How passports and a deal with China have put New Zealand at odds with its former colony Cook Islands
Wellington is at odds with the Cook Islands over a looming new agreement with China and the former Pacific colony's plan to ...
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Hawaii leaders challenge federal buyout plan
A federal judge will hear arguments today on whether to block the Trump administration’s controversial efforts to offer ...
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Real or a trick? Federal workers debate legitimacy of buyout offer as deadline nears
More than 2 million employees have until Thursday at 11:59 p.m. EST to decide. Officials have been increasing pressure on ...
A US ally is reconsidering aid to a strategic Pacific nation. Will China move in?
A rare dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati has renewed focus on the Pacific island nation, highlighting the existential ...
China says a visit by Cook Islands’ prime minister isn’t meant to antagonize others in South Pacific
China says a visit this week by the Cook Islands' prime minister to Beijing was not meant to conspire against anyone in the ...
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A US ally is reconsidering aid to a strategic Pacific nation. Will China move in?
Pacific allies don’t usually air ... in the region were reinforced when the Cook Islands’ Prime Minister Mark Brown announced a state visit to China this week to discuss a strategic ...
The Straits Times6d
Fiji leader raises concern in Washington over deportation of Pacific Islanders
Rabuka is the first Pacific Islands leader ... with the U.S. Departments of State and Interior on Sunday, Micronesia said in a statement. The Marshall Islands last week warned citizens living ...
Pacific Daily News1d
OPINION: Trump should explore multi-level hierarchical configuration for US diplomatic posture in Pacific Islands
Today, the Trump administration will be inheriting an inconsistent, inefficient, and incomplete diplomatic posture in the Pacific Islands region ... would force the U.S. State Department to ...
Reuters2d
Where is the Cook Islands and what is its relationship with New Zealand?
It does not qualify for United Nations membership. In 2023, the United States recognised the Cook Islands as a sovereign and independent state. The economy is centred around tourism but there is ...
The Daily Telegraph5d
Watch: Starmer’s lawyer friend at Mauritian flag-raising on Chagos Islands
One of Sir Keir Starmer’s closest friends was at a ceremony on the Chagos Islands at which the Mauritian flag was raised in ... as the British Indian Ocean Territory, for decades.