Kiribati

A new study has found that 96 percent of women of childbearing age in four Pacific countries have elevated levels of mercury.

A Kiribati-flagged ship has sunk in China and 12 people are missing.

A new study shows that Kiribati has the highest rate of male smokers, with nearly 50 percent of men using tobacco daily.

The Kiribati government has renewed the contract of its Chief Justice, John Muria, for another two years.

The government of Kiribati has strongly rejected claims by a Russian businessman that President Taneti Maamau remains an ardent supporter of his investment project.

The director of Va'aomanu Pasifika at Victoria University in Wellington, Teresia Teaiwa, has died following a short illness.

The Russian businessman planning to revive the Romanov Empire says he is moving to Kiribati.

New Zealand's Immigration officials are encouraging people in Samoa, Tonga, Kiribati, Tuvalu and Fiji to register if they want to win residence in this country.

The President of Kiribati has outlined his vision to make his country the Singapore or Dubai of the Pacific.

The European Union is to fund a climate adaptation project and a sustainable energy project in Kiribati.

A landing craft to service Kiribati's Line and Phoenix Islands has been launched in Taiwan.

The Russian businessman Anton Bakov says he's still having discussions with the government of Kiribati about leasing three islands on which to revive the long-dead Romanov empire.

Russian businessman Anton Bakov says the struggle will continue to set up the Romanov Empire after last week's rejection by Kiribati.

An academic specialising in Pacific issues says Kiribati has sent a strong message by rejecting a Russian businessman's investment proposal, which included a demand for sovereign rights to three of…

Efforts to implement the Tokelau Arrangement for South Pacific albacore have been boosted by a grant of $US5.1 million dollars from New Zealand.

Kiribati has rejected a proposal by a Russian businessman and monarchist who wanted to use three of the country's uninhabited islands to revive the Romanov empire.