Yahoo

What to know about Vanuatu, the Pacific island nation struggling to recover from a massive quake

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A search expanded on Thursday for those killed or trapped alive by an earthquake in the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, as rescue workers arriving from abroad fanned ...
The Financial Express

Golden passport, no income tax and more – All about Vanuatu where fugitive Lalit Modi fled

Former IPL chairperson and fugitive Lalit Modi has once again made headlines, this time for acquiring citizenship of Vanuatu, a small Pacific island nation. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) ...
PBS

Vanuatu 7.3 earthquake leaves capital without water, as death toll expected to rise

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Vanuatu’s capital was without water on Wednesday, a day after reservoirs were destroyed by a violent magnitude 7.3 earthquake that wrought havoc on the South Pacific ...
Los Angeles Times

14 dead and scores injured in magnitude 7.3 quake in Vanuatu. Some people are trapped

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A magnitude 7.3 earthquake that struck off Vanuatu killed at least 14 people, injured hundreds more and caused widespread damage across the South Pacific island nation, ...
Reuters

Air Vanuatu put into voluntary liquidation, aims to resume operations

SYDNEY, May 10 (Reuters) - The national carrier of the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu may be sold to a private operator, liquidator EY said on Friday, with large numbers of tourists stranded after ...
Sydney Morning Herald

Several dead, trapped, hundreds injured after violent earthquake

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Wellington: Rescuers in Vanuatu are searching for people still trapped after a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the Pacific nation’s ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Vanuatu holds snap election as nation braces for costly post-earthquake reconstruction effort

Dressmaker Jenny Banga is busy trying to put food on the table after the deadly magnitude-7.3 earthquake that struck Vanuatu last month. While the capital Port Vila's CBD is closed and surveyors ...
openDemocracy

Voices from Vanuatu: life on the climate crisis frontline

The tiny island nation of Vanuatu, 1,800 kilometres east of Australia, is at the front line of the fight against climate change. This low-lying chain of 80 islands strung across the ocean, with a ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Alatoi Ishmael Kalsakau becomes Vanuatu's prime minister after country elects first female MP in 14 years

Alatoi Ishmael Kalsakau has been confirmed as Vanuatu's new prime minister, with Gloria Julia King becoming the first woman to enter the country's parliament in 14 years. Vanuatu's snap election on ...
Mint

Where is Vanuatu? Lalit Modi's citizenship ‘cancelled’ following PM Jotham Napat's order after ‘lack of evidence’

Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat on Monday instructed the Citizenship Commission to revoke Lalit Modi’s passport. The decision came despite Interpol rejecting India’s request for an alert against ...
The New York Times

Tiny Vanuatu Uses Its ‘Unimportance’ to Launch Big Climate Ideas

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 ...