Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution have inched closer to an agreement, with more countries saying they want to address the total plastic on Earth.

The opening ceremony for the 2024 Paris Olympics is over, and the competition is really going to rev up on Saturday all across France.

Fiji’s former leader Frank Bainimarama has been released on bail after pleading not guilty to abusing his power as prime minister by stopping a police investigation.

The leaders of four political parties contesting Fiji’s general election called for an immediate halt to vote-counting after the online results app experienced a glitch and then the next batch of results swung in favor of the incumbent prime minister.

A Russian-owned superyacht seized by the United States has arrived in Honolulu Harbor flying an American flag.

The Treasury Department is targeting yachts, aircrafts, the firms that manage them, Kremlin officials and businessmen linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin in a new round of sanctions.

The United States has won the latest round of a legal battle to seize a $325-million Russian-owned superyacht in Fiji, with the case now appearing headed for the Pacific nation’s top court.

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi and a 20-strong delegation have arrived in the Solomon Islands at the start of an eight-nation tour that comes amid growing concerns about Beijing’s military and financial ambitions in the South Pacific region.

On May 5, five U.S. federal agents boarded the massive Russian-owned superyacht Amadea that was berthed in Lautoka harbor in Fiji.

U.S. authorities say a superyacht owned by a Russian oligarch previously sanctioned for alleged money laundering has been seized by law enforcement in Fiji.

A judge in Fiji has ruled that U.S. authorities can seize a Russian-owned superyacht — but not until at least Friday while defense lawyers mount a challenge.

The U_S_ says it will open an embassy in the Solomon Islands, laying out in unusually blunt terms a plan to increase its influence in the South Pacific nation before China becomes “strongly embedded.”.

The Biden administration is making a push to remind China that the U.S. remains involved and active in the Indo-Pacific despite Washington's current preoccupation with a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine.

New Zealand will send up to 65 military and police personnel to the Solomon Islands in the coming days after rioting and looting broke out there last week over several issues, including concerns about the country's increasing links with China.

Famous athletes in sports like tennis and golf at the Tokyo Olympics will probably arrive in Japan in the front of the plane.

A growing coronavirus outbreak in Fiji is stretching the health system and devastating the economy.

For the first time in a year, Mexican school children have returned to classrooms — at least in the southern state of Campeche.

With a food crisis looming, many governments have begun community initiatives to help alleviate shortages: extending fishing seasons, expanding indigenous food gathering lessons and bolstering seed distribution programs that allow residents greater self-reliance. The project provides residents with vegetable seeds, saplings and basic farming equipment to help them grow their own home gardens. In Fiji, the government extended fishing season of coral trout and grouper that could be sold for income or used as food. “When I used to work, I used to buy whatever I wanted to eat when I’d go to the supermarket,” he said. “Now I save money on food, know where my food is coming from and just feel more secure about having food,” she said.

In this image released by Amazon, racers compete in the 2019 Eco-Challenge adventure race in Fiji. The competitions new 10-episode season, hosted by Bear Grylls and with 66 teams from 30 countries, will debut Aug. 14 on Amazon Prime Video. (Corey Rich/Amazon via AP)

In this image released by Amazon, racers compete in the 2019 Eco-Challenge adventure race in Fiji. The competitions new 10-episode season, hosted by Bear Grylls and with 66 teams from 30 countries, will debut Aug. 14 on Amazon Prime Video. (Corey Rich/Amazon via AP)LONDON Bear Grylls said he was brought to tears by the determination of competitors on Worlds Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji as they raced through jungles and over mountains to the point of exhaustion and pain. The series' new 10-episode season, hosted by Grylls and with 66 teams from 30 countries, will debut Aug. 14 on Amazon Prime Video, it was announced Wednesday. That was a very emotional journey for them to race together, for the son to want to be alongside his dad, Grylls said.