Oceania Tonga Miss Tonga, Vesalua Tupou, has been crowned the Continental Queen for Oceania at the 2023 Face of Beauty International preliminary competition in the Philippines
Oceania Vanuatu Vanuatu's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jotham Napat, has announced that he has received reports of illegal transactions involving the sale of the country's diplomatic passports
Oceania Tuvalu Tuvalu Prime Minister Kausea Natano met Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman in Riyadh to discuss prospects for joint cooperation in energy sectors
Oceania Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr. is seeking to appoint a non-Palauan as Director of the Office of Public Security
Oceania New Zealand After the US and the UK, New Zealand became the latest country to ban Chinese-owned video-sharing platform TikTok on 'government devices' over security concerns
Oceania Kiribati Global Green Growth Institute, in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agriculture, held a graduation ceremony in Kiribati for the Pacific Green Entrepreneur Network and Climate Smart Agriculture projects
Oceania Australia Blake Johnston shredded the world record for the longest surfing session, bringing it to 40 hours from previous 30’ 11’’ to raise over AUS $200,000 for the Chumpy Pullin Foundation and Youth Mental Health
Oceania Solomon Islands 15.000 submissions for seasonal work in Australia - 1 in every 45 residents - have been sent to the Labour Mobility Unit for its Work Ready Pool recruitment drive in the past two weeks
Oceania Marshall Islands A new jetty in Likiep Atoll is nearing completion; funding was provided by the Department of the Interior through the Maintenance Assistance Programme
Oceania Nauru Nauru Weightlifting Federation will send a team of six lifters to participate in the World Youth Championship to be held in Albania later this month
Oceania Samoa Five restaurants in central Apia have been closed due to poor hygienic conditions and others have been advised to respect cleaning standards; the Ministry of Health is also looking at the conditions of roadside food stalls, especially barbecues
Oceania Papua New Guinea Students from the National Polytechnic Institute of PNG will get on-the-job training within National Airport Corporation following an agreement which also will address the longstanding issue of NAC’s shortage in human resources
Oceania Australia A new heat wave is forecasted, with temperatures rising up to 40C in some parts of the Pilbara in WA, down to the SA coastline and into inland NSW; four consecutive days of 40C temperatures haven't been reported so far into autumn in over 150 years