China unleashes virus crackdown as power is cut off, patients locked up and fines issued to combat new outbreak

Officials across China have implemented Covid-era preventive measures across the country as the chikungunya virus outbreak continues to spread. Over 7,000 cases have been reported in the southern city of Foshan, while 12 other cities in the...

Conference unites 15 Pacific universities

THE Pacific Islands Universities Regional Network (PIURN) conference brought together 15 member universities from the Pacific Island countries and Territories to the PNG University of Technology in Lae, Morobe. PIURN coordinator Mathilde Souchon,...

Global outbreak fears surge as virus in China prompts quarantines and thousands of new cases are reported

Chinese officials have imposed Covid-like quarantines in parts of the country as cases of chikungunya virus continue to surge. More than 7,000 infections have been reported in the southern city of Foshan, in Guangdong province, prompting...

Samoan family loses second son to dengue fever in days

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 2-year-old boy died just days after his 9-year-old brother, the fifth recent death from the disease at the Pacific island nation, all of whom have been children. A family member paid tribute on social media, with the...

Real-world coral studies spark future in ocean conservation

Throughout his studies, Vega came to view marine conservation as inherently connected to human well-being. “My obsession with fish drew me to marine science, but I’ve learned that when it comes to conservation, life above the water is just as...

Tsunami warnings still active after Russian earthquake

Some countries in the Pacific and South America remain on tsunami alert after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded, while many other countries have downgraded their warnings after avoiding the worst. The magnitude-8.8 tremor off Russia's...

Tsunami threats downgraded but public to remain cautious after Russian earthquake

Countries in the Pacific and South America have downgraded their tsunami alerts after avoiding the worst following one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded. The magnitude-8.8 tremor off Russia's far east coast was the largest since 2011,...

Russia cancels tsunami warning after quake, dormant volcano erupts

Russia’s Ministry for Emergency Services lifted a tsunami warning for the Kamchatka Peninsula on Sunday after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit the nearby Kuril Islands. The ministry had said earlier on the Telegram messaging app that expected wave...

Huge quake rocks Russia’s Far East, triggering Pacific-wide tsunami

CARLOS BARRIA / REUTERS A person observes the sea at Ocean Beach, California, today after authorities warned residents of the possibility of tsunami waves, following an earthquake at Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. A powerful magnitude 8.8...

Crews depart from Hilo on an ancestral journey to circumnavigate the Pacific Ocean

On Tuesday morning, voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia departed from Palekai in Hilo for French Polynesia, continuing the Polynesian Voyaging Society’s Moananuiākea Voyage, a circumnavigation of the Pacific. The four-year journey spans an...

Russian 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit on…

An 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering tsunami warnings across the Pacific. The quake, the largest since the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, occurred on a "megathrust fault" where the Pacific Plate slides under the...

Air Tahiti Unveils TERAIEFA: A New ATR 72-600 Honoring Tuamotu Heritage

Air Tahiti has introduced TERAIEFA, a new ATR 72-600 aircraft that embodies both technological advancement and deep cultural roots. With a name drawn from the Tuamotu archipelago’s Reo Mihiroa language meaning “the appearing sky” or “the skies...

world Russia cancels tsunami warning for Kamchatka after quake, dormant volcano erupts

Russia's Ministry for Emergency Services lifted a tsunami warning for the Kamchatka Peninsula on Sunday (Aug 3) after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the nearby Kuril Islands. The ministry had said earlier on the Telegram messaging app that...

Major earthquake hits Russian coast again as Tsunami warning issued

A second major earthquake in just four days has struck off the coast of Russia. The 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck of the Russian peninsula of Kamchatka, in the far east of the country. It comes just days after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit the...

Countries under tsunami alert, volcano erupts

Tsunami alerts remain in some countries in South America and the Pacific on Thursday (AEST) after one of the largest recorded earthquakes struck off Russia’s far eastern coast. Chile raised its tsunami warning to the highest level and ordered...

Russia Cancels Tsunami Warning After Dormant Volcano Erupts

Aug 3 (Reuters) – Russia’s Ministry for Emergency Services lifted a tsunami warning for the Kamchatka Peninsula on Sunday after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the nearby Kuril Islands. The ministry had said earlier on the Telegram messaging app...

Russia’s dormant volcano erupts for the first time in 600 years

INSTAGRAM/@ARTEMSHELDR/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS / AUG. 3 A view from a helicopter shows the eruption of the Krasheninnikov Volcano in the Kamchatka region, Russia, in this still image taken from video. I Russia’s Ministry for Emergency Services lifted...

'Terrifying' sea stars could be the key to kelp forest recovery

Sea urchins don’t understand predators the way we do. They have no brains, no hearts – just raw instinct. When a sunflower sea star approaches, they don’t need complex reasoning to sense danger – they simply steer clear. This is the conclusion of...

2025 Fijian Drua Presentation and Awards Night

France’s Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) has spent tens of thousands of euros in an effort to counter research revealing that Paris has consistently underestimated the devastating impact of its nuclear tests in French Polynesia in the 1960s and...

Volcano erupts following Russia quake

Tsunami waves were possible in three areas of Kamchatka in Russia’s Far East, the Russian Ministry for Emergency Services said yesterday after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit the nearby Kuril Islands. “The expected wave heights are low, but you...