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Beyond Gaza, Israel pushes to occupy more of the West Bank

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Vanuatu's earthquake death toll at least 14
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Vanuatu quake: State of emergency declared, Fiji’s Rabuka offers help

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Rescue operations underway on a commercial building flattened by the earthquake in Vanuatu 17 Dec 2024
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Slips from Vanuatu's earthquake today
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Powerful 7.3 magnitude quake strikes Vanuatu – serious damage in Vila

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Communities on Emau Island face extreme loss and damage from worsening climate change
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Vanuatu becomes first country to partner with new UN climate loss...

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"USP leadership in crisis" banner at an earlier staff protest against the regional Pacific university's management
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Alumni group slams USP’s failure to release council meeting outcomes

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Taking the world's biggest problem to the world’s highest court for global climate justice
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Climate justice: Action groups livid over Australia’s submission at ICJ

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Vanuatu's Special Envoy for Climate Change and Environment Ralph Regenvanu with advocate Julian Aguon
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Climate justice: Vanuatu’s landmark case at ICJ seeks to hold polluting...

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Pacific Islander students have led the campaign for the ICJ to consider states' obligations to prevent climate change
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ICJ to begin hearings in landmark Pacific climate change case started...

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‘Climate’ CHOGM success for Samoa but what’s in it for the...

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Pacific flags -- Fiji and Tonga -- and protesters in support of Palestine at a rally in New Zealand's largest city Auckland
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Seven Pacific no votes in ‘historic’ UN General Assembly demand for...

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"Tanah Papua", Biak Elok's version
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Papuan aspirations at stake in divided Melanesian Spearhead Group politics

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Domestic airline Air Calédonie’s ATR 72-600 to fly biweekly to Port Vila from October 2024
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New Caledonia crisis: Unrest-hit Air Calédonie in search of new markets

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Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai
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Vanuatu leader in NZ talks marijuana, seasonal workers and cyclones

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All quiet and empty on the Nouméa streets . . . curfew extended
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Macron gives Pacific mission to Kanaky New Caledonia green light, says...

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AAP product director Steve Jancetic and, international development lead, Delia Obst
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Daily Post journalists boost global reporting skills with AAP training

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New head of UN deep-sea mining regulator vows to restore neutrality

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Tuvalu delegates Monise Laafai and Demi Afasene
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Nations join ranks to delay deep-sea mining approval by UN regulator

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Vanuatu fights for marine protection at key UN deep-sea mining summit

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How former Greens MP Keith Locke often became a voice for...

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The president of Vanuatu's Malvatumauri Council of Chiefs, Chief Paul Robert Ravun
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