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The Category 3 Hurricane Simon slammed the Pacific coast of Mexico, flooding resorts and vulnerable towns and delivering wind and rain that caused widespread damage. The storm’s intensity …
Hurricane Simon devastates Mexico’s Pacific coastline
Bougainville Pushes for Independence Amid Renewed Panguna Mine Revival
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The Bougainleaf Islands, seeking full independence from Papua New Guinea, are focusing on reopening the Panguna copper‑gold mine, a project that once sparked a civil war in 1988. …
Latest News for Latest News – Pacific Islands — October 12, 2026
The most important recent developments for the Pacific Islands centre on climate‑change diplomacy and funding. Pacific leaders have used a series of pre‑COP meetings in Fiji and Tuvalu to press urgent action, warning that overshooting the 1.5 °C warming target …