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A separate passport and citizenship is only available to fully independent countries, Wellington says New Zealand has rejected a proposal by the Cook Islands to introduce a separate passport for ...

New Zealand has rejected a proposal by the Cook Islands, a self-governing nation in free association with the larger Pacific country, to allow the creation of its own passports and citizenship but ...

MANILA, PHILIPPINES (18 December 2024) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of the Cook Islands have signed a $30 million loan agreement to support the Cook Islands in building ...

Gisborne waka ama paddling coach Vesna Radonich picked up four gold medals at the annual Vaka Eiva festival in Rarotonga in the Cook Islands last month. It put the seal on a busy year for ...

Men praying on a small patch of grass last year in Shagai, in Afghanistan’s Bakwa District. The district became a booming hub of production and trade for opium, heroin and methamphetamines.

For Little Big Town, it's a very Country Christmas. The foursome spread holiday cheer live from Nashville Monday night with their TV special, "Little Big Town's Christmas at the Opry." ...

Twenty years ago, Little Big Town were seemingly at the end of their rope in trying to make it in Nashville. The country music quartet had two failed recording contracts in the rearview mirror ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Apple CEO Tim Cook gestures as he accompanies Britain’s King Charles III during a visit at Apple’s UK ...

A strong wind warning is still in force for both land and waters of the Southern Cook Islands, including Rarotonga. High easterly winds, ranging from 20 to 30 knots with gusts up to 35 knots, are ...

(Reuters) - Apple CEO Tim Cook will meet Donald Trump on Friday night at the U.S. president-elect's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. Business leaders ...

This Forum conducts peer reviews and assessments across over 130 jurisdictions in which Cook Islands is a member of. The aim of these reviews is to evaluate the country's ability to cooperate ...