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Generational trust
Postbag, Published on 30/08/2025
» Re: "Tiny Vanuatu steps up to protect the climate", (Commentary, Aug 28).
Tiny Vanuatu steps up to protect the climate
Oped, Published on 28/08/2025
» Although the International Court of Justice (ICJ) turned 80 this year, there is a sense in which it has never felt younger. In a David-versus-Goliath moment, the tiny Pacific Island state of Vanuatu recently changed international law forever by bringing the world's most important issue before its highest court. The result is an ICJ advisory opinion on "the legal obligations of states in respect of climate change", as requested -- at Vanuatu's urging -- by the UN General Assembly (with 132 states co-sponsoring the resolution).
Pacific microstate sells passports to fund climate action
AFP, Published on 07/08/2025
» SYDNEY - A remote Pacific nation has started selling passports to fund climate action, but is so far struggling to attract new citizens to the low-lying, largely barren island.
ICJ to hand down watershed climate opinion
AFP, Published on 23/07/2025
» THE HAGUE - The world's top court will Wednesday deliver a landmark ruling laying out what legal obligations countries have to prevent climate change and whether polluters should pay up for the consequences.
Trump administration weighs adding 36 countries to travel ban, memo says
Published on 16/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump's administration is considering significantly expanding its travel restrictions by potentially banning citizens of 36 additional countries from entering the United States, according to an internal State Department cable seen by Reuters.
China demonstrates coast guard capability to Pacific nations, step towards high seas patrols
Published on 06/06/2025
» SYDNEY - China is taking further steps towards high seas boarding of fishing boats in the Pacific for the first time, risking tensions with Taiwanese fleets and US Coast Guard vessels that ply the region, Pacific Islands officials told Reuters.
Here are the countries targeted in Trump's new travel ban
Published on 06/06/2025
» US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Wednesday banning the nationals of 12 countries from entering the United States, saying the move was needed to protect against "foreign terrorists" and other security threats.
Pacific Meets Siam: Building Bridges of Mutual Prosperity
Published on 30/04/2025
» In the heart of Thailand's premier island destination, a small but significant initiative is taking root—one that may reshape how Pacific island nations and Southeast Asian kingdoms collaborate in our interconnected world.
This is how Asia Pacific is responding to US reciprocal tariffs
Published on 07/04/2025
» President Donald Trump’s 10% baseline tariffs on US trading partners around the world came into effect on Saturday.
Chinese fugitive wanted in B11bn fraud case arrested in Bangkok
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 23/03/2025
» Immigration police have arrested a Chinese fugitive wanted over an embezzlement case worth 2.4 billion yuan (about 11 billion baht).