Given a potentially distracted US, China may be plotting a takeover of the island that it considers a rebel province. Taipei ...

The plan to double New Zealand’s military budget will be paid for with intensified austerity measures. Already, the ...

For the first time, the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu has access to electronic banking after its first ATM was unveiled. Officials called it a "transformative" era of modern banking in the remote ...

In January 2025, Taiwan’s coast guard blamed a Cameroon- and Tanzania-flagged vessel crewed by seven Chinese nationals and ...

Maps have determined the outcome of battles, inspired the founding of empires, sent pathbreakers on wild-goose chases. In The Island of Lost Maps, journalist Miles Harvey embarks on a journey ...