Your current location:HOME >style >Macron is making a surprise trip to New Caledonia amid deadly unrest and indigenous frustration 正文
TIME:2024-05-21 22:15:14 Source: Internet compilationEdit:style
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is making a surprise trip to riot-hit New Caledonia, t
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is making a surprise trip to riot-hit New Caledonia, the French Pacific territory that has been gripped by days of deadly unrest and where indigenous people have long sought independence.
“He will go there tonight,” government spokesperson Prisca Thevenot said after a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday where the president said he’d decided to make the more than 33,000-kilometer (20,000-mile) round trip himself to the archipelago east of Australia.
Six people have been killed, including two gendarmes, and hundreds of others injured in New Caledonia amid armed clashes, looting and arson, raising new questions about Macron’s handling of France’s colonial legacy.
There have been decades of tensions between indigenous Kanaks who seek independence for the archipelago of 270,000 people, and descendants of colonizers and colonists who want to remain part of France.
Trump accepts a VP debate but wants it on Fox News. Harris has already said yes to CBS2024-05-21 22:03
US, Japan and South Korea agree to expand security and economic ties at historic Camp David summit2024-05-21 21:29
Biden administration imposes first2024-05-21 21:27
Winston Peters to meet Anthony Blinken and Trump official in Washington2024-05-21 21:20
Biden says Brown v. Board of Education ruling was about more than education2024-05-21 21:17
Four killed, several injured as race car hits spectators at Hungary rally2024-05-21 21:16
Death toll rises in Taiwan's strongest earthquake in 25 years2024-05-21 21:14
Students petition Parliament to keep free school lunches funding2024-05-21 20:36
With Djokovic awaiting the winner, Murray trails Hanfmann at rain2024-05-21 20:15
Chubby Hearts Hong Kong: Gov't gave HK$7.8 million for installation2024-05-21 20:03
Uber and Lyft say they'll stay in Minnesota after Legislature passes driver pay compromise2024-05-21 21:22
'Devil in the details' when considering biofuels2024-05-21 20:49
Evergrande's bankruptcy may be just the beginning of China's real estate crisis2024-05-21 20:49
Environmentally2024-05-21 20:33
Investigators return to Long Island home of Gilgo Beach serial killing suspect2024-05-21 20:31
Two critical after incident on Auckland street2024-05-21 20:21
Pope skips Good Friday procession 'to preserve his health'2024-05-21 20:20
3 Body Problem: Lawyer sentenced to death for Lin Qi murder2024-05-21 20:19
Saudi Arabia is going to sponsor the WTA women's tennis rankings under a new partnership2024-05-21 19:40
China news: Mystery as Xi Jinping unexpectedly skips key speech2024-05-21 19:39