islands
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When the floods spill over Botswana’s Okavango Delta every year, fat antelopes congregate in lush grazing grounds and big predators treat the islands like snack bars.
On Nov. 18, the committee sent subpoenas External link to JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank and the attorney general for the Virgin Islands, requesting financial records related to Epstein.
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The volcanic islands of Matthew and Hunter lie several hundred kilometres east of the French overseas territory of New Caledonia but are also claimed by the island nation of Vanuatu, which won independence in 1980.
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The delimitation of the maritime border between Vanuatu and France as well as French sovereignty over the islands of Matthew and Hunter had been raised during a meeting last July in Paris between Macron and the Prime Minister of Vanuatu, Johnny Koanapo, it added.
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Although these islands are uninhabited, sovereignty over Matthew and Hunter allows New Caledonia, and therefore France, to have a large exclusive economic zone.
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