Oceania Micronesia In a virtual meeting, representatives from the country and India discussed the development and expansion of current cooperation and the local capacity-building mechanism, in a move some think would be useful to India to expand into the region
Oceania Vanuatu The country has welcomed a recent decision by Australia, which will allow unlimited importation of kava for commercial purposes from the country, a major producer of the plant
Oceania Palau Digital payment network Ripple will help the country develop its own digital currency; initially its development will be backed by the US dollar to help facilitate cross-border payments
Oceania Nauru Health authorities are carrying out vaccination in schools across the country with three vaccines obtained with UNICEF support
Oceania New Zealand The country has become the first in the world to fully legalise drug testing services, allowing illicit substances to be tested at music festivals and beyond, in a move that experts say will save numerous lives
Oceania Fiji Fiji Airways operated the first commercial flight landing in the country after 20 months; the 193 passengers from Sydney are the first of nearly 1000 tourists reaching the country in the next couple of days from Australia and the USA
Oceania Tonga From today, patient data will be transferred from paper to the digital National Health Information System, the first ever commissioned
Oceania Australia A new report by the Defence and Foreign Affairs Committee has called for an urgent review of the size of the defense force - considered too small compared to neighboring countries - questioning its current ability to keep the country safe
Oceania Micronesia After it was voted twice to maintain the ban on dual citizenship, a vote will be taken again to change this law, in a move strongly supported by Micronesians living abroad
Oceania Tuvalu The Sustainability Support Project, that will facilitate the continuity of institutional structures and their impact on integrating and leveraging trade as key objectives of the National Development Plan, has reportedly been endorsed by the WTO
Oceania Marshall Islands Boys and girls teams from Majuro Cooperative High School battled it out in the school basketball championship sponsored by the Sports and Extracurricular Program that ended last weekend
Oceania Fiji Today ends Movember, defined by Health Minister as an opportunity to reflect on cancer, particularly prostate; the ministry is keen to reach out to people who are not satisfied with their check-ups at local health centres
Oceania Solomon Islands After about 1.000 people took to the streets of the capital for a second day demanding PM’s resignation upon his declaration of lockdown, Australia is sending peacekeeping troops and diplomats to the country to help resolve the disorder