Pacific

Pacific

Tragedy as passenger on Australian cruise ship dies during island stopover

The P&O Australia cruise ship departed Sydney last Friday.

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A P&O Australia cruise ship passenger has died on Vanuatu’s Mystery Island during a Pacific Adventure journey.

After 865 days, this tropical island country is opening to tourists - but getting there might not be cheap

Borders are reopening on Monday, and plane tickets are already being snapped up.

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Samoa is reopening to international tourists on August 1after closing due to COVID-19. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO)

China visits another Pacific nation after slamming Jacinda Arden in furious statement

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Jacinda Arden and Joe Biden make joint statement as China warns of ‘grave consequences’

COVID spreads to one of the last uninfected places on the planet

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COVID has spreads to one of the last uninfected places on the planet - the remote Pacific archipelago of Kiribati.

‘Like a tornado’: Inside Papua New Guinea’s escalating COVID crisis

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Rapidly increasing COVID-19 infections in hospitals in Papua New Guinea are hitting its fragile health system ‘like a tornado.’

Hawaii evacuations underway after dam breach leads to ‘life-threatening flooding’

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Evacuation shelters are open on the Hawaiian island of Maui after heavy rain caused a dam overflow.