The Pacific island nation of Kiribati, which had almost entirely kept the coronavirus out, went into lockdown on Saturday for the first time in the pandemic. The government imposed a 24-hour curfew ...

A fisherman wades in shallow water at the shoreline near the village of Tangintebu on South Tarawa in the central Pacific island nation of Kiribati SYDNEY (Reuters) - The remote atoll nation of ...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles, will travel to Kiribati and Solomon Islands this week.While in Kiribati, the Deputy ...

Gunia was a reporter for TIME based in Hong Kong. A medical staff member prepares a dose of the Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine in Tarawa, Kiribati on Sept. 3, 2021. A medical staff member prepares a ...

Foreign ministers from Solomon Islands and China sealed diplomatic relations at a meeting in Beijing on September 22, just days after the Pacific island nation severed 36 years of relations with ...

While cities across Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas are still preparing for New Year’s Eve celebrations, as of 3:30 PM IST, several parts of Kiribati have already entered the New Year 2026. And ...

Giant floating islands, castle-like sea walls and mass migration are among some of the "crazy" plans the leader of Kiribati has to save his low-lying Pacific nation from global warming-induced ...

China’s foreign minister on Friday arrived on the remote Pacific nation of Kiribati, where the future of a vast fishing ground is at stake. The planned four-hour visit by Wang Yi was his second stop ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand is reconsidering all development funding to the aid-dependent island nation of Kiribati, following a diplomatic snub from the island nation's leader, government ...

The Pacific island nation of Kiribati cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan on Friday, becoming the second country to do so this week and strengthening Beijing's hand. Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu ...

Despite a deal between the PIF and other Micronesian states, Kiribati declared it still intends to withdraw from the premier regional forum. Kiribati’s President Taneti Maamau had in early 2021 joined ...