUAKE STRIKES NEAR PAPUA NEW GUINEA, TSUNAMI THREAT ISSUED
A powerful earthquake struck off the coast of the Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea on Saturday... READ MORE›
NO DAMAGE AFTER POWERFUL QUAKE HITS OFF PAPUA NEW GUINEA
A very strong earthquake has struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea, and a tsunami threat has been issued to areas near the epicenter... READ MORE›
ONE IN FIVE PACIFIC ISLANDERS WOULD MOVE TO AUSTRALIA UNDER NEW MIGRATION PROPOSAL
Under the proposal, Pacific Islanders could move to Australia through a similar pathway to that which is currently enjoyed by New Zealanders... READ MORE›
RUSSIA DECLINES JAPANESE DOG DIPLOMACY AHEAD OF SUMMIT
But a Japanese legislator said Russia had turned down the offer... READ MORE›
SYRIAN ARMY RUSHES FORCES TO HISTORIC PALMYRA IN IS BATTLE
The group had taken over areas to the northwest and southeast of Palmyra, and clashes continued on Saturday, the army said in a statement... READ MORE›
SOLOMONS ESCAPE SERIOUS DAMAGE AFTER POWERFUL QUAKE
Australia's Bureau of Meteorology's Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre said there is no tsunami risk to the Australian mainland, islands or territories... READ MORE›
HUGE QUAKE HITS SOLOMON ISLANDS
A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the Solomon Islands early on Friday and a tsunami warning for the South Pacific was later lifted... READ MORE›
SOLOMON ISLANDS TSUNAMI WARNING LIFTED AFTER POWERFUL 7.8 QUAKE
A tsunami warning has been lifted in parts of the South Pacific following a powerful earthquake off the Solomon Islands... READ MORE›
TSUNAMI WARNINGS AFTER 7.8 QUAKE STRIKES OFF SOLOMON ISLANDS' COAST
Another earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 hit 66km west of Kirakira, Solomon Islands, according to USGS... READ MORE›
75 YEARS AGO, WHAT IF JAPAN NEVER ATTACKED PEARL HARBOR?
AFP PHOTO US NAVY Few events in World War II were as defining as the Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941... READ MORE›
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CYCLONE PAM LEAVES MANY OF VANUATU POPULATION HOMELESS
Related Stories Vanuatu's president has told the BBC many of his people are homeless after the monster cyclone that ravaged the Pacific island nation on Saturday... READ MORE›
PRINCE WILLIAM AND KATE TOUR HAIDA GWAII ON FINAL FULL DAY OF TOUR
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge paddle with a group in a traditional Haida canoe in the waters of Haida Gwaii, Friday, Sept. 30, 2016... READ MORE›
"GLOWING" SEA TURTLE DISCOVERED
While filming small sharks and coral reefs in the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, marine biologists had a stunning encounter with a glowing sea turtle... READ MORE›
DEVASTATED VANUATU STARTS TO GET AID
Aid from Australia and New Zealand has begun to reach the island... READ MORE›
CYCLONE-HIT VANUATU APPEALS FOR HELP
Super cyclone pam how does vanuatu's category 5 storm compare?... READ MORE›
THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO SPOTTING WILLIAM AND KATE, AND MAYBE GEORGE AND CHARLOTTE TOO
The Royal Family will make Victoria's Government House their home base during the visit, and the children will remain there while William and Kate travel... READ MORE›
ABORIGINAL ACTIVIST ENTERS AUSTRALIA WITHOUT PASSPORT
Carrying a self-styled Aboriginal passport Nganyaywana man Callum Clayton-Dixon has also recently entered and departed the Solomon Islands... READ MORE›
5 PACIFIC ISLANDS SWALLOWED BY THE SEA
Five of the Solomon Islands have completely disappeared under water over the past seven decades, one drawing its last breath as recently as 2011... READ MORE›
WWF WORLDS RICHEST REEF SYSTEM COULD SOON SUCCUMB TO CLIMATE CHANGE
100 million of these reef-reliant peoples live in the Coral Triangle singled out in the report as richer in marine natural capital than anywhere else on earth... READ MORE›
VANUATU TAKES DIRECT HIT FROM CYCLONE PAM, POSSIBLY WORST IN PACIFIC HISTORY
Waves and scattered debris along the coast, caused by Cyclone Pam, in the Vanuatu capital of Port Vila... READ MORE›
