There is a back-to-the-future atmosphere in the Pacific at present. Across the region, nations and territories are reckoning with history and its legacies as they try to forge a path forward in very ...

SYDNEY, Oct 31 (Reuters) - The Pacific Islands is the world's most aid-reliant region, with geopolitical competition for influence between donor nations fuelling record levels of development ...

The Lowy 2025 Pacific Aid Map shows Canberra is the largest regional donor, but Beijing is winning the diplomatic narrative ...

The Pacific Islands are of intensifying geostrategic interest. Sitting between Asia and the Americas, the region is one of the world’s most dependent on aid. It acts as the custodian of large swaths ...

An international team of researchers has used geochemical fingerprinting to reconstruct long-distance voyages between central and western Pacific Islands during the last millennium A.D. Polynesian ...

SYDNEY, Aug 30 (Reuters) - The Pacific Islands Forum has endorsed a plan to boost police numbers among its members, cutting the need to rely on external forces in a crisis, with China security ally ...

The recent find of a Pacific tablet etched with star maps dating back 5,000 years has captivated the attention of both archaeologists and astronomers. This ancient relic offers a potential glimpse ...

BEIJING — The Solomon Islands has signed an agreement to boost cooperation with China on "law enforcement and security matters," in a move likely to raise concerns among the South Pacific island's ...