Dozen NZYQ detainees prioritised for deportation after $400m Nauru deal

The Albanese government has prioritised about a dozen NZYQ detainees for deportation, but not a single criminal non-citizen has left the country yet. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke confirmed on Monday that about 13 NZYQ detainees had been placed...

Ranked: Countries With the Largest Forests in 2025

Ranked: 35 Countries With the Largest Forests in 2025 See visuals like this from many other data creators on our Voronoi app. Download it for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Key...

13 Tiny Nations & Regions You Can Cross in a Day – With One Big Adventure Each

Picture this: you wake up in one corner of a country, explore its entire breadth during lunch, and still have time for sunset in another corner. These miniature nations prove that the best adventures sometimes come in the tiniest packages. From...

Timing, Targeting, & Technology: Your New Collections Playbook

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Pacific Defence Ministers escalate militarisation across the region

The 10th annual South Pacific Defence Ministers’ Meeting (SPDMM) convened in Viña del Mar, Chile from October 22-24, amid the escalating imperialist war drive across the region, led by the United States, aimed against China. Delegates to the South...

How shadowy Russian and US groups are pouring billions into the systematic destruction of women’s rights globally

A highly organised and well-funded campaign to strip women of their rights is gaining global momentum. “Reject harmful sex education in South Africa!” reads the headline of a petition launched in August this year. “The South African Department of...

Pacific Islands News Roundup – October 24 – 30, 2025

Political Leadership and Regionalism, Peace and Security ‘Real Action’: Pacific voices growing louder over West Papua’s escalating crisis (PMN) China backs Fiji’s Ocean of Peace vision (Fiji Sun) Cook Islanders confront US-funded vessel over...

UPSC Current Affairs Pointers of the past week | October 20 to October 26, 2025

Every Monday, we bring you UPSC Current Affairs Pointers—a concise, exam-focused guide to help you stay ahead in your Prelims and Mains preparation. Report (FYI: The data provided in these reports can be used to substantiate your Mains answer and...

Trump and Xi move towards calming rising trade tensions

Great power rivalry South Korea: United States President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, met in South Korea on Thursday and edged closer to a deal aimed at resolving escalating tensions that threaten to upend trade between...

FFA Convenes 21st Management Options Consultation to Advance Pacific Fisheries Management

The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) is hosting the 21st Management Options Consultation (MOC21) at its headquarters in Honiara, Solomon Islands this week, bringing together representatives from the 17 FFA Member countries, the Pacific...

7 Most Affordable Countries for Citizenship by Investment in 2026

As global mobility has become a form of financial strategy, citizenship-by-investment programmes are drawing attention beyond the super-rich arena. More nations now offer cost-effective routes to second homes. It allows investors to expand their...

Fury in magland over new Who editor... Plus, Carla Zampatti CEO snubs drama queen at society party and Nova hosts' humiliating office exit after jumping ship: INSIDE MAIL

Look Who's coming to Are Media It feels like only yesterday we reported Are Media's brutal sacking of former Who magazine editor Melissa Matheson during a staff member's baby shower. Now, Inside Mail can reveal the death-spiralling publisher has...

9 Countries Where Tourists Rarely Return for a Second Visit

Tourism rarely provides the perfect vacation experience that compels travelers to book return trips to the same destination. While some nations build thriving repeat visitor bases, others struggle to encourage tourists to come back for more. The...

New and vital research findings about global health financing

BY Ian Anderson Four important reports were published in July that shed new light on trends in international development assistance for health (DAH) — bilateral and multilateral aid financing specifically to the health sectors of developing...

Citizenship by investment programs surge

Global events are sparking strong interest in citizenship by investment (CIB) schemes, according to the director of one of the most recently introduced programs. CEO of the Nauru Economic and Climate Resilience Citizenship Program Edward Clark...

In the depths of the ocean, a new contest between the U.S and China emerges

By Prianka Srinivasan RAROTONGA (THE GUARDIAN) —Around the Cook Islands, the world’s two most powerful countries are exploring the possibility of deep-sea mining for critical minerals Deep below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, the seafloor is...

Morning Mail: Trump ‘would love’ third term, RBA chief hints at rate hold, Hurricane Melissa threatens mayhem in Jamaica

Morning everyone. In what could become a familiar will-he-won’t-he drama, Donald Trump teased the prospect of a third term as president but said he would rule out running as vice-president as a way of staying in the White House. Meanwhile the boss...

Albo and partner head to Palau before PM’s meeting with Trump

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and fiancee Jodie Haydon had a secret holiday in Palau ahead of his face-to-face meeting with US president Donald Trump last week. On their privately-funded trip, the couple took a tour to see the islands’ dugongs....

Knowledge Nugget: What UN FAO’s latest forest report reveals for UPSC aspirants

Take a look at the essential concepts, terms, quotes, or phenomena every day and brush up your knowledge. Here’s your UPSC current affairs knowledge nugget on the UN FAO’s latest report.(Relevance: Reports published by international organisations...

UAE tops the world with over 6 million VPN downloads: But is it legal?

In the first half of 2025, UAE residents downloaded over 6.1 million VPN apps, maintaining the highest global adoption rate/ Image: TechRadar How the UAE became the world’s top adopter of VPN technology The United Arab Emirates has emerged as the...