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The Sri Lanka Retailers’ Association (SLRA) held its 8th Annual General Meeting on June 25, at Hilton Colombo Residencies, ...
Fiji is opposed to China setting up a military base in the Pacific Islands, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said on Wednesday, adding that it did not need such a base to project power, as shown by an ...
The forward deployment of warships marks Washington's commitment to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific region, the Navy said.
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China and other industrial fleets pull in the bulk of the tuna caught in the Pacific, paying an access fee when inside each country’s exclusive economic zone. For the Solomon Islands, this zone ...
Cook Island soldiers mobilised during World War I, exact date unknown. [Photo: Te Papa Tongarewa / 230505121] The Pacific soldiers sent to fight in Europe and the Middle East were particularly ...
The maps showed that coconut palms covered 58.3% of the islands’ tree cover, surpassing native broadleaf trees in terms of canopy area. The study found that 51.2% of the coconut canopies occur ...
What's New A 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the South Pacific island nation Vanuatu on Tuesday. A tsunami warning was lifted less than two hours after the quake. However, with ...
The tremor was centred near the capital, Port Vila, the largest city in the country, at a depth of 35 miles (56km), triggering a tsunami warning that was quickly withdrawn.
China has surpassed the United States and regained its place as the second-largest bilateral donor to the Pacific Islands, according to a new report published Wednesday by the Lowy Institute.