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Mauritius

Tadej Pogacar pips Tom Pidcock to win Milan-San Remo for the first time

Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar celebrating on the podium of the 117th Milan-San Remo one-day classic cycling race, with second-placed Briton Thomas Pidcock (left) and third-placed Belgian Wout van Aert on March 21, 2026.
Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar celebrating on the podium of the 117th Milan-San Remo one-day classic cycling race, with second-placed Briton Thomas Pidcock (left) and third-placed Belgian Wout van Aert on March 21, 2026.

Britain issues removal orders to four who landed on Chagos atoll

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: People protest outside the High Court where Chagossian campaigners are challenging the British government's deal to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, in London, Britain, October 28, 2025. REUTERS/Hiba Kola/File Photo/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: People protest outside the High Court where Chagossian campaigners are challenging the British government's deal to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, in London, Britain, October 28, 2025. REUTERS/Hiba Kola/File Photo/File Photo

Four islanders land on remote Chagos atoll, hope to block UK-Mauritius deal

Trump calls UK’s Chagos deal with Mauritius an ‘act of total weakness’

US President Donald Trump said there was no doubt that “China and Russia have noticed this act” by Britain.
US President Donald Trump said there was no doubt that “China and Russia have noticed this act” by Britain.

UN body urges Britain and Mauritius not to ratify Chagos deal

FILE PHOTO: Members of the British Chagossian community demonstrate, as they wait to hear the outcome of a court injunction that temporarily blocked the UK from concluding Chagos Islands deal with Mauritius, outside the High Court in London, Britain, May 22, 2025. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Members of the British Chagossian community demonstrate, as they wait to hear the outcome of a court injunction that temporarily blocked the UK from concluding Chagos Islands deal with Mauritius, outside the High Court in London, Britain, May 22, 2025. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett/File Photo

Mauritius arrests aide to former Madagascar president over money laundering, Financial Crimes Commission says

India pledges $680 million in economic support for Mauritius

FILE PHOTO: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) shakes hands with his Mauritian counterpart Navinchandra Ramgoolam before the start of their bilateral meeting in New Delhi May 27, 2014.  REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) shakes hands with his Mauritian counterpart Navinchandra Ramgoolam before the start of their bilateral meeting in New Delhi May 27, 2014.  REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo

Senior Mauritius central bank official resigns

Key facts about Chagos Islands deal signed by UK and Mauritius

Members of the British Chagossian community demonstrate, as they wait to hear the outcome of a court injunction that temporarily blocked the UK from concluding Chagos Islands deal with Mauritius, outside the High Court in London, Britain, May 22, 2025. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
Members of the British Chagossian community demonstrate, as they wait to hear the outcome of a court injunction that temporarily blocked the UK from concluding Chagos Islands deal with Mauritius, outside the High Court in London, Britain, May 22, 2025. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett

UK signs Chagos Islands deal with Mauritius to secure future of US-UK air base

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaking at a press conference on May 22, after signing a deal to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, under which it retains control of the strategically important US-UK air base on Diego Garcia, the largest island of the Indian Ocean archipelago.
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaking at a press conference on May 22, after signing a deal to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, under which it retains control of the strategically important US-UK air base on Diego Garcia, the largest island of the Indian Ocean archipelago.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.