For seven years, Julia Baum has been going to the coral atoll of Kiritimati to study one of the most astonishing wonders of the natural world. But last week, she was dreading the possibility that she ...

Remote islands are a passion of mine–there is something enthralling about going to places that people rarely see. The Pacific's collection is particularly appealing since many of them are rich in WWII ...

Ron Watson was just 17 when he experienced his first nuclear weapon blast. A British soldier from Cambridgeshire, he had completed his training in the summer of 1957 before departing on that fated ...

Kiritimati, Dec 31 - As the clock struck midnight on December 31, 2023, the tiny Pacific island of Kiritimati, also known as Christmas Island, made history by becoming the first place in the world to ...

Nuclear detonations were the backdrop to Teeua and Teraabo’s childhood. By the time the sisters were eight and four, the Pacific island on which they grew up, Kiritimati, had hosted 30 atomic and ...

The government has announced an investment plan to develop tourism in Kiribati. Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully announced today New Zealand will invest in aviation links and renewable energy ...

Current local time in Kiritimati (Pacific/Kiritimati timezone). Get information about the Pacific/Kiritimati time zone. Local time and date, DST adjusted (where ever daylight saving time is applicable ...

Becky Alexis-Martin receives funding from the BNTVA, Aged Veterans Fund and NCCF. She is the Principal Investigator of "Nuclear Families: A Social Study of Nuclear Test Veteran Families and Atomic ...

Is Daylight Saving Time (DST) in effect in Kiribati?