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Nouméa

capital city of the French special collectivity of New Caledonia

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    New Caledonia votes in first provincial elections since 2019 as independence talks loom

    Voters in the French Pacific territory went to the polls Sunday for long-delayed provincial elections, with a turnout of 54.4 percent, as the independence question hangs over future talks with Paris.

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Culture, media and the new divides

The EU Commission deepened its DSA investigations into Meta and TikTok with follow-up questionnaires specifically targeting AI-generated political content and deepfakes ahead of elections.

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