China sent a team of four technical specialists to Vanuatu to help with earthquake ... A 7.3-magnitude earthquake hit the Pacific island nation in mid-December, killing at least 14 people ...

The British High Commission in Port Vila has given GDP£400,000 (US$496,880) to UNICEF Pacific, to support children affected by the Vanuatu earthquake. The Commission said this money will provide ...

The Pacific year ahead . . . incoming US President Trump (clockwise from top left), elections, earthquake recovery, and PNG's 50th anniversary of independence celebrations. Image: BenarNews montage - ...

One-hundred-eighty-one candidates have qualified so far to contest Vanuatu's January 16 snap elections, the Vanuatu Electoral Commission says. For those candidates who names have yet to be approved, ...

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India on Thursday (January 2, 2025) announced an assistance of $500,000 to the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu to help it deal with destruction caused by a 7.4 magnitude earthquake last month.

Descendants of those who remained on Butler Island after the auction consider it a sacred place for ancestral remembrance. “Down every road in McIntosh County there is some history,” says ...

The massive earthquake struck near Vanuatu’s capital Port Vila on December 17, triggering landslides, crushing cars and destroying buildings. India on Thursday said it will provide $500,000 as ...

India has a history of supporting Vanuatu during natural disasters. This aid aligns with India’s Indo-Pacific Oceans’ Initiative (IPOI) which includes disaster risk reduction and management as ...