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France briefs UN on New Caledonia decolonisation impasse

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and PNG Prime Minister James Marape sign the US-PNG Defence Cooperation pact in Port Moresby 22May23
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‘Two-way highway’ – PNG-US defence pact signed in spite of protests

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May 23, 2023
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The proposed Voice for Australia is the opposite of apartheid
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The Voice isn’t apartheid or a veto over Parliament – this...

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May 23, 2023
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University of Papua New Guinea students protest against the US-PNG defence pact
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PNG's Finance Minister Rainbo Paita
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UPNG student protesters call for ‘transparency’ over US defence pact

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May 22, 2023
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"Protect our sovereignty - and our boundaries"
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Chinese Australian author Louisa Lim
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US-PNG defence pact
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May 22, 2023
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One of the photographs in the alleged Indonesian atrocities portfolio
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OPM calls on global trade unions to blacklist Indonesian goods, services

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Fiji

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Papuan activists accuse Jakarta over mounting ‘brutal’ repression, arrests

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UN's Sanaka Samarasinha
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Top UN Pacific official told to leave Fiji amid ‘harassment’ allegations

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May 20, 2023
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Hong Kong government says that the arrest and prosecution of Jimmy Lai and other press freedom defenders were “completely unrelated to the issue of press freedom
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Hong Kong responds with veiled threat while claiming it still respects...

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The tsunami warning broadcast today for New Caledonia
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May 19, 2023
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PNG Prime Minister James Marape did not give a firm answer on the signing of the controversial US-PNG Defence Cooperation Agreement
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May 19, 2023
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FSM Chief Negotiator Leo Falcam Jr (left) and US Presidential Envoy Joseph Yun in Pohnpei
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A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"
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In the Eye of the Storm
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Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors
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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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1News political editor Jessica Mutch-McKay talks to the main party leaders in last night's debate
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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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Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

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“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”
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Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
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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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