New Zealand government alarmed by Cook Islands deal with China
The Cook Islands’ pact with China has been furiously denounced by New Zealand as breaching the neo-colonial constitutional ...
Gutting aid, US cedes soft power game to China
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank will not launch its own digital currency while he is in charge of the central bank.
HGTV Dream Home voting ends Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day, for $2.1 million grand prize
In its history, there have been 5 HGTV Dream Homes in Florida. Marie Fratta of New York won 2024 grand prize. She later sold the Anastasia Island home ...
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Three Join Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands Board
Joining the Board effective January 1, 2025, is Kurt E. Petri, a partner at Dudley Newman Feuerzeig LLP. He has been a key member of the firm’s transactional department since 2008, and brings ...
Why a deal with China has strained New Zealand’s ties with the Cook Islands
Why a deal with China has strained New Zealand’s ties with the Cook Islands - Beijing’s growing influence in the South ...
America’s Pacific paradox leaves the door open to China
Perhaps geography is still destiny after all. The closer a Pacific nation sits to American shores, the more Washington seems ...
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Why a China deal has set off a Cook Islands-New Zealand spat
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown is visiting Beijing this week to sign a strategic partnership agreement with the world’s second-largest economy in the latest sign of China’s expanding influence ...
A rare diplomatic spat exposes growing pressures in the Pacific as US, China vie for influence
A rare dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati has renewed focus on the Pacific island nation, highlighting the existential ...
9 of the best value adults-only resorts in Europe for 2025
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How passports and a deal with China have put New Zealand at odds with its former colony Cook Islands
Wellington is at odds with the Cook Islands over a looming new agreement with China and the former Pacific colony's plan to have its own passport.