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By Anam Alam Backers of the UK Green Party‘s landmark “Zionism is racism” motion celebrated the proposal’s passing into policy on Sunday, with supporters telling The New Arab that this is the start of a bigger movement. The motion passed by an overwhelming 1022 votes to 813, with all but three amendments being rejected during
RNZ Pacific reporters Vanuatu’s government has condemned a “shameful, racist, and neo-colonial rant” made by a pro-France New Caledonian lawmaker. Nicolas Metzdorf, a French politician from New Caledonia and a member of France’s National Assembly, made a social media post over the weekend calling out Vanuatu for “denouncing French sovereignty over Matthew and Hunter Islands
RNZ Pacific reporters Samoa’s Prime Minister La’aulialemalietoa (La’aiuli) Leuatea Schmidt has apologised for a historical video in which he used the term “Heil Hitler”. “I have been made aware of historical video footage reported in the media relating to a private family gathering in Savai’i in 2007,” La’auli said in a statement today. “The footage
RNZ Pacific reporters Fiji’s prime minister has called on global leaders coming to the country to see and listen to the people on the climate frontlines as the pre-COP31 meeting is gets underway today. Sitiveni Rabuka addressed an interfaith church service yesterday ahead of the meeting this week. He said climate finance must reach the
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Nurlan Yermekbayev is one of those very important people most of us in the West have never heard of. I had been travelling with him for two days in the Xinjiang Region of China before I even realised who this quiet, dignified man was. As the Secretary-General of the SCO —
By Lauren Crimp of RNZ New Zealand’s Green Party has pledged to make public transport free for eligible groups and cap bus and train fares at $2 for everyone else. It says its transport plan offers fast, frequent and affordable services. Under the Greens’ policy, public transport would be free for children, students, apprentices, Community
Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, I’m Amy Goodman. We’re broadcasting from Publix, the House of Journalism in Berlin, Germany. The Pentagon is sending a third aircraft carrier to the Middle East as President Trump considers a new escalation of the US war on Iran. The latest move adds 7000 sailors, up to
Asia Pacific Report Pro-Palestine protesters targeted Christchurch’s Te Pae Convention Centre today to highlight the National Aerospace Summit’s alleged ties with Israeli military. The protesters from Peace Action Ōtautahi started their action at Victoria Park from 7am, Allied Media reports. Police said two men, aged 56 and 23, had been arrested after vehicles were allegedly
RNZ Pacific reporters Fiji’s lawmakers have passed legislation allowing the rollout of a needle exchange programme aimed at containing the rapid rise of HIV from intravenous drug use. The HIV/AIDS (Amendment) Bill 2026, which will introduce evidence-based harm reduction programmes, is being hailed as a “lifeline” for the country. Fiji now joins Australia, New Zealand
By Susana Suisuiki of RNZ Pacific An environmental group in American Samoa is taking legal action against the United States government over its plans for deep-sea mining near the territory. Fa’asao Amerika Samoa and the Conservation Council for Hawai’i filed a lawsuit in August, challenging the US government’s assessment of the potential risks to marine
RNZ Pacific reporters Temukisa Auina Penehuro Hauma, 71, has become the first woman to be appointed the Governor-General of one of the world’s smallest nations. Tuvalu has had 10 substantive governors-general — all of them men — since gaining independence on 1 October 1978. Hauma, who will be King Charles III’s representative for Tuvalu, took
RNZ Pacific reporters Pacific Islands leaders have used their addresses to the United Nations General Assembly to urge Indonesia to allow the UN human rights chief access to West Papua. Pacific Islands Forum countries in 2019 requested that Indonesia allow the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to visit Papua to assess claims of widespread