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SWEETENING THE DEAL US President Joe Biden (center) welcomes Pacific Island leaders for a family photo during the US-Pacific Island Country Summit on the North Portico of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022 (September 30 in Manila). AFP PHOTO
SWEETENING THE DEAL US President Joe Biden (center) welcomes Pacific Island leaders for a family photo during the US-Pacific Island Country Summit on the North Portico of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022 (September 30 in Manila). AFP PHOTO

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Thursday (Friday in Manila) announced $810 million in new funding for Pacific Islands at a first-of-a-kind summit with their leaders in Washington, vowing a closer partnership with a strategic but sparsely populated region where China is making inroads.

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