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PNG's Prime Minister James Marape and the Solomon Islands leader Matthew Wale
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The Al Jazeera Media Network has repeatedly and vehemently condemned the “unfounded allegations” by the Israeli military - and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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Al Jazeera rejects Netanyahu’s attack on journalists in UN speech

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wanted on an International Criminal Court warrant for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity, begins his controversial speech at UNGA
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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuk
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Vanuatu's MV Matui tragedy on September 11
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Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian
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Pezeshkian speaks from the heart, but with legal, moral and strategic...

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Māori delegates defend controversial ‘Indigenous’ trips to Israel

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Yahukimo tribal chief Alpius Yallak makes a statement on the massacre
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Pacific verdict on COP29
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COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"
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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

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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

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“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”
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Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.
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