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New Caledonia to vote on independence from France

by Associated Press
| October 2, 2020 3:03 AM

NOUMEA, New Caledonia (AP) — Voters in New Caledonia, a French archipelago in the South Pacific, will choose whether they want independence from France in a referendum that marks a milestone in a three-decade decolonization effort.

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