Kosrae-Nauru-Kiribati subsea cable set to start operating by November

U.S. Embassy’s Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Amy Gradin, second from left, with international and community leaders celebrate the landing of the East Micronesia Cable System in in Kosrae on Aug. 18, 2025. The ceremony marked the floating of the...

Nauru could earn millions after backing US deep sea mining pathway

The Metals Company Photo: Facebook / The Metals Company Nauru is a step closer to mining in international waters under highly contentious United States legislation. The path has been set out in the nation's new agreement with Canadian mining group...

Michigan Economic and Security Review group calls Ford-CATL partnership a high-risk tech venture

The Michigan-China Economic and Security Review Group has declared the Ford-CATL partnership a high-risk venture, raising concerns about national and economic security. This announcement was made on the social media platform X. According to...

The world will end in 25 years, humanity will die and towns will become slaughterhouses: Oxford scientists' nightmare prediction, their proof it's inevitable and why billionaires in their bunkers should tremble

In a game of Russian roulette with a standard Colt revolver, the chances of instant death are one-in-six. Terrifyingly, that's the same as the odds of humanity being wiped out within 75 years – everyone dead in a cataclysmic and total breakdown of...

FNU’s College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences – School of Medicine | A history 1886 – 1971

Fiji became a British colony in 1874, driven largely by economic struggles. The situation deteriorated in 1875 when Ratu Cakobau and his party returned from Sydney carrying measles. The epidemic devastated the non-immune Fijian population, killing...

Nauru taps veteran banker to lead digital asset push

Brian Phelps (Government of the Republic of Nauru) — Following legislation passed by Nauru’s parliament last month to establish an authority to regulate virtual assets including cryptocurrency, the government has appointed highly respected...

US Sides with Nauru on Deep-Sea Mining, Splitting Pacific Leaders

By: Bernadette Carreon NAURU – The United States has thrown its weight behind Nauru’s push to fast-track deep-sea mining, backing a Canadian partner’s bid despite warnings from other Pacific nations about risks to fragile ocean ecosystems. The...

Pacific microstate Nauru sells first passports to fund climate action

This photograph taken on September 2, 2018 shows a beach view in Ewa on the Pacific island of Nauru. FILE PHOTO/Agence France-Presse SYDNEY — A remote Pacific nation has started selling passports to fund climate action, but is so far struggling to...

Nauru Launches Bold Climate Resilience Initiative To Secure National Future At COP29

KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 (Bernama) -- Nauru, the world’s smallest republic, has unveiled an ambitious climate resilience initiative at the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), calling on global investors and climate entrepreneurs to...

Trump and Xi move towards calming rising trade tensions

Great power rivalry South Korea: United States President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, met in South Korea on Thursday and edged closer to a deal aimed at resolving escalating tensions that threaten to upend trade between...

Nauru seeks to become a hub for blockchain industry with the launch of digital asset regulator

Nauru Parliament building/Photo courtesy of the government of Nauru By Pacific Island Times News Staff The Nauru Parliament has passed a measure establishing an autonomous agency to regulate cryptocurrencies and the blockchain industry, with its...

Nauru Launches Crypto Regulator: A Bold Move In Blockchain!

(MENAFN- Crypto Breaking) The Pacific island nation of Nauru has recently taken significant strides in cryptocurrency regulation by passing new legislative measures. This milestone reflects Nauru's commitment to becoming a compliant and globally...

Closing the Gap: Managing Journal Entry Risk in the Record-to-Report Process

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Friends to all: Nauru-Australia security treaty brings confidence and stability

At a time when many Pacific leaders are expressing concerns about the impacts of geopolitical competition in their respective countries and the region, the government of Nauru, led by President David Adeang, has opted to sign a comprehensive...

New world-class health services will transform Nauru, says government

A MONTH after the Government of Nauru announced a ground breaking strategic partnership with UAE company Global Mission Support Services or GMSS to take over the management and delivery of the country’s health services, the results have already...

Courts, Coups and Constitutional Crises in the Pacific

Yadra Vinaka. Namaste. Kia ora, G’day. yokwe, Mulame, Morning, morning. Thank you for the invitation to speak at your annual convention this morning. In this session, I intend to address the thorny question of how Pacific courts have navigated the...

Tiny Nauru is causing big waves over mining

An image from the National Oceanography Centre shows a carnivorous sponge, photographed during an expedition to the NE Pacific abyss and found in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ). A recent executive order by US President Donald Trump could open...

FFA Convenes 21st Management Options Consultation to Advance Pacific Fisheries Management

The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) is hosting the 21st Management Options Consultation (MOC21) at its headquarters in Honiara, Solomon Islands this week, bringing together representatives from the 17 FFA Member countries, the Pacific...

Nauru sets two-year deadline for deep-sea mining rules

The tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru has requested approval for deep-sea mining plans for a subsidiary of The Metals Co, giving the UN International Seabed Authority (ISA) two years to decide on rules for the new and controversial industry....

Seabed Strategy: Why Nauru Should Be Central to Trump’s Deep-Sea Mining Vision

By Emmanuel Ogbonna In an executive order issued in April 2025, President Donald Trump emphasized the strategic necessity of offshore critical minerals in building U.S. supply chains that are independent of adversarial nations like the People’s...