Category: World

War makes nickel soar

Posted by Ted Wood | Mar 5, 2022 | Breaking News, Business, Economy, New Caledonia, Pacific, World

University of Caledonia: an international research project for peace

by Ted Wood | Feb 22, 2023 | Area, New Caledonia, Politics, World

How to involve citizens in conflict resolution? The legal and economic research laboratory of the University of New Caledonia is embarking on a new international research project entitled “Inclusive Peace”. The...

Europe invests in culture

by Ted Wood | Oct 22, 2021 | Area, Culture, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, World

The European Union will fund projects to promote the culture and heritage of its outermost regions...

Trump post-Covid: “I feel so powerful. I’ll kiss everyone in that audience.”

by Thomas Wilson | Oct 13, 2020 | Breaking News, Politics, World

Ten days after being tested positive to Covid-19, president Donald Trump returned to the campaign...

Alexei Navalny blames Vladimir Putin for poisoning him

by Thomas Wilson | Oct 3, 2020 | Breaking News, Politics, World

A few days only after been released from the Charité hospital in Berlin, leading Russian...

Trump and first lady Melania tested positive for the coronavirus

by Thomas Wilson | Oct 2, 2020 | Healthcare, Politics, World

President Trump announced in a tweet on Friday, October 2, that he and the first lady Melania have...

Covid-19 epidemic worsens in France

by Thomas Wilson | Oct 2, 2020 | Healthcare, World

The scientific council advising the French government is concerned about the current worsening of...

President Macron to address nation after second referendum in New Caledonia

by Thomas Wilson | Sep 30, 2020 | New Caledonia, Politics, World

At the end of the Council of Ministers held on Monday, September 28, Gabriel Attal, spokesman of...

Covid returns to Tahiti
The Covid-19 epidemic is back on the rise in French Polynesia. Sixty-six new cases were confirmed last week, according to Tahiti Infos. According to the health watch bulletin, the cases are mainly concentrated in Tahiti (46), then in the Tuamotus (11) and the Leeward Islands (6). The XBB.1.5 sub-variant, responsible for this upsurge, appears to be more contagious, but has so far caused very few serious cases.