Trump May Expand Travel Ban List

The Trump administration is reportedly weighing a significant expansion of its travel ban, potentially adding up to 36 more nations to the existing list of 19 already facing full or partial restrictions. This move, detailed in a State Department...

Climate visas, curing HIV and a coastal city conundrum

Want to get the ThinkLandscape digest in your inbox? Sign up here. If you’re in the northern hemisphere, there’s a decent chance that it’s hot where you are right now. (Or, if you’re in the southern hemisphere, give it a couple of months.) This...

From the heart: Pasifika teen making her cardiology dream a reality

Māngere teen Selina Camillo, 18, migrated from Fiji to Māngere just a few years ago, but she's already making academic waves as she works towards becoming a heart surgeon. Since setting foot in Aotearoa for the first time in December 2022, Camillo...

Award winning Poet Announced as Commonwealth Poet Laureate

Selina Tusitala Marsh. Photo: Mark Chilvers/ Commonwealth foundation / Supplied. Poet and academic Selina Tusitala Marsh has been announced as the first Commonwealth Poet Laureate. The professor of English at University of Auckland is a former New...

Chatto & Windus pre-empts Anders Lustgarten's 'wildly absurdist' Kill Billionaire

Kaiya Shang has pre-empted the “viciously funny, anarchic” novel Kill Billionaire by the playwright and activist Anders Lustgarten. The Chatto & Windus commissioning editor acquired world English-language rights for publication in May 2026 from...

Pacific university students level up with prep course

Hundreds of students are starting their tertiary journey on the front foot, thanks to a foundation course designed to support indigenous and Pacific learners before they begin formal studies. At AUT Manukau, 230 students enjoy a head start by...

What links The Birds, Working Girl and Fifty Shades of Grey? The Saturday quiz

The questions 1 Whose big mistake was to believe Sinon? 2 The Hungarian Mudi has been recognised as the 225th what? 3 What space station was launched by Nasa in 1973? 4 Claudia Jones and Rhaune Laslett were founders of which annual celebration? 5...

Pacific-Australia ‘commonality’ important in uncertain times

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has hailed the importance of personal relationships with Pacific nations at a time when other powers are seeking to increase their influence. The prime minister, who hosted Fijian counterpart Sitiveni...

It takes a village to raise a child: UN rings alarm over crisis in the Pacific

The United Nations warns that Pacific children face alarmingly high rates of violence and abuse, which are among the highest in the world. The UN says these issues stem from inadequate government-funded services, persistent religious and cultural...

Lai’s delegation reflects Pacific strategy: expert

The people chosen to accompany President William Lai (賴清德) on his first official overseas visit gives a glimpse into his wider Pacific strategy, the head of a Taiwanese think tank said on Sunday. Members of Lai’s delegation for the upcoming trip...

Supporting the cause for visa-free travel to New Zealand

In the coming weeks, former politician and activist Anae Arthur Anae will seek an audience with Fijian prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka. Anae is trying to collect a million signatures and petition the New Zealand government to allow Pacific island...

World News | LS Speaker Holds Talks with Portuguese Delegation on Op Sindoor

Brasilia [Brazil], June 3 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and the Indian delegation on Tuesday arrived in Lisbon, where he held talks with Jose Pedro Aguiar-Branco, President of the Assembleia da Republica of Portugal on strengthening bilateral...

The U.S. Is Making Prison Deals in Other Countries

Is it possible for a nation of Reichstags to develop a world full of gulags, or does that stretch historical analogies beyond the breaking point? Let’s let the Intercept settle this question. An Intercept investigation finds that the Trump...

Mapa: ¿en qué países es legal el matrimonio homosexual? ¿Dónde fue legal primero?

Por CNN Español El matrimonio entre personas del mismo sexo es una realidad en al menos 39 países, según un reporte de la Asociación Internacional de Lesbianas, Gays, Bisexuales, Trans e Intersex (ILGA, por sus siglas en inglés) y la suma de...

Taking matters into our own hands: Pacific aid dependency

There has been a marked decline in Pacific development and progress against the Sustainable Development Goals since the early 2000s, attributable to the impacts of major disaster events, remoteness of Pacific Island countries (PICs) and distance...

Pacific news in brief for 12 June

Dr 'Aisake Eke. 27 January 2025 Photo: Facebook / PM Press Tonga - visas Tonga Prime Minister ʻAisake Eke hopes a new Tongan consulate in Fiji will ease visa processing delays. Talanoa O Tonga reported the consulate is set to be opened in January....

LS Speaker holds talks with Portuguese delegation on Op Sindoor

Brasilia [Brazil], June 3 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and the Indian delegation on Tuesday arrived in Lisbon, where he held talks with Jose Pedro Aguiar-Branco, President of the Assembleia da Republica of Portugal on strengthening bilateral...

Trump Administration could impose a travel ban on dozens more countries

The Trump administration is considering a move that could nearly triple the number of countries subject to a travel ban, according to a State Department memo obtained by NPR. Up to 36 additional nations could be added to the list of 12 that were...

Reframing the French Indo-Pacific: Wallis and Futuna: Of Monarchies, Catholicism… and Rugby

As Emmanuel Macron wrapped up his visits to Vietnam, Indonesia, and Singapore – where he delivered the keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue at the end of May – the French president reaffirmed the Indo-Pacific’s strategic importance for both...

Live: Lambie says she is grateful to be re-elected to Senate

28m agoTue 27 May 2025 at 4:30am Analysis: Liberal insiders say Voice triumph confused Coalition's election priorities Patricia Karvelas has taken a look at how the "no" result in the Voice to Parliament referendum may have given the Coalition the...