Oceania

The 2023 Solomon Islands Pacific Games netball tournament will contribute to the world netball rankings; technical delegate for netball from the world body Nicola Jones visited Honiara to assess the Games facilities

Laisenia Ratu, a man from Yasawa, is part of the ocean and literacy division of the International Secondary School, teaching children about the importance of the ocean and the environment, after starting out as a gardener

In an effort to accelerate its field work in member countries, the Pacific Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency recently completed a three-day mission to Tuvalu

Economist Saleema Razvi of the Copenhagen Consensus Centre visited Nuku'alofa to work on an independent report that will help the government prioritise and choose the best development projects to fund or invest in

The country improved its ranking in the Trafficking in Persons Report 2023, released by the US State Department

The Enja Enos Memorial gymnasium on Rongrong Island was inaugurated by local government officials from Majuro Atoll, with their counterparts from Taiwan

A national drug rehabilitation centre will be set up, after cases treated at St Giles Psychiatric Hospital have doubled over the years and drug abuse and addiction have increased to unprecedented levels

Black Construction Corp celebrated its 65th anniversary in the Micronesian islands and beyond with military construction projects and major works in island communities

Kiribati Assembly Speaker Tangariki Reete held talks with China's top legislator Zhao Leji to renew bilateral relations

The government is introducing legislation to terminate a diplomatic lease for the Russian embassy near Parliament House in Canberra on national security grounds

The community is apprehensive over the disappearance of an 80-year-old man from Samoa, still missing after a two-month search

Considering both cold and flu, influenza cases are rising at the Belau National Hospital, especially in children and adolescents aged 15 years and under