By Kirsty Needham (Reuters) – Counting was underway on Thursday in the Solomon Islands after a national election a day earlier, although electoral officials said they were searching for a …
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MIAMI – U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations worked with international partners to seize 4,294 pounds (1,948 kilograms) of cocaine on March 6 off the coast of the British …
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By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) – The U.S. military will not be involved in development of a port in the Philippines’ remote northernmost islands near Taiwan, the local governor said …
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ATHENS (Reuters) – The Greek islands of Crete and Gavdos have seen a steep rise in migrant boats landing on their shores from Libya this year, U.N. data shows, piling …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Chinese coast guard personnel briefly boarded a Taiwanese tourist boat near Taiwan-controlled islands next to China’s coast on Monday, the government in Taipei said, in an escalation …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Friday he supported funding for U.S.-allied Pacific Island nations as a way to …
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MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines will develop islands in the South China Sea that it considers part of its territory to make them more habitable for troops, Manila’s military chief …
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COLLIER COUNTY, FL – A tragic incident unfolded on Sunday afternoon at the Port of the Islands Hotel when a former employee entered the facility and fatally shot a hotel …
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By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Taiwan’s new de facto ambassador to the United States, Alexander Yui, arrived in Washington on Monday, according to a tweet from a U.S. official, …
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BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) – China and Japan accused each other of maritime incursions after a confrontation between their coast guards in waters around disputed islands in the East China Sea. China’s …
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(Reuters) – A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the Philippine Islands region on Sunday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The quake was 10 km below the Earth’s surface, GFZ …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan issued an advisory for a tsunami of 1 metre for the islands off of Izu peninsula on the eastern coast of the country. The warning followed …
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New Jersey is a state teeming with bustling cities, quaint small towns, and sprawling suburbs. Yet, within its intricate geography lie several anomalies: landlocked towns, municipalities entirely surrounded by a …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manesseh Sogavare said he skipped a Pacific Islands leaders summit at the White House this week to avoid a “lecture” and because he …
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SYDNEY/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. is disappointed Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare will not attend a Pacific Islands summit with U.S. President Joe Biden next week, the White House …
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The president of the Marshall Islands said on Wednesday his Pacific island nation was “cautiously optimistic” it could soon finalize a deal on future ties with …
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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Vanuatu’s parliament elected Sato Kilman as the nation’s new prime minister on Monday after a court upheld a vote of no-confidence in his predecessor, who …
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The US And China Are Ratcheting Up A Tug- Of- War For Influence Over Little-Known Islands In The Pacific Micaela Burrow on September 2, 2023 The U.S. and China are …
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Former Virgin Islands AG Says Governor Pressured Her To Allow Epstein Onto Island Will Kessler on August 16, 2023 The former U.S. Virgin Islands attorney general revealed in court documents …
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase and the U.S. Virgin Islands traded new accusations this week in legal filings over their relationships with the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The …
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(Reuters) – Apollo Global Management Inc co-founder Leon Black paid $62.5 million to the U.S. Virgin Islands to avoid any legal claims tied to a Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking investigation, the …
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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – Pacific Islands nations Solomon Islands and Vanuatu are considering forming defence forces and have discussed the matter with Australia, Defence Minister Richard Marles said …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration is confident about reaching a strategic agreement with the Marshall Islands, the State Department’s senior official for East Asia and the Pacific told Congress …
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By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The foreign minister of the Marshall Islands called on Thursday for more U.S. money to deal with the legacy of massive U.S. nuclear testing to …
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By Borja Suarez ARGUINEGUIN, Spain (Reuters) – A total of 168 migrants were rescued on Thursday near Spain’s Canary Islands, emergency services said, one day after migrant charities said they …