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New Caledonia reopening its international airport and shortening curfew as unrest continues to ebb

Jun. 16, 2024 05:16 AM EDT

PARIS (AP) — The French Pacific territory of New Caledonia is shortening its overnight curfew and reopening its international airport that was closed to commercial flights for more than a month because of deadly violence that wracked the archipelago where pro-independence Indigenous Kanaks want...

Violence in New Caledonia subsides slightly as France sends reinforcements for security

May. 17, 2024 13:05 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — The number of violent incidents reported in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia fell slightly on Friday, after France imposed a state of emergency following protests over voting reforms backed by the government in Paris. About 1,000 reinforcements for the...