War-zone medicine: A Singapore emergency doctor, Lim Chin Siah, has just returned from treating patients with Doctors Without Borders in Gaza, where shortages of antibiotics left a 12-year-old boy needing repeated amputations after a foot injury worsened. Plastic crisis push: Kiribati is calling for stronger global “upstream” action to tackle plastic pollution, warning that daily beach plastic and limited local treatment options are overwhelming waste systems. Pacific health and money pressures: The World Bank says Pacific growth is slowing as fuel costs, debt, weaker tourism and repeated shocks keep incomes from bouncing back. Maternal health teamwork: Fiji and Kiribati are coordinating on reducing infant deaths by strengthening maternal care, nutrition and social protection systems. Climate-care gap: A new focus is emerging on why care services for children, older people and people with disabilities are often missing from climate adaptation plans. Toxic water advocacy: A Camp Lejeune water contamination survivor is using AI and music to keep pressure on compensation efforts.