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Repatriated student from PHL is Solomon Islands’ first recorded coronavirus case

Honiara, Solomon Islands (AFP) -- The Solomon Islands announced they have lost the battle to stay free of the coronavirus,…

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NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AFP) -- A shallow 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific island nation of Tonga on Thursday, the US Geological…

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HONIARA, Solomon Islands (AFP) -- Two bomb disposal experts from Britain and Australia died in the Solomon Islands when…

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern moved most of New Zealand to the lowest virus alert setting…

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MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- Australian officials on Sunday extended a strict virus lockdown of the country's second-biggest city by…

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by Bernadette CARREON Agence France Presse KOROR, Palau (AFP) -- The tiny Pacific nation of Palau has urged the…

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- New Zealand recorded its first Covid-19 death in more than three months on Friday…

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SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia has entered its first recession since 1991 after the economy shrank 7 percent in the…

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday extended a lockdown in New Zealand's largest city, saying…

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by Andrew Beatty with AFP bureaus SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia's leader called Wednesday for coronavirus immunizations to be mandatory,…

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