A 1,000-tonne ship is exploring the far-flung South Pacific for riches buried beneath the waves, spearheading efforts to dredge the tropical waters for industrial deep-sea mining. But plans to mine ...

Divers clutch wooden spears as they plunge beneath the waves, hunting hordes of hungry starfish destroying the coral reefs around the Cook Islands. Scuba divers scour the Cook Islands' reefs for ...

Let the islands’ people decide whether deepening ties with China reflect their collective aspirations – and whether the ...

This year’s top islands, as voted in our “World’s Best Awards” survey for 2025, span 18 countries, from the Mediterranean to the South Pacific.

Australian Zac Stubblety-Cook — an Olympic gold and silver medalist in the 200m breaststroke — will miss the World Swimming Championships that start July 26 in Singapore, citing a back injury.

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Two British social media chefs used an ostrich egg to create the world's largest scotch egg, which weighed in at a whopping 17 pounds and 3.48 ounces.

Four college athletes from the U.S. Virgin Islands will compete beginning later this week in the International University Sports Federation’s 2025 Summer World University Games in Germany.

Starting from July 1, Bernard Harborne becomes the World Bank Group Resident Representative for Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.

China's embassy in Fiji denied on Thursday that Beijing wanted a military base or sphere of influence in the Pacific Islands, after Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said islands were trying ...

“Jurassic World: Rebirth” feels more like a Steven Spielberg film than most of its predecessors. Nothing can compare to Spielberg’s 1993 original “Jurassic Park,” with its terrific story ...