Remote island in Pacific Ocean already ringing in the New Year
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Remote island in Pacific Ocean already ringing in the New Year
visible on most map projections in the southern half of the Pacific. This is because two island chains in Kiribati – the Phoenix and Line islands – shifted their time zones in 1995.