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Solomon Islands PM says ban on foreign navy ships to be lifted "soon"

A snap ban on foreign military vessels docking in Solomon Islands is poised to be lifted, its leader told parliament Monday. The controversial issue could see the South Pacific nation become a pawn in a strategic tug-of-war between China and the United States. France, which shares a maritime border between…

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New Caledonia says it won't be 'trojan horse' for big powers in the Pacific

The pro-independence president of New Caledonia, a French overseas territory, said he didn't want New Caledonia to be used as a "trojan horse" in the Pacific islands, amid global power jostling for influence in the region.

Reuters

Pacific Islands Forum overshadowed by growing concerns about China's influence in the region

US-China rivalry and an inter-island rift overshadowed the start of a landmark Pacific summit Tuesday, hampering efforts to focus world attention on the islands' dire climate crisis.

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French court rejects request to annul New Caledonia's referendum result

Only 44 per cent of eligible voters turned out for the third and maybe final independence referendum, so what did the court in France have to say and why did so few people participate?

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French court upholds New Calendonia's rejection of independence result

A legal challenge that sought to annul the result of last December’s referendum on New Caledonia’s independence from France has failed. Meanwhile, a fact-finding mission will travel to the French colony in the South Pacific later this month for talks on its institutional future.

Radio France Internationale

French to send fact finding mission to New Caledonia to examine possible future

The Law Commission of the French Senate has announced that a fact-finding mission will travel to New Caledonia, a French colony in the South Pacific, to investigate the future institutional role of the island and its relationship with France and other French overseas territories.

Radio France Internationale

China expands military might as far as French borders with Solomon Islands pact

China has signed a security agreement with the Solomon Islands, a tiny state in the Pacific Ocean. The US and Australia are furious and worry that Beijing might want to expand its naval operations. The agreement also means that China's sphere of influence now extends to French territory as the…

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New Caledonia leader calls for France to grant independence vote to counter China’s ‘omnipresence’ in Pacific

Pro-independence parties boycotted last year’s referendum on a split from France, arguing Covid made campaigning too difficult

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Secret Deals With Miners Allowed Tesla To Avoid Nickel Crisis: Report

Tesla is said to have nickel supply contracts with mines from Brazil, Minnesota, Australia and New Caledonia.

InsideEVs

Tsunami warning lifted after quake in Tadine, New Caledonia region

A tsunami warning issued for Fiji, New Caledonia and Vanuatu after an earthquake struck the Tadine, New Caledonia region on Thursday, has been lifted, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC).

Reuters

Newly Discovered Seabird Placed Straight On ‘Critically Endangered’ Species List

Although specimens of the bird species were held in museum collections around the world, they were misclassified.

Zenger

NSW man charged with New Caledonia assault

A man has faced a Sydney court charged with sexually assaulting an Australian woman while they were both in New Caledonia in 2015.

AAP

France sends aid to volcano-struck Tonga from neighbouring New Caledonia

The French army is sending 10 tonnes of humanitarian cargo from New Caledonia to the Tonga Islands, struggling to recover from a powerful volcanic eruption on 15 January, followed by a tsunami.

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