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New Zealand expressed renewed concern on Monday about the Cook Islands' prime minister travelling to China this week to sign ...

The leader of the tiny South Pacific nation of the Cook Islands has flown to China to seal a controversial security deal, in ...

A rare dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati has renewed focus on the Pacific island nation, highlighting the existential ...

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Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown will visit China next week, the first visit by a leader of the small South Pacific ...

Beijing argued last year that the United States ... Harwell reported from Florida and Pannett from Wellington, New Zealand. Lyric Li in Seoul contributed to this report.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP ... Tensions have risen since Kiribati aligned itself with China in 2019 and signed a series of bilateral deals with Beijing. The bond between Kiribati — population 120,000 ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP ... itself with China in 2019 and signed a series of bilateral deals with Beijing. The bond between Kiribati — population 120,000 — and its near neighbor ...