Shalom & Aloha: Volcanoes, beaches, sunsets – and Jews – in Hawaii
The history of Jews in the Hawaiian Islands, when they arrived, what happened during World War II, and what their lives are ...
Indiatimes20d
10 facts about Vanuatu, the Pacific Island nation that cancelled Lalit Modi’s passport
Vanuatu, a tiny island nation in the South Pacific, has recently drawn international attention after its Prime Minister, Jotham Napat, ordered the cancellation of fugitive businessman Lalit Modi ...
Grist on MSN5d
Digging for minerals in the Pacific’s graveyard: The $20 trillion fight over who controls the seabed
He was just learning about how Pacific peoples had navigated the ocean, guided by constellations, to find their islands. Hōkūleʻa was the first ... darkness and ending with an extensive Hawaiian ...
Newsweek10d
Map Shows US and Chinese Aircraft Carriers in Pacific This Week
Newsweek's weekly update maps aircraft carrier movements in the Indo-Pacific region ... in the Philippine Sea southeast of Japan's island of Kyushu on Friday, according to a website that records ...
USA Today24d
You could buy citizenship to this tiny Pacific island for $105,000
If you dream of escaping to a tiny island in the South Pacific, you may just be in luck. The serene nation of Nauru recently launched a golden passport initiative selling citizenship with an ...
Hindustan Times21d
10 facts about Vanuatu, the Pacific island country that cancelled Lalit Modi’s passport
Modi was earlier learnt to have acquired citizenship of Vanuatu, an island nation in the Pacific Ocean that is known for its Citizenship-by-Investment (CBI) programme. Vanuatu is an island nation ...
NHK14d
Pacific Islands Forum to build relations with various nations, its chief says
The chief of the Pacific Islands Forum has stressed the importance of its members building relations with various countries, saying, "we don't want to take sides." The forum is a group of ...
csis.org11d
Crossroads of Competition: China in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands
Greg Poling testified before the U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Commission on China’s military and security footprint in the Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands Chair Price, Vice Chair ...
Stars and Stripes21d
No sign of missing sea ambulance as 6-day search ends in the Pacific
Searchers faced challenging conditions in the vast Pacific, Muir said. A “little bit higher sea state with larger swells” hindered visibility. The Navy, Coast Guard and Marshall Islands crews ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation27d
State of the Media: Pacific
The State of the Media research project provides an up-to-date snapshot of the media environment across the Pacific Islands region. It was conducted in partnership with the Stretton Institute at ...
Mint24d
Indo-Pacific security: India mustn’t let Diego Garcia fall off its map
This American air-base in the Indian Ocean has been part of US-UK talks as London plans to hand the island over to Mauritius. Given a cloud over the Quad and our Indo-Pacific stakes, we must hedge ...
SpaceNews29d
Air Force selects Pacific landing sites to test space cargo deliveries
proposing the construction of two landing pads on Johnston Island, a remote atoll in the Pacific Ocean. The pads would support the reentry of vehicles under the Air Force’s Rocket Cargo program ...