Kiribati Goes to Election in Which China Ties, Climate Stance Face Test By Kirsty Needham (Reuters) - The remote Pacific Island nation of Kiribati holds a national election on Wednesday at which ...

People in Kiribati went to the polls on Wednesday for the first round of voting in a national election expected to serve as a referendum on rising living costs and the government’s stronger ties ...

Best known for its vulnerability to climate change, Kiribati is strategically located just 1,340 miles south of Hawaii. It commands the world’s largest economic zone as well as an aging airstrip ...

Kiribati switched its allegiance from pro-Taiwan to pro-Beijing in 2019, joining a growing number of Pacific nations to do so. Self-governing Taiwan is claimed by China and since the shift, ...

Kiribati's parliament is scheduled to sit on Sept. 13 for newly declared lawmakers to select a shortlist of candidates for president, who will be decided in a direct vote by the population later ...

Kiribati's president since 2016, Taneti Maamau, won his parliament seat easily and will seek a third presidential term. The opposition leader, Tessie Lambourne, also handily won her post.

New Zealand is reviewing its aid to Kiribati after the tiny Pacific nation’s president canceled a meeting with Foreign Minister Winston Peters at short notice.. Peters was due to lead a ...

The World Bank’s report proposes phasing out Kiribati’s costly copra subsidy and restructuring its coconut sector to boost ...

Kiribati was traditionally a society governed by consensus, with strong democratic principles and respect for its constitution, but the contest for foreign influence had sowed divisions, Rimon said.

Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The government of Kiribati is suspending all diplomatic visits to the Pacific Island nation until next year, citing its current election process ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — People in Kiribati went to the polls on Wednesday for the first round of voting in a national election expected to serv ...