US officials determined there was credible evidence the ship, operated by a Chinese national, is using forced labour.
Fiji
Pacific island nation’s hospitals overwhelmed and people are struggling as government puts hopes on vaccination.
Seas will no longer be ‘out of sight, out of mind’ with initiative to protect area larger than South American continent.
A nearly year-long curfew for the COVID-19 pandemic, has compounded the dangers faced by women in abusive relationships.
At least four deaths reported as the disaster office estimates damage in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Category 5 storm narrowly misses the country’s most populated area around capital, Suva, but two deaths were reported.
Government warns of flash floods and waves up to two-storeys high in areas where 95 percent of Fijians live.
China-Taiwan fistfight in Fiji raises concerns that broader US-China rivalry could destabilise the Pacific.
Over the past 50 years, the accuracy of cyclone forecasts has improved, but the way we communicate the risks has not.
Taiwan’s foreign ministry says the violence ensued when two Chinese diplomats gatecrashed an event in Fiji.
Tourism-reliant Pacific island nations worried about economic impact of pandemic.
‘Superstorm’ with winds of 260km per hour hammer South Pacific island nation with buildings reduced to rubble.
Torrential rains and destructive winds continue as the storm moves slowly over land.
People in the island nations have some of world’s highest rates of diabetes and obesity, and health systems are weak.