Oceania Samoa After six months of planning and recruitment, the Office of the Election Commission is set to open Samoa's online registration portal on May 6, while manual registration will begin in Aprile
Oceania Tuvalu New Prime Minister Feleti Teo has accepted an invitation to attend the inauguration of Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te and will then go to the presidential swearing-in ceremony on May 20 in Taipei City
Oceania Kiribati Daniel Kritenbrink, the top U.S. diplomat for Asia-Pacific, said officials will engage with Kiribati and Vanuatu to open new embassies, following the opening in Tonga
Oceania New Zealand Auckland Transport admitted that its trains were in 'huge demand' on Friday when the city hosted P!nk's concert at Eden Park and the Warriors at Mt Smart
Oceania Palau A bill tabled in the Palau House of Delegates requires foreign researchers to obtain a permit before conducting any research on land, at sea or involving the country's waters and minerals
Oceania Marshall Islands Pacific communities celebrated the 70th year of the nuclear tests on the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, emphasising the call for justice and accountability
Oceania Micronesia The Chinese Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia met with the Governor of Yap State for an in-depth exchange of views on China-FSM relations and practical cooperation
Oceania Papua New Guinea The International Monetary Fund re-established a resident mission in Papua New Guinea, ending an absence of more than two decades from a Pacific island country with which it has had stormy relations
Oceania Fiji The Science Department of the University of Fiji has received a grant under the ERASMUS+ programme that will allow students and staff to travel to Palermo, Italy, for an exchange programme from this year until 2026
Oceania Australia The country is experiencing its third hottest summer on record, with the Bureau of Meteorology stating that only summers 2018-19 and 2019-20 have been hotter; Australia's three hottest seasons have occurred in the past six years
Oceania Nauru The governments of Nauru and the Marshall Islands have signed a memorandum of understanding on air services that facilitates negotiations for the operation of Nauru Airlines on the Majuro-Honolulu route
Oceania Solomon Islands Pacific Tourism Organisation launched the Pacific Tourism Data Initiative and introduced the Pacific Sustainable Tourism Indicators Framework in the Solomon Islands
Oceania Tonga 81,5% of Tongan women over the age of 20 suffer from obesity; the figure makes Tonga first in the world ranking for women suffering from obesity according to a study published by Lancet medical journal