New Zealand must ‘reset’ Cook Islands ties after China pact, foreign minister says
New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said on Wednesday his country must “reset” its relationship with the Cook Islands ...
Explainer: What is the Cook Islands deal with China and what has worried NZ?
Growing ties between Cook Islands and China, including a new comprehensive partnership agreement action plan detailed this week, have raised concerns in New Zealand, which has a close constitutional ...
Cook Islands gives some detail of its China deal that has upset close partner New Zealand
The South Pacific country of Cook Islands has unveiled the details of a deal with China to boost cooperation after the pact ...
Hosted on MSN23h
Cook Islands PM defends China pact
The Cook Islands' prime minister on Tuesday defended a new partnership pact with China and urged his country not to depend on ...
Global Voices Online1d
Cook Islands and China sign partnership agreement amid transparency and security concerns
"The public deserves to know if there are any debt obligations, resource access clauses, or strategic commitments involved." ...
Law Can’t Stop Submarine Cable Sabotage. Russia And China Know It.
Six undersea cables in the Baltic Sea and Taiwan Strait have been severed since November. Russia and China may be exploiting gaps in international law.
The Pantagraph19d
WWII soldier from Bloomington identified in 1943 remains from Italy
BLOOMINGTON — The remains of one of Bloomington's own who died in Italy during World War II have been identified after 80 long years. He will be buried in Richmond, Virginia, this coming April ...
Toronto Star19d
This GTA board just voted to restrict the Pride flag inside schools. It’s stoking intense division
The rainbow flag can no longer be displayed inside schools of the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, after trustees voted Tuesday to add further restrictions to a controversial policy.
Columbia Missourian20d
No. 9 Missouri gymnastics heads to Louisiana for SEC ranked showdown
No. 9 Mizzou gymnastics looks to continue building momentum as it heads into a Southeastern Conference matchup 7:30 p.m Saturday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, against third-ranked LSU. The black-and ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation21d
Melbourne school fined for death of 16yo student Lachlan Cook on overseas trip
A private school in Melbourne's south-east has been fined $140,000 following the death of one of its students, Lachlan Cook, on an overseas trip in 2019. Lachlan died in hospital from ...
Tallahassee Democrat21d
Why are flags still flying at half-staff in Florida, around US? What to know
Today is the last day flags will be flying at half-staff in honor of former President Jimmy Carter. Carter died in Plains, Georgia, Dec. 29, 2024, at the age of 100. After Carter's death then ...
AZ Central21d
When does the flag go back to full-staff? Here's why they have been at half-staff so long
Flags across Arizona and the United States have been flying at half-staff for nearly a month, but they will soon return to full-staff. Flags across the country were ordered to fly at half-staff ...