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Shaun Wane promises England-Australia ‘smash-up’ in long-awaited rugby league Ashes
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
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Gregor Townsend vehemently defends controversial second job with Red Bull
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
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Dr Paula Vivili appointed SPC Director-General
The South Pacific Community (SPC) new incoming Director-General is Dr Paula Vivili His appointment was announced at the conclusion of the 14th Conference of the Pacific Community recently, in Nuku’alofa, Tonga. Dr Vivili, will be the 23rd...
Owner: Mataeliga Pio Sioa
Global FinTech Resilience: Building Financial Systems For Climate Shocks And Crises
The 21st century is characterized by both rapid technological advancement and a concerning increase in global shocks. Climate disasters are happening more often and with more force, pandemics are still showing how weak systems are, and...
Owner: Shayne Barretto
In the depths of the ocean, a new contest between the US and China emerges
Deep below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, the seafloor is dotted with clusters of brown and black rocks, each containing valuable metals. The rocks, known as polymetallic nodules, hold reserves of critical minerals that could be used to power...
Owner: The Scott Trust
A call for justice and survival – ambitious blueprint launches for climate and health action across the Western Pacific
Jason Staines writes: When health ministers from across Asia and the Pacific gathered in Nadi this week, the message from the World Health Organization was that climate change has become the region’s defining health emergency. Launched in Fiji,...
Owner: Croakey Health Media Ltd
Pacific Islands News Roundup – October 17 – 23, 2025
Political Leadership and Regionalism, Peace and Security Outspoken Former Malaita Premier Daniel Suidani Passes Away (In-depth Solomons) New Caledonia: FLNKS concerned about the postponement of provincial elections, “satisfied” with the green...
Owner: East-West Center & University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Sporting banter or disrespect? Is it ever ok to boo the haka?
Kiwis Jeremy Marshall-King during the haka before the Pacific Championships rugby league test. Photo: Brett Phibbs/ Photosport It's almost guaranteed rugby league's Pacific Championships will always draw a crowd. The competition kicked off in style...
Owner: New Zealand Government
Sporting banter or disrespect – is it ever okay to boo the haka?
Online, opinions have been split. Some call it “disrespectful” while others defend it as “just sporting banter”. ‘A house for all’: The meaning behind haka In Aotearoa, haka carries deep whakapapa interwoven into the fabric of the country. Its...
Owner: New Zealand Media & Entertainment (NZME)
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SPORTS How rugby league and other international sports are quietly transforming the PNG economy IT is that time of the year again when international rugby league fever sweeps across Papua New Guinea. The air is thick with anticipation, flags fly...
Owner: Tiong Hiew King
Sporting banter or disrespect – is it ever okay to boo the haka?
Online, opinions have been split. Some call it “disrespectful” while others defend it as “just sporting banter”. ‘A house for all’: The meaning behind haka In Aotearoa, haka carries deep whakapapa interwoven into the fabric of the country. Its...
Owner: New Zealand Media & Entertainment (NZME)
Game of Thrones in the modern era: How some monarchies survive today
I still remember the day Queen Elizabeth II died. It was not just Britain that mourned; television screens across the world glowed with her image. Something seemed to fade away that day, an age when kings and queens ruled not by votes, but by...
Owner: Karim Family
Car enthusiast buys clapped-out 20-year-old Range Rover on eBay as a 'project'... then discovers it belonged to the Queen - now it's worth £60k
When you're luck's in, it really is in. That's certainly the case for one car enthusiast, who last year snapped up a clapped-out 20-year-old Range Rover on eBay with high mileage, scorched paintwork and major insurance claim on its record, only to...
Owner: Jonathan Harmsworth
Seedy K’s Peerless Pigskin Prognostications: Week IX
I was derelict x2 regarding the Louisville Cardinals’ magnificent upset over the U last weekend. First, in my game story, I forgot to give credit due for what was arguably the moment of the game. Or one of them. What is called by those studio...
Owner: Jay Penske
How teacher’s Google search finally solved 180-year-old Australian mystery
Tebajima is now regarded by some historians as the site of a flashpoint marking the first contact between Australia and Japan almost two centuries earlier. Almost as equally improbable as this historical encounter is the tale of how the convict...
Owner: Nine Entertainment
Insulin Resistance in GDM A1 vs Healthy Pregnancy: A Comparative Study Using METS-IR and TyG Index
Introduction Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) occurs in approximately one in seven pregnancies, and an increasing number of women are affected,1 especially in developing countries such as China.2–4 It is associated with adverse outcomes for...
Owner: Informa PLC
When a Volcano Cut This Country's Fragile Internet Cable, Life Snapped Back to 1880
It all started with an underwater volcanic eruption. Debris shot into the air, gathering force as it cascaded down the volcano's flanks, plunged back into the ocean, and sliced Tonga's only international internet cable in two places, like cutting...
Owner: Ziff Davis, Inc.
How to watch the Autumn Internationals: TV & streaming details for every match in 2025
Watch the 2025 Autumn Internationals as the southern hemisphere giants head to Europe for their traditional November adventure. Rugby Championship sides Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa will all be in action against their Six...
Owner: Future PLC
Ranked: The World’s Largest Economies in 2026
Ranked: The World’s Largest Economies in 2026 See visuals like this from many other data creators on our Voronoi app. Download it for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Key...
Owner: Jeff Desjardins
Adam Johnson on Writing a Novel of Ancient Polynesia
Adam Johnson is a rare literary genius. He’s written a Pulitzer Prize winning novel set in a nightmarish Orwellian North Korea (The Orphan Master’s Son), a National Book Award short story collection (Fortune Smiles) that includes one of my...
Owner: Morgan Entrekin