Oceania Tonga Starlink has been granted a 'temporary provisional permit' to operate in the country; a condition of the permit is that it is required to facilitate local payment methods for Tongan businesses and provide details of the terminals used
Oceania Micronesia Over $232 million have been allocated for the Federated States of Micronesia Trust Fund under the new agreement with the US Department of the Interior
Oceania Solomon Islands Prime Minister James Marape returned from Tokyo, Japan, where he attended the 10th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting and bilateral meetings with the Japanese PM
Oceania Tuvalu The Tuvalu Waste Management Department is determined to keep its communities safe from the potential danger of asbestos through careful data collection and evaluation
Oceania Australia The most popular dog names of 2024 have been announced: according to data from Scratch's 2024 Great Australian Dog Survey 'human' names are increasingly common
Oceania Micronesia Chinese Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia Wu Wei attended the handover ceremony for Chinese humanitarian drought assistance
Oceania New Zealand A study of dental care equity in the Ōtautahi/Christchurch emergency room found that Maoris are more than three times as likely as non-Maoris to need emergency dental care and to be admitted to hospital highlighting significant inequalities in oral health
Oceania Solomon Islands The country emphasised the urgent need to strengthen global partnerships and increase climate finance to address the unique challenges of small island developing states
Oceania Fiji A green cane incentive programme was launched to revolutionise sugarcane cultivation practices nationwide in collaboration between the Ministry of the Sugar Industry and the Sugarcane Growers Fund
Oceania Vanuatu Tomorrow Friday 19 July 2024, in Port Vila, the United States of America will open its embassy
Oceania Papua New Guinea As Pope Francis prepares to visit Papua New Guinea in September, the Superior General of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart said he will find "a Church with a strong practice of faith, but in the style of Papua New Guinea"
Oceania Marshall Islands At the Marshall Islands International Airport, a terminal will be rebuilt upon commitment of the Japanese government to support Pacific Island and will be reconstructed together with the United States
Oceania Tonga Tonga's communications regulator, MEIDECC, has notified Starlink, the global satellite internet network, to discontinue all services to its roaming subscribers on the mainland and in the seas of Tonga