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New Zealand v South Africa live streams: How to watch Saturday’s Rugby Championship match
Watch New Zealand v South Africa as the already-enthralling 2025 Rugby Championship shifts up a gear with this eagerly anticipated meeting of the two best sides on the planet. This guide will tell you everything you need to know to tune into All...

Australia vs Argentina streams: How to watch Rugby Championship 2025 live online from anywhere
The Wallabies may only be second in the Rugby Championship 2025 standings, but they've looked the best team so far. However, next up are Argentina, who have won three of their last four meetings with Australia – including that record 67-27 mauling...

Deadly threat of unexploded bombs in the Pacific persists 80 years on
Eighty years after WWII, Solomon Islanders face the ongoing threat of death and injury from hidden, unexploded bombs, writes Catherine Wilson. THIS YEAR is the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, but in some countries, the trail...

PHOTOS: Naturalization ceremony welcomes 34 new American citizens
A total of 34 individuals originally from Palau, Guatemala, Federated States of Micronesia, South Korea, China, Canada and the Philippines recite the Oath of Allegiance as their final step to becoming naturalized U.S. citizens during a...

As censure increases over war in Gaza, Israel finds support among Pacific Islands
After almost two years of war in Gaza, tens of thousands of deaths and now the reality of famine, Israel has found itself increasingly isolated on the world stage, with alliances that date back to the country’s founding at breaking point. Through...
Winston Peters: Solomon Islands to blame for any Pacific Islands Forum disharmony
Winston Peters and Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele exchange gifts during a NZ delegation to Honiara. Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Supplied New Zealand Foreign Minister says Pacific Islands Forum members may have opted to...

Senator Fischer urges stronger US-Taiwan ties amid tensions with China
Senator Deb Fischer, US Senator for Nebraska | Sen. Deb Fischer Official U.S. Senate headshotSenator Deb Fischer, US Senator for Nebraska | Sen. Deb Fischer Official U.S. Senate headshot U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) addressed the Senate on...
PCC accredited to offer 4-year program in science
Palau Community College (PCC), the nation’s highest institution of learning, has been accredited by the U.S. Accrediting Commission for Community… You must be logged in and subscribed to view this content.

Kirstin Downey: Most Prisoners In Hawaiʻi’s WWII Internment Camp Were Korean
While hundreds of Japanese-Americans were the first held at Honouliuli, many more Koreans followed. The Honouliuli internment camp in central O’ahu is best known in Hawaiʻi as the place some 400 Japanese Americans were detained during World War...

PIANGO Network Launches Minimum Standards On Community-Led Adaptation And Climate-Induced Relocation
Press Release – PIANGO When the curtains closed at the Pacific Peoples Forum in Nukualofa last year, Pacific civil society released the Maamaloa Reflectionsa communique born out of a week of deep talanoa on climate change, resilience, and our...

PNA Summit Focuses on Climate, Conservation and Control of Tuna Resources
FUNAFUTI, Tuvalu — “Our shared path to sustainable development and full control of our tuna fisheries is not just a vision; it is our collective responsibility to future generations,” Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Penitala Teo said Wednesday at the...
Honiara Forum puts regional solidarity under pressure
By Pita Ligaiula in Honiara, Solomon Islands Solomon Islands’ hosting of the 54th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders’ Meeting next week will be a defining moment for Pacific regionalism and a test of whether the Blue Pacific can withstand growing...

Senator advocates for Marshall Islands nuclear accountability at Taiwan summit
Sen. Telo Taitague returned to Guam last week after representing the island at a Pacific parliamentary gathering in Taiwan, where she championed a resolution calling for renewed U.S. accountability for nuclear testing damage in the Marshall...
Pacific news in brief for 3 September
President of Palau Surangel Whipps Jr. July 2023 Photo: flickr / FDD / Chris Williams Palau - asylum seekers Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr says the country should maintain dialogue with the United States, despite leadership opposing a US...

Bulk Carrier Damaged In Black Sea Blast Near Odesa
Palau-flagged bulk carrier Aroyat and general cargo vessel Resilient Africa arrive to the sea port of Chornomorsk for loading with grain, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Odesa, Ukraine September 16, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer KYIV, Aug 31...

Pacific Islands News Roundup – August 29 – September 4, 2025
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Worth more that the GDP of 100+ nations, Atlassian acquires The Browser Company for $610 million
Atlassian announced Thursday, September 4, it will acquire New York-based startup The Browser Company for $610 million in cash, marking the enterprise software company's entry into the competitive AI-driven browser market. The acquisition price...

Innovate: From forum to forum, one year to pivot Guam
The upcoming Guam Defense Forum 2025 to be held Sept. 17 and 18, 2025 at Dusit Thani Guam Resort has the potential to be more than another conference. It could be a catalyst for transformation—bringing together the right leaders from the U.S....

The Year’s Buzziest Beauty Launch Serves Lunch
Would Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece be served a slice of Principessa cake? I wondered while stepping into Sant Ambroeus SoHo, where guests gathered to celebrate the launch of La Beauté Louis Vuitton. Instead, LV-etched glassware filled with...

PNA: Shape up or ship out
Journal 9/3/1982 P2 Ebb and flow Marshalls second law school graduate, Christopher Loeak, arrived in Majuro this week. He attended Gonzaga University Law School in Spokane, Washington. He plans to take the Hawaii bar exam…Nauru President Hammer...