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World begins to bid goodbye to 2025 with fireworks and icy plunges
Reuters, Published on 31/12/2025
» Dec 31 - 10...nine...eight...As Wednesday turned to Thursday, people around the world said goodbye to a sometimes challenging 2025 and expressed hopes for the new year to come.
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.
Huge quake off Russia sparks Pacific tsunami warnings
AFP, Published on 30/07/2025
» TOKYO - Tsunamis hit parts of Russia's Far East and Japan on Wednesday after a huge magnitude 8.8 earthquake, with warnings in place around the Pacific of waves of over three metres (10 feet) in places.
Climate and Gaza crises share spotlight as world leaders attend COP28
AFP, Published on 01/12/2023
» DUBAI - World leaders take centre stage at United Nations climate talks in Dubai on Friday, under pressure to step up efforts to limit global warming as the Israel-Hamas conflict casts a shadow over the summit.
Record in Sexton's sights, Tonga await ex-All Black impact
AFP, Published on 15/09/2023
» NANTES (FRANCE) - Ireland will hope to beat Tonga and come through injury-free on Saturday in their Pool B match giving themselves the perfect boost ahead of their Rugby World Cup meeting with defending champions South Africa.
Young Tongans dream of the rugby meal ticket
AFP, Published on 30/08/2023
» NUKU'ALOFA (TONGA) - On the rocky foreshore of Popua, the poorest area of the Tongan capital Nuku'alofa, a group of girls and boys are tossing around a rugby ball.
Boks inspire Soweto surge in South African rugby
AFP, Published on 15/08/2023
» SOWETO (SOUTH AFRICA) - When Siya Kolisi lifted the Webb Ellis Cup in Tokyo in 2019, he inspired a nation.
Scotland sniffs success in wheelchair rugby
AFP, Published on 11/08/2023
» EDINBURGH - With the rising profile of the women's game, rugby is showing itself to be a sport that can step away from the traditional stereotype of knuckle-dragging neanderthals.
France's Macron denounces 'new imperialism' in Pacific
AFP, Published on 27/07/2023
» PORT VILA (VANUATU) - French President Emmanuel Macron denounced "new imperialism" in the Pacific during a landmark visit to the region on Thursday, warning of a threat to the sovereignty of smaller states.
Graves sink, fisheries shrink as climate change hits Fiji
AFP, Published on 12/01/2023
» TOGORU, Fiji: The sea has already swallowed the village graveyard in Togoru, Fiji, and long-time resident Lavenia McGoon is dreading the day it claims her house.