The low-lying Pacific island nation of Kiribati is one of the parts of the world most threatened by climate change and rising sea levels. Scientists say the islands could be uninhabitable within ...

Chinese police are working in the remote atoll nation of Kiribati, a Pacific Ocean neighbour of Hawaii, with uniformed officers involved in community policing and a crime database programme, Kiribati ...

Kiribati has confirmed its intention to rejoin the Pacific's peak political forum, finally ending a persistent and bitter leadership split. Kiribati President Taneti Maamau had said his country would ...

A police officer handles a ballot box as voters gather at a polling station during Kiribati's national elections. The remote Pacific Island nation of Kiribati headed to the polls on Wednesday in a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jill Goldenziel writes & consults on security, law, & business risk. Kiribati stunned its neighbors—and the world—by abruptly ...

The President of the Pacific nation of Kiribati says his country has to plan for the eventuality that rising sea levels may render it uninhabitable. Anote Tong has warned that his country may become ...

The island nation of Kiribati, located in the South Pacific, sits just 6 feet above sea level on average. Kiribati's President Anote Tong predicts that his island will be uninhabitable in 60 years due ...

Most coverage of Kiribati evokes a sense of the acute vulnerability of this nation: coconut palms with exposed roots clinging to eroded coastlines, angry waves crashing against sandbag seawalls, the ...

In the middle of the Pacific, straddling the equator and punching a hole in the International Date Line, lies one of the planet’s more enigmatic countries: Kiribati. It is a vibrant country, ...

The remote island nation of Kiribati went into lockdown for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic began two years ago after dozens of passengers on an international flight tested positive for the ...

Kiribati and Samoa both implemented COVID-19 lockdowns on Saturday after international arrivals brought the virus with them, a rarity for the remote Pacific island nations. This is the first pandemic ...