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New Caledonia looks to EU for new markets for troubled nickel sector

The French territory of New Caledonia in the Pacific signed a strategic partnership with the European Union on Tuesday, paving the way to new markets and investment for its struggling nickel industry. The agreement aims to bring producers closer to European supply chains, although funding and industrial projects are yet…

Radio France Internationale · Oct 20

A blessing or a curse? New Caledonia's dwindling nickel industry

This Thursday October 1, the French government is holding a summit aimed at attracting investors and revitalising wealth creation in France's overseas territories. Among the assets Paris wants to highlight is New Caledonian nickel. But the industry has been severely weakened by the political deadlock and tensions that have rocked…

France 24 · Oct 1

Vanuatu ferry sinks in rough seas, at least 1 dead and 30 missing

One person died and thirty remain missing after a ferry sank off Vanuatu's coast. The vessel MV Matui departed Santo for Ambae island in rough seas on Friday. One survivor was found washed ashore, which alerted authorities to the disaster. Search and rescue operations are ongoing with assistance from New…

The Economic Times · Sep 13

How Crows Make Multi-Step Tools in the Wild: What Their Behavior Reveals About Bird Intelligence

What Researchers Actually FilmedIn 2016, researchers from the University of Oxford published footage of New Caledonian crows in the wild doing something that had never been documented outside a laboratory: combining two separate materials to create a single functional tool. One crow picked up a short stick, found it too…

Times Life · Jul 23

Surprise alliance hands anti-independence bloc control of New Caledonia Congress

The anti-independence bloc has won control of New Caledonia's deliberative assembly, after securing the backing of a small party – despite the two sides holding sharply different views on the future of the French Pacific territory.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 10

Anti-independence parties make gains in New Caledonia provincial poll

New Caledonia’s non-independence parties gained ground in provincial elections on Sunday, according to provisional results, in a vote expected to shape the next round of talks with France over the Pacific territory’s future status.

Radio France Internationale · Jun 29

New Caledonia polls close in French territory's first provincial elections since 2019

Voting in the French overseas territory of New Caledonia closed on Sunday, with a turnout of 54.42 per cent, as citizens participated in the archipelago's first provincial elections since 2019. The results of the election, initially planned for 2024, will determine the balance of power in New Caledonia ahead of…

France 24 · Jun 28

New Caledonia election tests territory's future after unrest and deadlock

Polling stations have just closed in New Caledonia following provincial elections in a vote that will test the French Pacific territory's future after years of political deadlock and unrest.

Radio France Internationale · Jun 28

129,000 years of crocodiles: what we know about Australasia’s ancient apex predators

The sight of a saltwater crocodile basking on a mudbank is one of the most iconic and intimidating images of northern Australia. Yet the crocodiles that inhabit the region today are just the survivors of a much richer and stranger lost world.

The Conversation · May 19

Future uncertain in New Caledonia after French MPs block reform plan

French lawmakers rejected the government’s constitutional reform for New Caledonia on Thursday, casting doubt over the plan’s future and prompting Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu to call fresh talks with local political leaders.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 3