I have to start this round-up with a lament. The halcyon days of Air New Zealand’s unique and wondrous Coral Route are long ...

What Australia Needs to Do at the Pacific Islands Forum To continue the extraction and export of coal and gas is to make the financial burden of Pacific climate resilience heavier and harder to bear.

A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 21, 2024, Section A, Page 10 of the New York edition with the headline: Australia Moves to Blunt China’s Edge in Region With Pacific Island Deals.