DRIFTING RUSSIAN FUEL SHIP IS TOWED AWAY FROM CANADA COAST
Memories of oil spills loom large in British Columbia, where residents remember the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989... READ MORE›
CYCLONE HITS ISLAND NATION OF VANUATU KILLING 8
Vanuatu has a population of 270,000, and about 50,000 live in Port-Vila... READ MORE›
HIGHER DEATH TOLL FEARED IN VANUATU IN WAKE OF TROPICAL CYCLONE PAM
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology said Tropical Cyclone Pam started in the sea near the Solomon Islands before intensifying and tracking south to Vanuatu... READ MORE›
CYCLONE PAM: VANUATU DEATH TOLL RISES AS AUSTRALIA PLEDGES $5M IN AID A?? AS IT HAPPENED
New Zealand is upping its financial and logistics support for Vanuatu in the wake of cyclone Pam, AAP reports... READ MORE›
KANAME HARADA PEARL HARBOR FIGHTER PILOT WHO BECAME PACIFIST DIES AT 99
Mr. Harada visited Pearl Harbor in 1991, on the 50th anniversary of the airstrike... READ MORE›
MAJOR 7.5 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES OFF PAPUA NEW GUINEA, TSUNAMI WARNING ISSUED
5 earthquake strikes off Papua New Guinea, tsunami warning issued Date March 30, 2015... READ MORE›
PACIFIC ISLANDS NATIONS CONSIDER WORLD'S FIRST TREATY TO BAN FOSSIL FUELS
Their willingness to consider a Pacific climate treaty shows much-needed leadership on the world's most pressing environmental challenge, she said... READ MORE›
PACIFIC NATION DEVASTATED BY HISTORIC CYCLONE PAM
People search for belongings in Port Vila on Vanuatu... READ MORE›
CHINA'S BOOMING OCEAN PARKS MEAN MISERY FOR BEARS, BELUGAS AND MORE
Polar bears pace in enclosures at Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai on Feb. 2, 2016... READ MORE›
WORLD WAR II FLIER LAID TO REST AFTER 70 YEARS
Maj. Peyton S. Mathis Jr. died in June 1944 when his plane crashed on Guadalcanal... READ MORE›
CYCLONE PAM: DOZENS FEARED DEAD IN VANUATU IN 'ONE OF WORST STORMS IN PACIFIC HISTORY'
Cyclone pam dozens feared dead in vanuatu in one of worst storms in pacific history... READ MORE›
COMMENT: SHARKS CAN LIVE INSIDE ACTIVE VOLCANOES
Ocean explorers recently found sharks at the bottom of Kavachi one of the most active submarine volcanoes in the Pacific... READ MORE›
'ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME' STORM SET TO HIT TINY SOUTH PACIFIC ISLAND
Cyclone Pam Vanuatu in panic over 'once-in-a-lifetime' storm bearing down on South Pacific island... READ MORE›
HEADLINES 'EXAGGERATED' CLIMATE LINK TO SINKING OF PACIFIC ISLANDS
The major misunderstanding stems from the conflation of sea-level rise with climate change... READ MORE›
RELIEF TEAMS REPORT DEVASTATION, DEATH AFTER VANUATU CYCLONE
Formerly known as the New Hebrides, Vanuatu is a sprawling cluster of 83 islands and 260,000 people, 2,000 km 1,250 miles northeast of the Australian city of Brisbane... READ MORE›
U.S. VET, 93, RECALLS SEPT. 2, 1945, SURRENDER DAY WELL, HELPED WIRE SERVICES SPREAD THE NEWS
Stephen Dennis remembers Sept. 2, 1945, well. It was the day the Japanese officially surrendered in World War II and the day he helped news organizations g... READ MORE›
SOLOMON ISLANDS: WHERE ONE IN THREE WOMEN LOSE THEIR VIRGINITY BY RAPE
Two out of three Solomon Islands women have suffered physical violence at the hands of their partner... READ MORE›
CYCLONE PAM HITS VANUATU: MORE THAN 200,000 PEOPLE AT RISK FROM CATEGORY 5 TROPICAL STORM
Photo Plan International Australia The Vanuatu Meteorological Services warned of very destructive winds and very rough to phenomenal seas with heavy swells... READ MORE›
JOHN OLIVER'S NEW TARGET: THE 'TRUMP OF THE EAST,' PHILIPPINES PRESIDENTIAL FRONT-RUNNER RODRIGO DUTERTE
Philippine presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte gestures during a labor day campaign rally on May 1, 2016 in Manila, Philippines... READ MORE›
SOLOMON ISLANDS: WHERE ONE IN THREE WOMEN LOSE THEIR VIRGINITY BY RAPE
Two out of three Solomon Islands women have suffered physical violence at the hands of their partner... READ MORE›