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What is the Pacific Islands Forum? How a summit for the world's tiniest nations became a global draw

Aug. 27, 2024 03:17 AM EDT

NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AP) — As leaders of Pacific nations were welcomed to their annual meeting in Nuku’alofa, Tonga, on Monday, they were greeted first by torrential rain and then by an earthquake. The magnitude 6.9 quake was deep enough not to cause damage, but the long shudder...

The worldwide catastrophe of rising seas especially imperils Pacific paradises, Guterres says

Aug. 26, 2024 21:21 PM EDT

NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AP) — Highlighting seas that are rising at an accelerating rate, especially in the far more vulnerable Pacific island nations, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued yet another climate SOS to the world. This time he said those initials stand for “save our seas.” ...