Oceania Kiribati Just days before the Australian elections, former Kiribati President Anote Tong criticised the influence of the fossil fuel lobby in Australia and the 'politicisation' of climate policy, calling on leaders to adopt a 'more moral' stance to reduce emission
Oceania Kiribati A national project led by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is underway to address the gaps in the health system exposed by Covid-19
Oceania Kiribati Government has announced the commencement of the $63,87 million South Tarawa Water Supply Project, with the people expecting to have safe and reliable water once it is completed in five years
Oceania Kiribati With only 811 square km of land, the country has the twelfth largest Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the world, with fishery products accounting for over 94% of the country's exports
Oceania Kiribati Shri Palaniswamy Subramanyan Karthigeyan, currently the High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Fiji, has been simultaneously accredited as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Kiribati
Oceania Kiribati In Betio, tap water is only available for a few hours every 2-3 days; the country has the lowest percentage of households with access to tap or protected water in the Pacific
Oceania Kiribati A month after anti-epidemic supplies arrived in the capital Tarawa, the country appears to have returned to non-alarming pandemic levels, the WHO website shows
Oceania Kiribati Kiribati is on the list of countries where the DAZN platform will show the May 7 fight in which super middleweight month champion Saul "canelo" Alvarez will challenge opponents in Las Vegas
Oceania Kiribati The government says a new runway on the small island of Kanton, with a population of about 20 people, will facilitate high-end ecotourism on the island, and provide an alternative to existing runways for future domestic and international flights
Oceania Kiribati Banaba Island, whose phosphate-rich soil has boosted agriculture in Australia and New Zealand, is now facing its own food crisis due to a severe drought and the quarantine of new supplies such as rice
Oceania Kiribati The health minister said a team of five (doctors, nurses and logistical personnel) has arrived in the country from Australia to assess the Covid-19 situation for 10 days and prepare the nation for the next phase of its response
Oceania Kiribati Curfew has begun after the first commercial flight in almost two years brought 40 cases to the country which until now had been virtually untouched by the virus
Oceania Kiribati A month ago marked the 3rd anniversary of Hope Radio, that has become an informer, educator and entertainer, as well as a powerful evangelistic platform leading to baptisms of a considerable number of new families in the Seventh-day Adventist Church