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France's Socialist Party sealed a deal to join the French Left's first broad coalition pact in 20 years
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Today's front page banner headline in the PNG Post-Courier
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Post-Courier: The incompetency of PNG’s Electoral Commission must stop

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Assassinated broadcaster Federico "Ding" Gempesaw
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Six charged with money laundering over K1.3 million in suitcase as...

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NZ Pacific People's Minister Aupito William Sio
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The PNG Post-Courier's front page picture on Monday of the money in a suitcase
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PNG leader Marape confirms son arrested over money in suitcase

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Pro-independence French Polynesian MP Moetai Brotherson
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Voters looking for their names as Papua New Guinea went to the polls
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Papua New Guinea goes to the polls amid controversy over missing...

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New Caledonia's Southern Province president Sonia Backès
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New Caledonia’s Backès joins French government in citizenship post

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The PNG general election 2022
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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
Coronavirus

Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson
Coronavirus

Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

1News political editor Jessica Mutch-McKay talks to the main party leaders in last night's debate
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NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

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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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The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader
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