SENDAI, Japan (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Governments meeting in Japan to adopt a new global plan to reduce the risk of disasters should heed the devastation caused by a fierce cyclone in the ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Vanuatu's president dissolved the Pacific island nation's parliament on Thursday, state broadcaster VBTC reported, after an attempt by some politicians to oust the prime minister.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Vanuatu's president was rushing back to his country on Monday in the wake of what he dubbed a "monster" cyclone whose damage was still unknown beyond the devastation in ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The president of Vanuatu, Nikenike Vurobaravu, signed an order to dissolve the Pacific island nation's parliament on Monday, Vanuatu broadcaster VBTC reported. Vurobaravu and ...

SYDNEY, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Vanuatu's President Nikenike Vurobaravu has been asked to dissolve parliament amid a political crisis in the Pacific Island nation, national broadcaster VBTC and the Vanuatu ...

China is willing to work with Vanuatu to chart a comprehensive strategic partnership to promote bilateral ties which will ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Vanuatu's President Nikenike Vurobaravu has rejected a request to dissolve the Pacific Island nation's parliament after political leaders agreed to withdraw a no-confidence motion ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Some political stability appeared to be returning to Vanuatu Saturday following the arrests of 11 renegade lawmakers who last week created a constitutional crisis when one of ...

new video loaded: Vanuatu's president appeals for help for cyclone-ravaged nation Vanuatu President Baldwin Lonsdale says Cyclone Pam has threatened the country's future and appeals for help for the ...

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- The president of Vanuatu, Baldwin Lonsdale, has died of a heart attack, the Vanuatu Daily Post reported Saturday. He was 67. Lonsdale, who sacked his government two ...

It wants a top international court to weigh in on whether nations are legally bound to protect against climate risks. By Somini Sengupta Nikenike Vurobaravu presides over a tiny country with a large ...