An uninhabited island, a military base and a ‘desolate’ former whaling station. Trump’s trade war includes unlikely targets
The sweeping tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump on Wednesday target not only economic superpowers but also financial minnows. In fact, a White House list notes some territories with no ...
Trump approves UK plan to give up Chagos Islands under ICJ’s ‘decolonization’ ruling
The United Kingdom is set to hand over the Chagos Islands to the small nation of Mauritius after the deal received approval ...
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International Year of Small Island Developing States
There are currently 39 small island developing States in three geographic regions: the Caribbean; the Pacific; and Africa, Indian Ocean and South China Sea. These small islands have a combined ...
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Indian removal
This area was home to the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chicasaw and Seminole nations ... This was a period of voluntary Indian migration, however, and only a small number of Creeks, Cherokee and ...
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Pacific small islands fear rising seas will distort their claims to EEZs
Micronesia wrote in a 2020 letter to the United Nations that it ”intends to maintain these maritime zones ... notwithstanding climate change-induced sea level rise“. Pacific small island ...
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International Year of Small Island Developing States
Small Island Developing States are first recognized as a distinct group of countries at the UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. One hundred and seventy nine nations ...