Vanuatu's new parliament has elected a new prime minister, as the nation embarks on a major post-disaster rebuilding effort — and as advocates push for better female representation in government.

Vanuatu's parliament resoundingly elected a former foreign minister as premier Tuesday, less than two months after a deadly ...

Vanuatu's parliament resoundingly elected a former foreign minister as premier on Tuesday, less than two months after a deadly earthquake rocked the Pacific nation.

The earthquake was centered in Chefchaouen at a depth of 10 kilometers (about 6.2 miles). The USGS said it received 420 reports of people having felt the earthquake at the time of ...

SUVA, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Jotham Napat, president of the Leaders Party of Vanuatu, was elected the country's new prime minister on Tuesday, Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation (VBTC) ...

He is the country's fifth prime minister in four years and will lead a coalition government made up of five political parties ...

Vanuatu's parliament has elected Jotham Napat as the Pacific nation's new prime minister after his Leaders Party won the ...

Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation Chief Executive Francis Herman thought December 17, 2024, was his last day on ...

On March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake sent a tsunami hurtling towards Japan's east coast, killing 20,000 people, wiping out 120,000 buildings and sparking a partial meltdown at the Fukushima ...

The Act leader wrote to police in 2022, on behalf of Philip Polkinghorne, before he was charged with murder, then acquitted. He says he was passing on a constituent's concerns. Minister Mark Mitchell ...