Under past governments, Kiribati had been a prominent campaigner on the global stage for climate change issues, he said. Maamau’s government has backed deep sea mining, an issue that put it at odds ...

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Aug 13 (Reuters) - The remote Pacific Island nation of Kiribati holds a national election on Wednesday at which major issues for voters are the government's close ties to China and a softer stance on ...

The tiny Pacific nation of Kiribati has elected a new president, ending the 12-year rule of veteran climate campaigner Anote Tong, his office said Thursday. The low-lying island nation’s new leader is ...

On Kiribati’s fragile atolls, tourism is becoming a frontline response to plastic pollution and climate pressure. A regional workshop in Tarawa highlights how small tourism businesses, circular ...

The president of the low-lying Pacific atoll nation of Kiribati says his country may already be doomed because of climate change. President Anote Tong says communities have already been resettled and ...

SOUTH TARAWA, Kiribati, June 13 (Reuters) - The ocean laps against a protective seawall outside the maternity ward at Kiribati's Nawerewere Hospital, marshalling itself for another assault with the ...

The island nation of Kiribati is racing against time to qualify for the 2030 World Cup amidst the existential threat of being wiped out by climate change. The Kiribati Island Football Federation (KIFF ...

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From the sky, the country of Kiribatilooks like strands of yarn floating on the sea: 33 tiny islands, scattered across an area of the Pacific Ocean more than twice the size of Alaska. Nearly half the ...

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