Tag: archipelago
5,000 hectares destroyed in the Spanish archipelago of the Canaries, firefighters helped by the drop in temperatures
The evacuated town of Tijarafe, on the island of La Palma, in the Canary archipelago, Spain, Saturday July 15, 2023. STRINGER / AFP The drop in temperatures on Sunday July…
The Chagos Archipelago – the last British colony in Africa
Status: 06/12/2023 4:42 p.m The British should soon be rid of their last colony in Africa: the Chagos archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean is to be handed…
Hot line between Beijing and Tokyo because of controversial archipelago
Status: 05/16/2023 8:10 p.m In the East China Sea, there are repeated tensions between China and Japan over a group of islands. In order to avoid future military clashes, a…
Chinese spy balloons have flown over the archipelago in recent years
Over Japan, “specific balloon-shaped flying objects” previously identified – notably in November 2019, June 2020 and September 2021 – would ultimately be Chinese spy balloons, according to “further analysis” of…
Gérald Darmanin back in New Caledonia in early March to discuss the status of the archipelago
He promised it, he does it. Gérald Darmanin will travel to New Caledonia from March 2 to 8, for his second trip there. The Minister of the Interior and Overseas…
Heavy snowfall and exceptional cold snap on the archipelago
The opportunity was too good: while all of Japan is facing heavy snowfall, causing transport disruptions, passers-by and tourists take the opportunity to immortalize in photos temples and shrines covered…
Magnitude 7 earthquake on the archipelago, according to the USGS
A magnitude 7 tremor was detected off the Pacific island state of Vanuatu on Sunday evening, according to the United States Institute of Geophysics (USGS), triggering a tsunami warning. The…
The Glénan archipelago soon to be classified as a national nature reserve?
With its turquoise waters and white sand beaches, the Glénan archipelago in Finistère sometimes looks like the Caribbean or Polynesia. A heavenly place, made up of nine islands and numerous…
Why it “burns everywhere” in Mamoudzou, the capital of the archipelago
On the spot, residents describe scenes of “chaos”. This Tuesday, the deputy of Mayotte, Estelle Youssouffa, launched a “cry of distress” on the “cycle of vendetta”, of “barbarism and terror”…
The future of the archipelago is discussed in Paris without the separatists
Nouméa’s future is being written… in Paris. The government is organizing a series of meetings this Thursday and Friday to advance the status of New Caledonia. These discussions are taking…