The agreement does not grant France’s 172 years-old Pacific colony independence, either immediately or in the future.

France has announced a sweeping agreement granting more autonomy to the South Pacific territory of New Caledonia.

What was once a shining symbol of liberty now carries the sorrow of lost meaning,” the artist wrote in a July 4 post on ...

There were violent protests against French rule in the semiautonomous Pacific territory last year. The agreement would create ...