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Fiji transfixed as reports of ministerial sex scandal threaten ruling coalition

Leaked intimate images allegedly depicting affair between two ministers captivate nation and rattle prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka’s coalition

The Guardian - AU

Fiji's leader says he hopes to work with China in upgrading his country's shipyards and ports

Fiji’s leader says that after meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping, he hopes to collaborate with China on upgrading his nation’s shipyards and ports

The Independent UK

Fiji may partner with China to upgrade ports and shipyards, PM Rabuka says

Fijian leader ‘anticipates collaboration’ with Beijing on projects amid rising concern over China’s ambitions in Pacific

The Guardian - AU

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Climate crisis and China-US rivalry: five top takeaways from the Pacific’s most important summit

Leaders discussed phasing out fossil fuels and navigating Washington and Beijing’s battle for regional dominance, all while internal tensions bubbled below the surface

The Guardian - AU

Nauru walkout stuns Pacific summit before landmark deal

Nauru President David Adeang says he isn't pulling his country from the Pacific Islands Forum, while Australia will offer resettlement to Tuvalu residents.

AAP

Pacific dancing to Australia's tune on climate, says PM

Anthony Albanese has stepped quickly into stride on the Cook Islands as he prepares for crunch talks with Pacific Islands Forum leaders.

AAP

Pacific Islands Forum chair says region must revisit its anti-nuclear treaty

Australia’s Aukus submarine deal and Japan’s discharge of Fukushima waste makes the issue a priority as leaders gather in Cook Islands

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Pacific Islands Forum: four leaders fail to attend as China-US rivalry takes centre stage

The US has been racing to reopen embassies and deepen links with Pacific countries in wake of Solomon Islands security pact with China

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s Albanese heads to China touting ‘consistent, steady’ engagement

Labor leader is first Australian prime minister to visit since 2016 after a turbulent period in bilateral ties.

Al Jazeera

Fiji PM welcomes visa green light, Bushmaster pledge

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has attended a demonstration of Bushmaster vehicles that will be supplied to the Pacific nation under a renewed partnership.

AAP

Fijian prime minister 'more comfortable dealing with traditional friends' like Australia than China

Fiji's prime minister says his government is “more comfortable dealing with traditional friends” such as Australia as China pursues closer security ties in the Asia-Pacific region

The Independent UK

Dutton accuses Albanese of misrepresenting Yunupingu comments – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Bushmasters drive an upgrade to Fiji-Australia ties

Extra military support and faster visa processing have been agreed in a meeting between Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and Anthony Albanese in Canberra.

AAP

Fijian leader hopes Australian submarines powered by US nuclear technology will enhance peace

Fiji’s prime minister says he hopes Australia’s acquisition of a fleet of submarines powered by U.S. nuclear technology will enhance peace in the Pacific region but stopped short of endorsing the increased military cooperation with the United States

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The donor you know: Fiji PM rejects money with strings

Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says he won't accept funding with strings attached and will work with Australia as China flexes its muscle in the Pacific.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Donald Trump surrenders in Georgia on charges he sought to overturn 2020 election

Prosecution is fourth criminal case against Trump since March, and his booking included a mugshot. Plus, the story behind a fake football school

The Independent UK

Fiji PM drops out of China visit after banging head while ‘looking at his phone’

‘I do not know whether my head is hurt more than the door, or the door hurt more than my head’

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: inflation falls but food and rents still rising; 51 whales die in WA; and lower blood pressure with planks

Rents nationally experience the biggest quarterly increase since 1988 as Deloitte suggests Reserve Bank lifted interest rates ‘too far’

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Fiji To Open First Embassy In Israel, Strengthening Diplomatic Ties

Fijian President's state visit and discussions with Israeli President pave the way for enhanced cooperation and friendship

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand and Fiji strike defence deal amid rising Pacific tensions

Move comes as US and China push to build security links in the Pacific, and after Fiji said it was reviewing a policing deal with Beijing

The Guardian - AU

Fiji rethinks police deal with China amid rising Pacific tensions

Previous Fijian government signed a memorandum of understanding in 2011 enabling its police officers to undergo training in China

The Independent UK

Fiji reconsiders security ties with China amid Pacific tensions

Fiji’s leader indicated his nation is reconsidering its security ties with China at a time that geopolitical tensions in the Pacific are rising

Reuters

New Zealand and Fiji finalising defence agreement, Fiji PM says

New Zealand and Fiji are finalising a defence agreement that will increase engagement between the two countries militaries and help build capacity and skills in the Fiji Defence Force, the Fijian prime minister said on Wednesday.

The Hindu

PM Modi conferred with Fiji's highest honour

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Monday conferred with the highest honour of Fiji by its premier Sitiveni Rabuka in recognition of his global leadership, in a rare honour for a non-Fijian.

Reuters

Biden calls Papua leader Marape after cancelling meeting

U.S. President Joe Biden telephoned his Papua New Guinea counterpart James Marape on Thursday after cancelling a historic meeting in the Pacific islands nation to tell him Secretary of State Antony Blinken would travel in his place, the two leaders said.

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