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Israeli military intervene in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea to seize the Global Sumud Fleet
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"We should first recognise that restarting the war amounts to an admission that Trump’s previous escalatory gambit-- the blockade of the blockade -- has failed."
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Trita Parsi: Is Trump poised to restart the Iran war?

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A woman protester holds up a “Wanted” poster featuring Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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Israel becomes world’s most disliked country, global survey finds

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Papua's Tom Beanal
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Al Jazeera journalist Tohid Asadi
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Niue's Dalton Tagelagi
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Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale
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Fiji media workers of the Fijian Media Association celebrate a belated World Press Freedom Day in the capital Suva
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“My son,” a woman screamed in Gaza
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About 200 protesters in the Vallée-du-Tir yesterday marked the second anniversary of the pro-independence protests that erupted into riots in Nouméa
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Papuan women ‘living in fear’ condemn military violence

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Resigned TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman
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Pacific verdict on COP29
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A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"
Asia Report

COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

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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CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
Coronavirus

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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The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
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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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