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Pacific Ocean

New US strike on suspected drug-smuggling boat in eastern Pacific kills one

Americas

USA: Military carries out strike on three vessels in Pacific

Americas

US military kills eight in strikes on alleged narco-trafficking vessels in eastern Pacific

Americas

US strikes 2 more Latin American ‘drug boats’, bringing death toll to 76

Americas

US launches strikes on alleged drug-running boats off Colombia, killing 14

Americas

US carries out two strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Pacific

Americas

Two killed by US strike on alleged drug-trafficking boat in Pacific Ocean

Americas

Millions of evacuees return home as tsunami warnings lifted across Pacific

Asia / Pacific

Chile upgrades tsunami warning to highest level for most of its Pacific coast after quake

As it happened
Environment

Massive earthquake off Russian coast sparks tsunami warnings across Pacific

Asia / Pacific

Trump signs executive order to expand US deep-sea mining for rare earth minerals

Americas

US ranks protection of Taiwan on same level as home territory, analyst says

Asia / Pacific

Pacific deep-sea mining interests reveal rare species, and a scramble to name them

Americas
Perspective

Diver Paul Rose describes 'brilliant feeling' of world's largest coral discovery

Environment
Press Review

Australia accused of 'exporting climate destruction’ by Pacific neighbours

Super Typhoon Man-yi slams into Philippines – the sixth major storm in a month

Asia / Pacific

World's largest known coral found near Solomon Islands

Asia / Pacific

China fires intercontinental missile into Pacific Ocean in rare test

Asia / Pacific

Pacific Island leaders endorse contentious regional policing plan

Asia / Pacific

Pacific sea levels are rising faster than global average, says WMO

Asia / Pacific

'Dark Oxygen' in depths of Pacific Ocean prompts new theories on life's origins

Americas

Several missing after Japanese navy helicopters crash in the Pacific during training

Asia / Pacific

Solomon Islands voters go to polls as China's influence draws scrutiny

Asia / Pacific

China’s Pacific charm offensive pays off as Nauru drops Taipei for Beijing

TAIWAN ELECTION
Asia / Pacific

Putin unveils new Russian nuclear submarines to flex naval muscle beyond Ukraine

Russian ambitions
Europe

Australia offers refuge to Tuvaluans as rising sea levels threaten Pacific archipelago

Climate migration
Asia / Pacific

Australia offers climate refuge to Tuvalu citizens threatened by rising seas

Asia / Pacific

China's sushi fans flounder over Fukushima water release

Fukushima
Asia / Pacific

Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant begins releasing treated wastewater into Pacific

Asia / Pacific

Japan’s Fukushima water release plan fuels fear despite IAEA backing

Continuing fallout
Asia / Pacific

US, Japan and S. Korea agree to reinforce economic, security ties at Camp David summit

Americas

'I don't know who made it out': Hawaii residents return home after devastating wildfires

On the Ground
Americas

Macron denounces 'new imperialism' in the Pacific during landmark visit

Asia / Pacific

Australian 'Cast Away' rescued by Mexican boat after months lost at sea

Asia / Pacific
Access Asia

Concerns linger over Japan’s plan to release treated Fukushima wastewater into Pacific

Asia / Pacific
Focus

Earth's final frontier: The global race to exploit deep sea minerals

France

IAEA chief visits Fukushima as Japan prepares to release treated radioactive water into sea

Asia / Pacific

El Nino is back, and it's brought the threat of extreme weather with it

RISING TEMPERATURES
Environment
Focus

Home to world's largest lagoon, New Caledonia bets on sustainable tourism

France
Focus

Hospital on French island of Tahiti uses seawater for air conditioning

Environment

Pacific Island countries fight to ensure future before rising sea levels swallow them up

Climate crisis
Asia / Pacific

Solomon Islands signed China security pact with 'eyes open' despite criticism from US, Australia

Geopolitics
Asia / Pacific

World rushes aid to tsunami-hit Tonga as drinking water, food runs short

US, New Zealand sending aid ships in Tonga as UN prepares for Covid-distanced relief operations

Tonga government confirms three deaths and destruction on outlying islands

Peru beaches suffer oil spill blamed on waves from Tonga volcanic eruption

Images reveal devastation in tsunami-hit Tonga

Aerial photos show ‘alarming’ destruction in Tonga after volcanic eruption, deadly tsunami

Asia / Pacific

Massive volcanic eruption in Tonga caused 'significant damage'

Asia / Pacific

New Caledonia to hold tense final vote on independence from France

Fiji: The country reopens borders to international tourists after more than 600 days of lockdown

Evacuations as burning cargo ship spews toxic gas off Canada’s coast

Americas

France denies covering-up nuclear tests near French Polynesia in Pacific

Asia / Pacific

Claims of a coup in Samoa as prime minister-elect locked out of parliament

Asia / Pacific

Fiji's capital enters lockdown after Covid-19 'superspreader' funeral event

Asia / Pacific

Stranded men rescued from Pacific island after writing SOS in sand

Asia / Pacific

Pacific summit ends in tears as Australia dismays at-risk islanders

ASIA-PACIFIC
Asia / Pacific

Rubbish found at bottom of the ocean in deepest-ever sub dive

PACIFIC OCEAN
Americas
Focus

Australia's Great Barrier Reef disappearing due to climate change

FOCUS
Asia / Pacific

French territory of New Caledonia divided over independence

UN court rules against Bolivia in dispute with Chile over sea access

BOLIVIA - CHILE
Americas

Organization launches device to clean great Pacific trash island

Chile to restrict length of stay for tourists and non-locals on Easter Island

CHILE
Americas

Mexico buries its dead after worst earthquake in decades

MEXICO
Americas

US - Rex Tillerson says Beijing can't have access to artificial islands in South China Sea

Endangered sea lions: Army of volunteers rescue starving pups in battle against global warming

Study says five Solomon Islands have disappeared underwater

Solomon Islands
Asia / Pacific

Ministers reach deal on 12-nation Pacific trade pact

TRADE
Business

El Nino set to return with a vengeance

CLIMATE
Americas
Focus

Overfishing and the global appetite for bluefin tuna: can Tokyo turn the tide?

Man 'lost at sea' for a year returns home to El Salvador

EL SALVADOR
Americas

Philippines typhoon death toll tops 5,200, govt says

PHILIPPINES
Asia / Pacific