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Facebook’s Australia ban threatens to leave Pacific without key news source

February 21, 2021

By Sheldon Chanel in Suva Facebook’s ban on Australian news will cut off a vital source of authoritative information for the Pacific region, government and industry analysts have warned. Across the Pacific, thousands have found their access to news blocked, or severely limited, after the tech giant wiped all news on the platform in Australia ... <a title="Facebook’s Australia ban threatens to leave Pacific without key news source" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/21/facebooks-australia-ban-threatens-to-leave-pacific-without-key-news-source/" aria-label="Read more about Facebook’s Australia ban threatens to leave Pacific without key news source">Read more</a>

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Tropical Cyclone Harold: Aerial footage shows Vanuatu destruction

April 9, 2020

The Guardian’s Pacific Project disaster video. By the Pacific Project Tropical Cyclone Harold lashed the South Pacific island of Vanuatu, ripping off roofs and downing telecommunications, before moving towards Fiji and Tonga. The powerful cyclone made landfall on Monday in Sana province, an island north of Vanuatu’s capital Port Vila, with winds as high as ... <a title="Tropical Cyclone Harold: Aerial footage shows Vanuatu destruction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/tropical-cyclone-harold-aerial-footage-shows-vanuatu-destruction/" aria-label="Read more about Tropical Cyclone Harold: Aerial footage shows Vanuatu destruction">Read more</a>