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Commodore Frank Bainimarama

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The year in which Trump decided
CLIMATE CHANGE

Still wary of ‘Trump Effect’, UN climate talks open in Bonn

Five months after Trump said he would yank the United States out of the Paris Agreement, leaders tasked with implementing it remained concerned.

  • Agence France Presse
4 min read
Even taking into account voluntary national pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions, submitted in an annex to the Paris treaty, the Earth is on track to heat up by an unliveable 3.5? or more by century’s end. (Graphic: John McCann)
BONN

Tiny Fiji looks for global impact at Bonn climate talks

​Climate change is real and it has already impacted Fiji — only urgent action is needed, said Fiji’s Prime Minister at UN climate talks this week.

  • Agence France Presse
3 min read
COMMODORE FRANK BAINIMARAMA

Former president of Fiji dies at 91

Ratu Josefa Iloilo, a Fijian tribal chief who as president made crucial decisions backing the military takeover of the South Pacific country, has die

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
COMMODORE FRANK BAINIMARAMA

Former president who aided Fiji coup dies at 91

Ratu Josefa Iloilo, a Fijian tribal chief who as president made crucial decisions backing the military takeover of the South Pacific country, has died

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read