The Kiribati island nation was one of the world's last covid-free places. Now it's under lockdown.
Washington Post via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe Pacific island nation of Kiribati, which had almost entirely kept the coronavirus out, went into...
Kiribati focuses on trade not security for China visit to remote Pacific island
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 month agoSYDNEY (Reuters) -China's foreign minister Wang Yi stopped over in Kiribati on Friday, visiting the...
The climate change solutions for the world’s tiniest, most vulnerable nations
Quartz via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoTheoretically, it’s big enough to house Kiribati’s 100,000 inhabitants. The world’s only atoll...
A COVID-Free Pacific Nation Opened Its Border a Crack. The Virus Came Rushing In
Time via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe plane brought the first cases of COVID-19 to the country; more than two-thirds of the passengers...
Kiribati opens up world’s largest protected marine reserve to commercial fishing
The Independent via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe Pacific island nation of Kiribati is opening the world’s largest marine reserves to commercial...
COVID hits one of the last uninfected places on the planet
Associated Press via AOL· 5 months agoKiribati finally began reopening this month, allowing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
New Zealand plane finds 7 missing aboard 2 boats in Pacific
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 month agoSeven people on two small boats that drifted for days in the Pacific have been rescued after a New...
EXPLAINER-What is behind unrest in the Solomon Islands?
Reuters via Yahoo News· 7 months agoFour people were killed during violent anti-government protests in the Solomon Islands that prompted...
China denounces 'slander' over ambassador on people's backs in Kiribati
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoChina's ambassador, Tang Songgen, was taking part in a traditional welcome ceremony "at the cordial request of the local government and people, and out of respect for the ...
Marshall Islands record their first case of coronavirus, in 2 quarantining U.S. military members
NY Daily News via AOL· 2 years agoTwo people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the remote Marshall Islands, a small...