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Pacific Games organisers earmark 30 schools to help with festivities
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Solomon Islands unhappy with indirect China references in draft agreement with Washington, insists it would not ‘choose sides’
Solomon Islands foreign minister Jeremiah Manele said veiled references to China in an American-led Pacific declaration were one of the reasons his country was...
UN chief: Countries bound for COP27 must make climate action ‘the top global priority’
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Samoan Passengers forced to sleep on cold floor at Auckland Airport for hours
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