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The US and its allies are scrambling to respond to China's intensifying moves in the heart of the Pacific
China's pursuit of security agreements with Pacific Island countries have set off alarm bells for t…
Christopher Woody
If you're stranded on an island, a 'HELP' sign can actually save you — but there's an even better way to get rescued
Three men stranded on a Pacific island were rescued after writing "HELP" with palm leaves. A surviv…
Kelsey Vlamis
Mapping Zealandia: Scientists chart the tectonic secrets of Earth’s sunken 8th continent
Zealandia spans approximately a massive 4.9 million square kilometres, making it half the size of A…
How US nuclear tests in the '70s led to today's thriving otter population on the Pacific west coast
Before the US set off a nuclear weapons test, it moved hundreds of otters to the US and British Col…
Jenny McGrath
May 3 is equal pay day for Asian-American women, who earn 75% of what white men do
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander women don't make as much as non-Hispanic whit…
Madison Hoff
Fossil fuels are the new nukes: Pacific island nations at risk from rising sea levels support a nonproliferation treaty for oil and gas
Ministers from six Pacific island nations called for an end to new oil, gas, and coal projects and …
Catherine Boudreau
Passengers will miss New Year's Eve after a flight made an emergency landing on a remote Pacific island
A United flight from Los Angeles to Sydney was diverted to Pago Pago on Friday, but a time-zone qui…
Jyoti Mann
Indo-Pacific corals might end up dominating reefs just by being 'less picky' with their food, study shows
The study has indicated that in the coming years, Cladocopium (the genus that the five studied flex…
The US Army needs tanks to win a war in the Pacific, but it knows the Abrams isn't the right tank for the job
Russia and China have studied the US Army's tanks, and they're fielding new weapons that present mo…
Michael Peck
Hate crimes against Asians and Pacific Islanders in San Francisco spiked more than 500% in 2021
Authorities said, of the 60 hate crimes reported in the city last year, they believe one man is res…
Erin Snodgrass
US House passes National Asian American and Pacific Islander museum bill
The bill would establish an eight-person commission of individuals well versed in Asian American hi…
DeArbea Walker
A tiny Pacific island nation threatened by rising sea levels plans to create a digital copy of itself in the metaverse
Tuvalu hopes that digitization will let it preserve the cultural heritage of its 12,000 people if c…
Stephanie Stacey
'Pacific Rim: Uprising' and 'Kong: Skull Island' star fined $1.1 million for ads touting candies as weight-loss product
In the ads, Jing Tian promoted a fruit and vegetable candy product that claimed to block the body's…
Waiyee Yip
Southeast Asia braces for more droughts and haze with El Nino in the horizon
Southeast Asia faces a high risk of drought, water scarcity, and haze due to the El Nino weather ph…
PTI
I tried Alike, a new dating and friendship app for Asians and Pacific Islanders. It's been incredible.
Using Alike's friendship feature has helped me seek connections with intention - and know that my p…
Sonah Lee-Lassiter
This new dating and friendship app wants to help Asians and Pacific Islanders 'find community and belonging'
"Alike" is meant to complement existing dating and friendship apps. "Unlike other apps, I know ther…
Sonah Lee-Lassiter
The US captured one of its most important military outposts from an enemy who didn't even know it was at war
The Spanish-American War made the US a global power, and one of the islands it captured during the …
Benjamin Brimelow
2 teenagers kept their mom warm after they waded into the Pacific Ocean for 5 hours to escape the Maui wildfires
Noah Tomkinson, 19, his brother Milo, 13, and their mother had to flee from their Lahaina home as t…
Alia Shoaib
Dramatic footage of tsunami hitting the Pacific island of Tonga after a giant underwater volcano erupted
The massive eruption under the Pacific ocean was just 40 miles away from Tonga. Footage on social m…
Bethany Dawson
The Pacific's smallest countries are 'critical geostrategic ground' against China, top US commander says
The Pacific Islands, sparsely populated but strategically located, have outsize influence in the co…