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    • The opening of the 2026 session of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (C-24) meeting
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Albanese bows to relentless pressure for Bondi royal commission but scepticism...

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Former NZ mayoral hopeful arrested at Venezuela solidarity protest

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January 9, 2026
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A soldier- not the suspect - in the French Foreign Legion uniform
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Former French Foreign Legion soldier key suspect in Vanuatu VT49m heist

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January 9, 2026
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Weapons confiscated by Papua New Guinea police during a raid in the Tsak Valley
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PNG’s lethal Tsak Valley raid and deeper crisis over guns, policing,...

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The central conceit of the good cop, bad cop narrative is that both the US and Israel are the ones upholding the law and fighting the criminals
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Jonathan Cook: From Gaza to Venezuela, the US has been unmasked...

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January 8, 2026
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Sir Tim Shadbolt
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Part of the vandalism outside human rights activist John Minto's home
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The Cook Islands Maritime Authority says the Bertha is deceptively continuing to use Cook Islands Identifiers
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Malcolm Evans: What have we become that we accept such brigandry?

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Papua New Guinea fully retires debt for Liquefied Natural Gas project

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Pacific news reporting is becoming increasingly complex and contentious
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Donald Trump's abduction of Nicolás Maduro will make the world less safe
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With the US attack on Venezuela and abduction of Nicolas Maduro, Washington has dug itself into a hole
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January 6, 2026
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Every time a Fiji student misses school because the river that she crosses is flooded or at risk of flooding, that student is denied the full enjoyment of this right
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January 6, 2026
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Palestinian academic Sameer Barghouthi
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Former NZ prime minister Helen Clark
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West Papuan supporters raise the Morning Star flag in Leichhardt, Sydney, today as protesters around the world mark the 1 December 1961 "independence" flag-flying day. Image: AWPA
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