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Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau survives a no-confidence vote, with the opposition falling one vote short of removing him from power.
2023-08-16

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announces a referendum on the acceptance of "thousands of illegal immigrants from the Middle East and Africa" as part of a European Union relocation plan.
2023-08-14

Vanuatu declares a malaria outbreak in four of its provinces.
2022-07-12

Vanuatuan prime minister Bob Loughman confirms that two Vanuatuan citizens who were repatriated from New Caledonia have the Delta variant and urges residents to get vaccinated.
2021-11-8

The city of Geneva, Switzerland, sets its minimum wage to CHF23 (US$25) per hour per the results of a September referendum, becoming the highest in the world.
2020-11-1

Vanuatu begins evacuating 11,000 islanders from the island of Ambae because of the erupting volcano Manaro Voui which pollutes the water.
2017-10-1

Dozens of people in Vanuatu are in shelters as Cyclone Cook hits the island. It is due to pass through New Caledonia tomorrow.
2017-04-9

A 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurs off the coast of Vanuatu with a tsunami warning issued.
2016-04-3

The United Kingdom will host the next CHOGM meeting in 2018 as Vanuatu, which was to host the meeting, had its infrastructure damaged by Cyclone Pam earlier in the year.
2015-11-28

Vanuatu Prime Minister Sato Kilman is ousted in a vote of no confidence. Serge Vohor becomes the new Prime Minister of Vanuatu.
2011-04-24