Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka departed for China for a State Visit at the invitation of the Premier of the State Council, Li Qiang. Fiji and China shares 49 years of diplomatic ties and we continue to further strengthen our relations. #FijiChina #Diplomacy

Swell of emotions as i started the news with... “Yadra Vinaka Mai, Noa'ia, Mauri, Kaise and BULA! This is Pacific Beat, on ABC News Radio Australia...... Vaka Turaga Saka ki na vanua o Cakaudrove kei Tailevu…” …. the tears came. They heard Vaka Turaga Saka Ki Na Vanua They

Great interview with Fiji's PM Sitiveni Rabuka by my colleague Lice Movono this morning on Pacific Beat. Take a listen to a section of it below. A few other things to unpack from the longer interview 1/ abc.net.au/pacific/progra…

1 week after stepping down as Vanuatu's Minister for Climate Change Adaptation, I am honoured to have been appointed as Vanuatu's Special Envoy for Climate Change and Environment. I look forward to continuing the important advocacy work in this space.

Jacinda Ardern speaking at the DNC. We spoke afterwards about Kamala Harris, America, and what a former PM of New Zealand was doing at one of the biggest US political events of the year. More on 1News at 6.

👮🏾Police prepare inquest file on cyberbullying-linked death of 'Ranadi Kei Viti' #FijiNews #TeamFiji fijivillage.com/news/Police-pr…

UNSG is officially in Samoa. Today he met with Prime Minister Fiame and her Cabinet.

Google and California are partnering to support local journalism and AI research through a $250m funding pot spread over 5 years. Governor Gavin Newsom called it "a major breakthrough in ensuring the survival of newsrooms and bolstering local journalism" latimes.com/california/sto…

Papua New Guinea’s media council condemns as “shameful” the exclusion of a BenarNews journalist from media events during a visit by Indonesian President-elect Prabowo. Actions of Indonesian embassy officials "an attack on PNG’s independent media sector." benarnews.org/english/news/p…

Here’s the story: benarnews.org/english/news/p…

Vinaka Viti 👏🏿🇫🇯 See you in Tonga for our next Asahi Super Dry Pacific Nations Cup ! #duavataveilomanirakavi

PNG’s media council condemns actions of Indonesian embassy officials for restricting BenarNews journalist from covering Indonesia’s Prabowo visit to Port Moresby on Wednesday. postcourier.com.pg/mcpng-condemns… via Post-Courier Online

Errrr … fun times Indonesia. They try the same tactics in Fiji whenever the morning star flag is hoisted.

Downstream plastic solutions isn't enough. Take it from nations in the Pacific who are at the receiving end of plastic pollution looking for ways out through waste management. A #PlasticsTreaty need to be aggressive. A treaty without a full life-cycle approach is a death sentence

More than 225 firefighters tackle high-rise blaze in London bbc.com/news/articles/…

At least one person has died and two others are missing after an ice cave partially collapsed while a group of tourists were visiting the Breidamerkurjokull glacier in southern Iceland aje.io/shtevg

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres opens meeting with Pacific leaders - he calls the region a “beacon of hope” in “dangerous times.” The SG says the Pacific has an acute need for more climate finance, throws his weight behind calls for additional contributions to the PRF

1/3 | Today, Cabinet has approved the Air Transport Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Fiji on bilateral open skies arrangement. This is the first Air Transport Agreement on open skies to be negotiated by Fiji.

Story: Vanuatu and Melanesian Spearhead Group sound note of caution on landmark Pacific policing initiative being championed by Australia abc.net.au/news/2024-08-2…