The Latest Breaking News from Tuvalu

Hell is not other people – it’s being stuck in the ninth circle of an automated telephone service

Tuvalu is celebrating its first ATM, but here’s a warning from the UK, where human contact has been lost to the self-service age, says author Hilary Freeman

The Guardian - UK · Apr 22, 2025

Tuvalu marks ‘momentous occasion’ with unveiling of its first ATMs

All banking in the Pacific nation used to be done in cash but that is about to change on the main island of Funafuti

The Guardian - AU · Apr 16, 2025

Peter Dutton’s climate policy backslide threatens Australia’s clout in the Pacific – right when we need it most

Australia’s relationship with its regional neighbours could be in doubt under a Coalition government after two Pacific leaders challenged Opposition Leader Peter Dutton over his weak climate stance.

The Conversation · Apr 11, 2025

Taiwan president stops in Hawaii during Pacific tour, drawing ire from China

Lai Ching-te’s US stopover on trip to Marshall Islands, Tuvalu and Palau – three diplomatic allies of the self-governed island – prompts Beijing’s protests

The Guardian - AU · Dec 1, 2024

Taiwanese president heads to Hawaii on first overseas trip despite Chinese outcry

Lai Ching-te is visiting Pacific nations of Tuvalu, Palau and the Marshall Islands as well as US territories of Hawaii and Guam

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2024

‘We will not allow others to determine our fate’: Pacific nations dial up pressure on Australia’s fossil fuel exports

Tuvalu’s Prime Minister Feleti Teo took to a stage in Apia, Samoa, on Thursday morning to say something pointed. Planned fossil fuel expansions in nations such as Australia represented, for his nation, a “death sentence”. The phrase “death sentence”, Teo said, had not been chosen lightly. He followed up with…

The Conversation · Oct 24, 2024

Australia’s ‘immoral’ coalmine decision akin to drowning Pacific neighbours, Tuvalu climate minister declares

Labor government has undermined case to co-host 2026 UN climate summit with island nations, Dr Maina Talia declares

The Guardian - AU · Sep 30, 2024

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Reason · Sep 24, 2024

‘We don’t want all the fluffy stuff’: Pacific islands push Australia to take strong action on climate

Campaigners say there’s impatience about Australia’s reluctance to stop ‘opening, subsidising and exporting fossil fuels’

The Guardian - AU · Aug 31, 2024

Talk isn’t enough: Pacific nations say Australia must end new fossil fuel projects

This week, one of the world’s largest fossil fuel exporters went to a meeting of island states strongly affected by human-induced climate change.

The Conversation · Aug 29, 2024