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Fiji seeking Australian support with ‘long COVID’ cases
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Unsworn HRPP MPs turned away: Samoa Speaker
The 18 unsworn members of the Human Rights Protection Party(HRPP) will likely return to by-elections after the Samoan Speaker of the House denied their...
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The world's poorest countries say they are worried about getting to the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in November.
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The Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland called for urgent action to ensure improved climate resilience of small states and promised to amplify the concerns of...
Fiji recorded 128 new cases of COVID-19
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Neville Choi takes PINA presidency as Moala steps down
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Papua New Guinea Media Council President Neville Choi has been elected President of the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA),...
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