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784 new covid cases in Fiji as rising death toll passes 100
RNZ Pacific
Fiji has recorded 784 cases of covid-19 in the last 24 hours to 8am on Monday.
That compares to 1043 cases in the previous...
Why is Israel bombing Syria? – ‘because it can get away with it’, says...
Asia Pacific Report
Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera's senior political analyst, has condemned Israel's extensive airstrikes on Syrian installations -- reportedly almost 500 times in 72...
Jakarta Six activists for Papua freedom convicted of treason set free
By Amanda Siddharta in Jakarta
Six activists charged with treason in Jakarta for organising a protest rally for independence last August outside the presidential palace...
Wenda calls for Dutch support over UN visit, slams Prabowo presidency
Asia Pacific Report
A West Papuan independence leader has called on the Dutch Parliament to support a United Nations visit to the Melanesian region ruled...
Green Left fights another Facebook ban without warning over Gaza
EDITORIAL: By Pip Hinman and Susan Price
Meta, the giant social media corporation, has "unpublished" Green Left’s longstanding Facebook page, which had tens of thousands...
Motarilavoa Hilda Lini, ‘a trailblazer’ for Vanuatu women in politics, dies
RNZ Pacific
Motarilavoa Hilda Lini, a pioneering Ni-Vanuatu politician, has died.
Lini passed away at the Port Vila General Hospital on Sunday, according to local news...
Iwi clinic egged as anti-vaxxers force caution in vaccine rollout for tamariki
By Moana Ellis, Local Democracy Reporting
Māori health providers in Aotearoa New Zealand are holding back on covid-19 vaccinations for children in the face of...
Tongan king sacks democracy PM, dissolves Parliament for election
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News
King Tupou VI of Tonga has officially dissolved Tongaʻs Parliament effective from Thursday, dismissing democracy Prime Minister 'Akilisi...
Solomon Islands police complete combat drill with Chinese trainers
By Robert Iroga in Honiara
Fourteen officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) have completed the first public order management (POM) training conducted...
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned moves by Prime Minister ‘Akilisi Pōhiva’s government to "gag" the Tonga Broadcasting Commission prior to...
NZ’s independence from Five Eyes has slipped, says former PM Clark
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New Zealand has lost some of its independence within the Five Eyes intelligence...
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