Leaders of Melanesian nations will Thursday decide whether a West Papuan liberation movement umbrella group will be granted diplomatic status equal to Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and even Indonesia. The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) last year granted the United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP) observer status, giving them their first diplomatic […]
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Vanuatu Police Commissioner’s post to be re-advertised
The post of the Vanuatu Police Commissioner is to be re-advertised and Vanuatu will celebrate 36 years of independence without a Commissioner of Police, according to the Minister for Internal Affairs, Alfred Maoh. Maoh cited defects in the qualification of the sacked chairman of the Police Service Commission as the main reason for the prolonged […]
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U.S. must improve probes of police use of force: Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Wednesday said more must be done to build trust that police violence against blacks and Hispanics will be properly investigated. “We’re going to have to do more work together in thinking about how we can build confidence that after police officers have used force, particularly deadly force, that […]
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10-Year-Old Cancer Survivor Granted Wish to Meet Namesake President Jimmy Carter
A 10-year-old New York boy named Carter who beat cancer got to meet another cancer survivor named Carter, former President Jimmy Carter. The meeting between Carter Beckhard-Suozzi of Glen Cove, New York, and the nation’s 39th president opened with a giant hug Monday at The Carter Center in Atlanta. The Remarkable Cancer Treatment That Helped […]
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Australian prime minister under pressure to revise agenda
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s prime minister came under pressure from his own lawmakers on Thursday to revise his economic agenda after his weakened coalition scraped through one of the nation’s closest ever elections. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s center-right Liberal Party lost at least 14 lawmakers, including some of Turnbull’s key moderate supporters, in knife-edge […]
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Ex-admiral: US should defend reef off Philippines
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States should be willing to use military force to oppose Chinese aggression at a disputed reef off the coast of the Philippines, a former commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific told a congressional hearing on Wednesday. Dennis Blair made the recommendation to a Senate panel, a day after an […]