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The Latest Breaking News from the South Pacific

China’s submarine missile test looks routine. The real story is the panic it triggered

On Monday, a Chinese navy submarine fired a long-range ballistic missile into international waters in the South Pacific. The nuclear-capable missile, which was launched from underwater and carried an inert dummy warhead, is believed to have splashed down near Tuvalu.

The Conversation

China test-launches a ballistic missile in the South Pacific and raises regional concerns

China’s navy has test-launched a long-range ballistic missile from one of its nuclear-powered submarines in the South Pacific

The Independent UK

China conducts long-range ballistic missile test in South Pacific

China said it test-launched a long-range ballistic missile in the South Pacific on Monday, after countries in the region reported having been warned of an imminent test.

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Australia and Fiji seal mutual defence pact in push to counter China in Pacific

The signing of the defence treaty comes on the same day that Chinese state media reported a submarine had test-launched a long-range ballistic missile in the South Pacific, a move criticised by Australia.

Euronews

Australia and Fiji seal a new mutual defense pact in a push to counter China in the Pacific

Australia and Fiji have signed a new bilateral defense alliance in a second major diplomatic win within a year for Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese against Chinese influence in the South Pacific

The Independent UK

Global Times: Chinese medical teams in Solomon Islands turn health aid into lasting capacity, bringing treatment closer to patients in remote communities

BEIJING, May 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- After a tropical cyclone swept through the Western Province of Solomon Islands, traces of the disaster were still visible along the coast of Rarumana community. Trees had been brought down, and seaweed farms were damaged. For this remote community in the South Pacific, separated…

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Snorkeling at Pearl Harbor, Philadelphia concert date with girlfriend at $50,000 suite: Kash Patel unfazed by new controversies

FBI director Kash Patel is unfazed by the new controversies over his past trips, where he allegedly mixed work with pleasure on the FBI's money. A new report claimed that when Patel took a work tour across the South Pacific last summer, he stopped at Hawaii and went on a…

The Times of India

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Cast Away by Francesca de Tores review – gripping portrait of the real-life Robinson Crusoe

This fascinating novel about 18th-century privateer Alexander Selkirk, abandoned on a tiny island in the South Pacific, becomes a revelatory meditation on humanity

The Guardian - UK

Hantavirus Map Hotspots: Growing Infection Rate Now Feared in the Following Countries After Cruise Ship Spread

A hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship has led to international quarantines and emergency measures as cases spread across Europe, Africa, North America, and the South Pacific.

International Business Times UK

Ben McQueen's Karuna Kava: Building Community Through a New Beverage Culture

Kava itself has a long cultural presence in the South Pacific, where it is an important traditional, ceremonial, and cash crop in island nations such as Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu, Samoa, and parts of Micronesia.

International Business Times

Fleetwood Mac legend Mick Fleetwood marries in secret for a fifth time

Fleetwood Mac legend Mick Fleetwood has married for a fifth time - tying the knot with his partner of six years Elizabeth Jordan in the South Pacific.

BANG Premier

Scientists find the secret ‘gold factory’ beneath the Kermadec Islands near New Zealand

A profound geological mystery has been solved deep beneath the South Pacific, where researchers have identified the specific mechanisms that create Earth's richest gold deposits. A team led by Dr Christian Timm, a marine geologist at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, has uncovered the key mechanisms behind…

The Times of India

How old are the coral houses of Tonga and the Cook Islands? Scientists pinpoint their exact construction date

Mysteries have surrounded the coral sites of the South Pacific for hundreds of years, including Tonga’s royal tombs and the ‘houses of god’ of the Cook Islands. Because of their chronological ambiguity, these coral sites have been the subject of myths. The development of uranium/thorium (U-series) dating has enabled scientists…

The Times of India

25 Breathtaking Wildlife Moments Captured By This Photographer

From the icy wilderness of the Arctic to the remote corners of the South Pacific, Martin Gregus has spent nearly two decades capturing the planet’s most extraordinary wildlife. Growing up in Bratislava, Slovakia, surrounded by artists and guided by his father’s photography, Martin’s passion for the natural world ignited at…

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The long half-life of France’s nuclear tests in Polynesia

Thirty years ago this week, on an island in the South Pacific, France conducted its final nuclear test – ending a programme that exposed thousands of people to radiation over decades. The islands of French Polynesia are still living with the fallout.

Radio France Internationale

New Caledonia's pro-independence party won't attend Paris meeting

New Caledonia's pro-independence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) announced on Tuesday that it would not attend the meeting on the institutional future of the French archipelago in the South Pacific, hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday in Paris.

The Independent UK

Photos of New Year’s celebrations across the globe as the world welcomes 2026

Australia saluted the new year with defiance less than a month after its worst mass shooting in almost 30 years

The Conversation

How France’s political dramas threaten more instability in violence-wracked New Caledonia

The unprecedented political crisis in France is increasingly being felt thousands of kilometres away in the South Pacific.

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Space

Where will the partial solar eclipse be visible Sept. 21?

The 'equinox eclipse' will bring up to 86% coverage across New Zealand, Antarctica and parts of the South Pacific.

International Business Times

Documents Show New Zealand Unease Over Chinese Warships In South Pacific

China set off alarm bells in New Zealand when it dispatched powerful warships on unprecedented missions in the South Pacific without explanation, according to military documents obtained by AFP. Beijing has spent years expanding its reach in the southern Pacific Ocean, courting island nations with new hospitals, freshly paved roads…

The Conversation

This tropical plant builds isolated ‘apartments’ to prevent battles among the aggressive ant tenants it relies on for survival

In the middle of the South Pacific, a group of Fijian plants have solved a problem that has long puzzled scientists: How can an organism cooperate with multiple partners that are in turn competing for the same resources? The solution turns out to be simple – compartmentalization.

International Business Times

China Downplayed Nuclear-capable Missile Test: Classified NZ Govt Papers

China tried to mislead foreign governments in 2024 by playing down the importance of a nuclear-capable missile test over the Pacific Ocean, New Zealand diplomats privately warned in documents obtained by AFP. Beijing sent shivers through the South Pacific in September 2024, when its elite Rocket Force fired a dummy…

The Conversation

France’s final nuclear tests in the South Pacific, 30 years on

In recent months, the viability of France’s nuclear arsenal has been making headlines with talk of a French “nuclear umbrella” that might shield its allies on the European continent. In the face of the Russia-Ukraine war, and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statements regarding the possibility of deploying nuclear weapons in…

Radio France Internationale

Niue, the tiny island selling the sea to save it from destruction

On a remote raised coral atoll in the South Pacific, the tiny island nation of Niue is quietly protecting one of the world’s most ambitious marine reserves. While global leaders at the UN oceans gathering in Nice debate how to scale up efforts to safeguard the seas, Niue – population…

The Conversation

Edmund White was my friend – I know first-hand why his writing meant so much to queer readers

When I was 19 years old, I visited New York for ten days on the way to London. I was flying from New Zealand, that small island nation in the South Pacific where all sexual acts between men were still illegal. My body was naive and innocent, but my mind…

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