Pacific

According to a new counting method, the number of container ships bound for the busiest US port complex has increased to close to 100, emphasizing the scale of the economy-stifling bottleneck that the Biden administration is...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB), the United Kingdom government and the Nordic Development Fund (NDF) launched the Community Resilience Partnership Program today at COP26 (CRPP). By scaling up climate adaptation initiatives in Asia and the Pacific,...

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday the Pacific possesses “a unique moral authority” to demand global action on climate change because its people are bearing the brunt of the problem. Visiting Fiji as part of...

Strategy 2030 sets the course for ADB’s efforts to respond effectively to the Asia and Pacific region’s changing needs. Asia and the Pacific are being transformed before our eyes. It shares in World GDP increasing. This...

A massive quake of magnitude 8.2 struck in the Pacific Ocean close to Fiji and Tonga on Sunday but it was so deep that it was not expected to cause any damage, the U.S. Geological Survey...

The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Board of Directors has approved a new long-term corporate strategy, Strategy 2030, that sets out the institution’s broad vision and strategic response to the evolving needs of Asia and the Pacific....

A defunct Chinese space lab plunged through Earth’s atmosphere Monday, breaking apart as it headed towards a watery grave in the South Pacific, Beijing said. The Tiangong-1 “mostly” burnt up above the vast ocean’s central region...

News Hour Enhanced connectivity through information and communication technologies (ICTs) as well as transport infrastructure development are some of the efforts needed to increase economic opportunities and create better access to goods and social services in...

News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is partnering with governments, communities, and the private sector to help improve the availability and quality of clean and affordable sustainable power in the Pacific region, says a new...

News Hour: A long-running program to improve the business environment in the Pacific has succeeded in removing numerous barriers to private sector investment and entrepreneurship, according to an Asian Development Bank (ADB) report released today. Since...