With Honiara as host of this year’s Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting, China could see its influence at the regional body soar.

The Biden administration is seeking to shore up ties with countries in the Indo-Pacific in its waning days in office by sending to Congress three key agreements that would cement relations with critical allies and partners in the region,

China warned on Thursday that the Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party authorities' attempt to seek "Taiwan independence" will lead nowhere, as the so-called Foreign Minister of Taiwan Lin Chia-lung attended the inauguration ceremony of the president of Palau as a "presidential envoy."

China has ramped up efforts to poach Taiwan’s Pacific Island allies. So far, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, and Nauru have switched recognition to Beijing over the past six years. In August, Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr. said that China was pressuring him to break ties with Taiwan in exchange for Chinese tourists.

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Majuro has experienced its worst year for tuna transshipment in more than 10 years. Statistics show that there were 160 tuna transshipments in 2024, according to data provided by the Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority, MIMRA.

Three tankers sanctioned by the US on Friday have been idled off Chinese ports with Russian oil. After the Biden administration blacklisted a staggering 183 ships on Friday, questions have been raised about the legality of receiving crude already in transit.

Swansea City’s Championship game against Cardiff City is only available for supporters in unsold EFL ‘dark market’ territories to stream on Swans TV Live this afternoon (12.30pm).

The war in Ukraine. The theft of memorabilia from Disney World. Becoming a mother and battling cancer in the world of competitive snowboarding. A Scottish composer who buries the only tape of an album in the earth to be found when it may.

Downing Street would not be drawn into saying whether the 99-year lease on the Diego Garcia military base could be shortened as part of the deal.

In the 1950s the U.S. carried out a pivot from Asia to Europe – despite the outbreak of the Korean War. Trump can learn from that history.

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