MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Ja Morant scored 41 points, Desmond Bane added 20 and the Memphis Grizzlies overcame a 14-point second-half deficit to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 104-99 on Wednesday night. LeBron James led Los Angeles with 37 points — a day short of his 37th birthday — and 13 rebounds and a season-high […]
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France criticized for haste with New Caledonian referendum
(RNZ PACIFIC/PACNEWS) Amid a boycott by the indigenous Kanaks, fewer than two percent of eligible voters supported independence in the last plebiscite, which concluded a formal 30-year decolonization process. Vaimua Muliava is from the ethnic Wallisian community whose Pacific Awakening party won a kingmaker roll in the 2019 elections. In what he said is a […]
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ADB, FSM sign $4 million grant to strengthen and secure FSM’s electricity network
(ADB/PACNEWS)The agreement, additional financing, as part of the ADB supported Renewable Energy Development Project, were jointly signed by ADB Executive Director Tony McDonald, acting on behalf of the Government of FSM, and ADB Pacific Department Director General Leah Gutierrez. “This ADB support addresses the challenges of climate change and disaster risk in the energy sector […]
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French Polynesia confirms Omicron cases
(RNZ PACIFIC/PACNEWS) French Polynesia’s health minister says there are now 20 Covid-19 cases of the Omicron variant. Jacques Raynal says practically all cases are tourists who are in Tahiti and Bora Bora. The minister said people are encouraged to get vaccinate and to wear masks. Covid-19 has infected almost 47,000 people and claimed more than […]
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Tongans told to protect water tanks from acid rain, as eruption continues
(TONGA WIRES/PACNEWS )Hungary Ha’apai is located 65km NNW of Nuku’alofa, from where the bright white gas cloud can be seen on the horizon. Bursts of lightning at the top of the 18km high cloud were seen from Nuku’alofa and the Kanokupolu coast last night. “It was a spectacular sight, the lighting over the gaseous eruption,” […]
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North Korea calls for troops’ greater loyalty to Kim
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Thursday urged its 1.2 million troops to unite behind leader Kim Jong Un and defend him with their lives, as the country celebrated the 10th anniversary of Kim’s ascension to supreme commander of the military. The anniversary comes as North Korea is holding a key multi-day political […]