Tag: Vanuatu

Australian media report Chinese military base proposed in Pacific, China and...

SYDNEY: China has approached Vanuatu about establishing a permanent military presence on the tiny Pacific island, Australia’s Fairfax Media reported on Tuesday, a plan...

Tsunami waves detected in New Caledonia, Vanuatu after earthquake

SYDNEY: A powerful magnitude 7 undersea earthquake struck east of New Caledonia’s Loyalty Islands in the South Pacific on Monday, sending small tsunamis towards New...

Vanuatu in final evacuation of island threatened by volcano

SYDNEY: The last residents on Vanuatu’s northern island of Ambae will be evacuated on Wednesday, officials said, as a volcano that has been spitting...

Vanuatu volcano eruption threat recedes: scientists

A Vanuatu volcano that sparked the evacuation of an entire island appeared to be stabilising, scientists said Tuesday, although aid workers said it was...

Vanuatu steps up evacuation as volcano hurls ash

LOLOWAI, Vanuatu: Vanuatu hopes to evacuate all 11,000 people from its northern island of Ambae by Wednesday, with a flotilla of boats ferrying people...