Briefs

A round-up of news from around the region, including Pacific nations pushing for the International Maritime Organisation to a carbon levy.

A round-up of news from around the region, including a hotline for the avian flu response in the Northern Mariana Islands.

A round-up of news from around the region, including the discovery of an empty bullet shell casing on a Fiji Airways flight.

A round-up of news fom around the region, including assurances provided to Vanuatu government that funds paid to Airbus for the purchase of A220 aircraft will be returned.

A round-up of sports news from around the region.

A round-up of news from around the region, including an Imam in PNG saying he is fine with the country being a Christian nation as long as freedom of religion is still respected.

A round-up of news from around the region, including an arrest for attempted murder after a hiking incident in Hawai'i.

A round-up of news from around the region, including an arrest after the death of a child in Vanuatu.

A round-up of news from around the region, including a PNG member of parliament calling on government to ban gambling to address violence against women.

A round-up of news from around the region, including more funding for Vanuatu's earthquake recovery.

A round-up of news from around the region, including the economic cost of violence in Papua New Guinea.

A round-up of news from around the region, including Solomon Islands' PM pushng back against Australia's attempts to extract strategic concessions from his country.

A round-up of sports news from around the region, including a Drua player copping a three-week suspension after Super Rugby Pacific finds him guilty of committing a dangerous tackle.

A round-up of news from around the region, including Fijian authorities still looking into what caused the illness of a group of tourists in December.

A round-up of sports news from around the region.

A round-up of news from around the region, Vanuatu authorities have deported a group of Vietnamese nationals found selling tarpaulins while on tourist visas.

A round-up of news from around the region, including results for an election in Federated States of Micronesia's Yap State.

A round-up of news from around the region, including education worries in the Cook Islands.

A round-up of sports news from around the region.

A round-up of news from around the region, including a volcano monitoring system in Bougainville.