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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum
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Jeremy Rose: Mexico – the revolution isn’t being televised

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The cocaine was being transported on a ship sailing under Togo's flag
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4.87 tonnes of cocaine seized in French Polynesian waters – bound...

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Big stick diplomacy – the willingness to use the military – was increasingly unleashed to assert US hegemony and business interests
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Eugene Doyle: Look where appeasing a bully has led the West...

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January 20, 2026
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New Caledonia's territorial President Alcide Ponga signs the Elysée-Oudinot agreement
Decolonisation

New Caledonia’s new Elysée-Oudinot pact signed in Paris – despite boycott

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January 20, 2026
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Put them all the individual attacks together and one conclusion is unavoidable
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One year into Trump’s second term – repressive US president on...

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January 19, 2026
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Young people celebrate Bougainville Patriotism Day
Analysis

Most UPNG students don’t want independence for Bougainville, new survey shows

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January 19, 2026
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President Emmanuel Macron
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Pro-France MPs confront Macron over New Caledonia at future talks

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January 19, 2026
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A media headline last October when US President Donald Trump missed out on his coveted Nobel Peace Prize
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January 19, 2026
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The Israeli version of shock and awe has long been a default policy
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A war without headlines: Israel’s shock-and-awe campaign in the West Bank

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January 18, 2026
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Palestine advocate Leeann Wahanui-Peters
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Israel accused over ‘shameful whitewashing’ bid to sanitise soldier holidays in...

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January 17, 2026
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Fiji Airways Airbus A330 cabin
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Bonds, blockings and bans – a massive new-year US shakeup for...

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January 17, 2026
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Executive director of B’Tselem Yuli Novak
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Israeli society has ‘become completely genocidal’, says B’Tselem head

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January 17, 2026
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The Iranian protests
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Eugene Doyle: Iran in the vortex – what’s really going on...

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January 16, 2026
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Marian Rivera as Mirama
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Evening star rising: Girlhood in the Aeta heartlands of the Philippines

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January 16, 2026
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French Minister for Overseas Naïma Moutchou
Decolonisation

FLNKS sends in late request to join Paris talks on New...

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January 16, 2026
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"Terror on Bondi Beach" last month
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Ian Powell: Bondi Beach’s murderous terrorism aftermath – an Aotearoa perspective

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January 15, 2026
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Iranian security forces keep watch on a rally in Tehran.
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Israel tries to drag US into ‘fighting wars on its behalf,’...

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January 15, 2026
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Dumped All Blacks coach Scott Roberston
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Mixed reactions to shock axing of All Blacks coach Scott Robertson

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January 15, 2026
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ICE agents in Minneapolis after the shooting of Renee Good last week
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From Palestine to Minneapolis, ICE and Israel use the same violent...

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January 15, 2026
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China's ambassador to Samoa Fei Mingxing (left) hands over a ceremonial cheque for US$200,000 to SPREP director of legal services and governing bodies Aumua Clark Peteru in Apia
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China matches US contribution to Pacific environmental body a week after...

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January 15, 2026
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FLNKS president Christian Tein (centre) with Arnaud Chollet-Leakava and Laurie Humuni
Decolonisation

FLNKS boycotts Macron-convened Paris talks over future this week

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January 14, 2026
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Tehran mural . . . a massive Vali Asr Square image of the pro-government national protests
Analysis

Iran protests – why this upheaval is fundamentally different from 1979

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January 14, 2026
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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

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
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
Analysis

NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all
Coronavirus

NZ’s covid-19 mandates end: GP group says some mask-wearing, self-isolation still...

The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
Coronavirus

Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

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Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire
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Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers...

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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Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived

"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"
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Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
Asia Report

27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior
Bearing Witness

Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016
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Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

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Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society
APJS newsfile

Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.
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Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)
APJS newsfile

Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)
APJS newsfile

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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