Tropical Cyclone MAILA-26 has swept across parts of the Pacific, impacting the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea between April 4 and April 9, with authorities monitoring the situation closely as powerful winds batter vulnerable communities.

Tropical Cyclone Maila is moving across the Solomon Sea, bringing strong winds and heavy rain as it tracks toward Papua New Guinea and northeastern Australia.

A powerful tropical cyclone is currently moving across waters near Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, raising serious concerns across the Southwest Pacific.

Canada has summoned top officials from OpenAI to Ottawa after it emerged the company had not shared internal concerns about a person who went on to commit a school shooting, Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon said on Monday.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted Solomon Islands at 1642 GMT on Saturday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit near the southeastern Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, with no immediate tsunami warnings issued, according to the US Geological Survey.

The Solomon Islands has announced that 21 donor countries—including the United States, China, and Taiwan—will not be invited to the upcoming Pacific Islands Forum, the region’s most important political gathering. The decision, confirmed by Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele, follows Beijing’s pressure to exclude Taiwan from the event.