By Kristine Sabillo More than half of the tree cover in Pacific atolls is largely composed of “abandoned and overgrown” colonial-era coconut palm plantations, reveal satellite images in a study ...

Nearly half of white high school students and more than half of Black students in the state said they'd experienced racism in ...

This Central American gem is abounding in rugged terrain and rainforests. It’s the ultimate postcard destination with ...

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration designated the marine portions of Hawaii’s Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, a 582,570 square-mile area in the Pacific Ocean ...

From Chinn Ho to David Murdock, here are the men and occasional women selected as the year’s most influential leaders.

No details have been released, but analysts and environmentalists fear it will pave the way for closer security ties and the ...

Today, the Trump administration will be inheriting an inconsistent, inefficient, and incomplete diplomatic posture in the Pacific Islands region. The Biden administration may have expanded the ...

China says a visit this week by the Cook Islands' prime minister to Beijing was not meant to conspire against anyone in the ...

A rare dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati has renewed focus on the Pacific island nation, highlighting the existential ...

Leader of Cook Islands flies to Beijing to negotiate a security deal despite New Zealand warnings The leader of the tiny South Pacific nation of the Cook Islands has flown to China to seal a ...