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New Zealand hikes foreign aid budget with eye on contested South Pacific

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand will ramp up foreign aid spending by nearly a third, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said on Tuesday, as the country seeks to pour money into the Pacific in part to counter the rising influence of China. Source: Reuters World News

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Seychelles to gather updated information on forests through new national inventory

The Seychelles will be embarking on a new project to provide accurate and updated information on the status of the island nation’s forests, including data on endemic and native species. The project will be done through a national forest inventory which will be implemented by the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change with technical [...]

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Victims of Japan's forced sterilizations demand justice after decades of silence

TOKYO (Reuters) - One day when Saburo Kita was 14, he was taken from an institution for troubled children to see a doctor. Despite protesting that his health was fine, he was ordered to strip, lie down on a table, and was given a local anesthetic. Source: Reuters World News

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