Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare criticized Australia and New Zealand as assuming that the island nation could not act in its own best interests.
Tag: Australia
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Trilobite Fossils Suggest Cannibalism Is Older Than Once Thought
The “king” of the trilobites was snacking on whatever it could eat some 514 million years ago in the Cambrian era, even shelled creatures of its own species.
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China and Solomon Islands Draft Secret Security Pact, Raising Alarm in the Pacific
The leaked agreement, if signed, could help the Chinese Navy block shipping routes that played a vital role in World War II.
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Australia Agrees to Let New Zealand Resettle Offshore Refugees
Under the arrangement, first offered in 2013, New Zealand will take in 150 refugees a year for three years from Australia’s widely criticized detention system.
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Another ‘One-in-500-Year’ Flood, and a Government Not Up to the Task
Civilians were largely left to rescue one another as a natural disaster struck Australia. It shows how the authorities are struggling to respond to climate-fueled calamities.