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US officials heading to Solomons over China pact worries

The U.S. is sending two top officials to the Solomon Islands following a visit by an Australian senator over concerns that China could establish a military presence in the South Pacific island nation

The Independent UK

Australian minister tries to end Solomons-China pact

Australia’s Minister for International Development and the Pacific Zed Seselja has flown to the Solomon Islands in a bid to prevent a China military presence in the South Pacific island nation

The Independent UK

China's security deal with Solomons raises alarm in Pacific

A security alliance between China and the Solomon Islands has sent shudders throughout the South Pacific, with many worried it could set off a large-scale military buildup or that Western animosity to the deal could play into China’s hands

The Independent UK

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Why is Australia so concerned about China's planned security agreement with Solomon Islands?

Seen the headlines but haven't followed closely? This is why China's proposed new security pact with Solomon Islands is a big deal for Australia.

ABC News

In Solomon Islands, Australia’s largesse faces China challenge

Canberra is facing questions about the limits of its economic diplomacy as Pacific neighbour boosts ties with Beijing.

Al Jazeera

New Zealand to take 450 refugees from Australian processing centres

The New Zealand government said on Thursday it would take a total of 450 asylum seekers in Australia or its offshore detention centre on Nauru in the South Pacific over the next three year.

Reuters

Invisible threats / Japan searches for ways to exclude China from key infrastructure

This is the fifth installment in a series that explores Japan's vulnerabilities in areas including the protection of vital information and supply networks, prompting the Japanese government to expedite efforts to pass an "economic security promotion law."

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Why Did Elon Musk Donate 50 Satellite Terminals To Tonga?

The government of Tonga announced Elon Musk’s SpaceX has donated 50 very-small-aperture terminals (VSAT) to help the South Pacific kingdom re-establish telecommunications connectivity with the world after underwater volcanic eruption and a tsunami on Jan. 15 severed its underwater fiber optic cable.

Benzinga

Bitcoin paradise? Briton creates ‘crypto utopia’ in South Pacific

Cryptocurrency investors invited to join Anthony Welch and his partner on the regulation-free island on the Vanuatu archipelago

The Guardian - UK

US aims to counter China by opening Solomon Islands embassy

The U_S_ says it will open an embassy in the Solomon Islands, laying out in unusually blunt terms a plan to increase its influence in the South Pacific nation before China becomes “strongly embedded.”

The Independent UK

Elon Musk helping restore internet to Tonga, officials say

Entrepreneur Elon Musk is trying to help reconnect Tonga to the internet after a volcanic eruption and tsunami cut off the South Pacific nation more than three weeks ago, according to officials, while repairs on an undersea cable are proving more difficult than first thought

The Independent UK

Wreck of ship sailed by James Cook in S. Pacific found in US

Maritime experts believe they’ve found the wreck of one of the most important ships in the history of Australia and the South Pacific

The Independent UK

Japanese aid to Tonga aimed at countering China's influence

Following the eruption of an underwater volcano in Tonga, the Japanese government is working to provide aid to the South Pacific nation, spurred partly by Beijing's growing influence in the region.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Relief efforts ramp up in Tonga, more aid arrives

Humanitarian aid to Tonga is ramping up after the airport was cleared of ash, making it safe for planes to land, the Red Cross said on Wednesday, days after a volcanic eruption and tsunami devastated the South Pacific archipelago.

Reuters

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Time to ponder the what-ifs of our pandemic

What if we responded to the pandemic with a walled-off, South Pacific free-trade zone, poses Nicholas Agar.

Benzinga

Elon Musk Offers Starlink Help To Tonga Amid Internet Crisis But Here's Why He Needs A 'Clear Confirmation'

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Friday offered to help South Pacific island nation Tonga restore the internet services on an emergency basis using the Starlink services but said he needs a "clear c

Daily Record

Tonga volcano eruption blast is felt 10,000 miles away in Stirling

A violent volcanic eruption in Tonga impacted on the atmospheric pressure almost 10,000 miles away in Stirling. Hunga Tonga is a submarine volcano that has been active in the South Pacific since 2009. The volcano erupted on Saturday, with numerous

Reuters

Undersea cable fault could cut off Tonga from rest of the world for weeks

The South Pacific archipelago of Tonga could spend days, or even weeks, cut off from the rest of world because of difficulties in repairing its sole undersea communications cable, which an operator said was ruptured during a massive volcanic eruption.

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Tonga volcano damage glimpsed in satellite images

GENEVA/JAKARTA -- The United Nations Satellite Center (UNOSAT) on Monday released satellite images showing Saturday's eruption of an undersea volcano off Tonga in the South Pacific and the impact of tsunami caused by it.

Daily Mirror

Tonga tsunami: Devastated family confirm death of British woman swept away in disaster

Angela Glover, 50, was with her husband and dogs when the huge wave hit the South Pacific island Tonga on Saturday - her heartbroken family have now confirmed her death

Reuters

Explainer-Scientists struggle to monitor Tonga volcano after massive eruption

Scientists are struggling to monitor an active volcano that erupted off the South Pacific island of Tonga at the weekend, after the explosion destroyed its sea-level crater and drowned its mass, obscuring it from satellites.

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