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The French Ambassador to Vanuatu, Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer, with Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat in March last year
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Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat (right) and FLNKS president Christian Téin during a meeting in Port Vila
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An ATR-72 aircraft from Air Calédonie
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New Caledonia’s domestic airline AirCal files for bankruptcy

Former Vanuatu Daily Post media director Dan McGarry
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Iran attacked two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz
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Vanuatu national women's football team playing Fiji last week in the FIFA 2027 World Cup Oceania Qualifiers
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Pacific Island fuel prices are generally high and volatile
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The Iranian Red Crescent reports US and Israeli attacks on areas close to medical and humanitarian facilities
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AJ+ senior presenter/producer Dena Takruri
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How Israel won the Pacific – and its backing at the...

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"Illegal Israeli settlements are slowly circling and strangling Palestinian towns
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Beyond Gaza, Israel pushes to occupy more of the West Bank

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A Vanuatu passport
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Vanuatu citizenship sales strong despite currency hassles and integrity issues

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Fiji Airways Airbus A330 cabin
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Bonds, blockings and bans – a massive new-year US shakeup for...

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A soldier- not the suspect - in the French Foreign Legion uniform
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Former French Foreign Legion soldier key suspect in Vanuatu VT49m heist

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The Civicus "civic freedoms" in the Pacific report
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For Pacific’s women, the toll of runaway temperature increase will be heavy
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Why Blue Pacific’s infrastructure distress is a cocktail poisoning human development...

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NZ Police Commissioner Richard Chambers at the Fiji Police Force headquarters in Suva in May
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NZ police chief acknowledges impact of criminal deportees on Pacific

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August 21, 2025
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Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior
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Eyes of Fire is an updated Rainbow Warrior classic and must...

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Senior ministers from Australia and Vanuatu initialled the Nakamal Agreement at the top of Mount Yasur. (ABC News: Lillyrose Welwel) Photo: ABC News / Lillyrose Welwel
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New Australia-Vanuatu deal won’t replicate Falepili-style pact, says analyst

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August 18, 2025
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Pacific climate digital strategy for the International Court of Justice
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Climate justice victory at the ICJ – the student journey from...

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It was 2019 when a group of law students at the University of the South Pacific’s campus in Port Vila, the harbourside capital of Vanuatu, were set a challenge
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July 29, 2025
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Vanuatu's Climate Minister Ralph Regenvanu talks to the media
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A West Papuan Morning Star flag of independence flies higm among dozens of climate activists - from both the Netherlands and abroad - gathered on a square outside the court
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UN’s highest court finds countries can be held legally responsible for...

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If successful, the ICJ ruling could have major ramifications for international law and how climate change disputes are litigated
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Fiji human rights coalition challenges Rabuka over decolonisation ‘unfinished business’

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June 30, 2025
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How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

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Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
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Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent
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Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson
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Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all
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The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
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Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire
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Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide
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West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
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Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society
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Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)
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