Simultaneous outbreaks on remote islands and atolls are straining the ability of local authorities

A man lies in an ambulance at the emergency service of the hospital in Papeete, Tahiti island, French Polynesia, on Aug.20, 2021.... The South Pacific archipelagos lack enough oxygen, ICU beds and morgue space--and their vaccination rate is barely half the national average.... French Polynesia is France's latest challenge in juggling resources to battle the pandemic in former colonies that stretch around the world....

PETALING JAYA: Umno ministers and lawmakers remained seated in the government bloc in the Dewan Rakyat on Monday( July 26) despite tensions with its partner Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia( Bersatu) in Perikatan Nasional coalition. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob and Foreign Minister Hishammuddin Hussein are seated together with Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and other Cabinet ministers such as Senior Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali and Finance Minister Tengku

China sued Australia over anti-dumping measures on some Chinese goods, further ratcheting up tensions between the two nations. China filed a lawsuit at the World Trade Organization over Australian anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures on Chinese exports of railway wheels, wind towers and stainless steel sinks, the Ministry of Commerce said Thursday in Beijing.... This would be the third recent WTO case between the two countries, after Australia sued over Chinese tariffs on wine and barley. Rel

DUBAI( Reuters)-The U.S. Navy said on Wednesday it was establishing a new multinational task force that would target arms smuggling in the waters around Yemen, the latest American military response to Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The effort follows a series of Houthi missile and drone attacks this year on the two Gulf countries, which have since received additional American military assistance but see the United States as weakening its commitment to the region.U.S

search ended with tragedy with the discovery of Strain’s body.... After going to a couple of bars

repair ties which have been strained in recent years. Erdogan's visit, which his office has said was

Relations between the countries nosedived under Biden’s predecessor, Donald Trump, but high-level meetings this week in Tianjin, China, again lay bare the deep divisions between them.... Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng told U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman that the United States was the “ inventor, and patent and intellectual property owner ” of coercive diplomacy.... As head of protocol, he worked directly with Xi and has extensive experience accompanying Chinese leaders ab

challenges, there is a critical need for fiscal consolidation, especially in the fiscally-strained

we will have to pass the budget, otherwise this government will come down.... We hope they will bring some good news, ” said Mr Gabol. Another PPP MNA from Karachi, Abdul Qadir Patel, said the government has a “ delusion ” that the PPP will support the budget.... Anyone who can read and understand the budget will not vote for it, ” said the PPP MNA. Published in Dawn, June 17th, 2025....