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BROTHERS IN ARMS: CACHE OF LETTERS TRACES FAMILY'S WWII SERVICE AND SECRETS
-- Ralph Eyde in a June 1959 letter to Sanford and John... READ MORE›
TAIWAN UNDERSTANDS NEED TO SPEND MORE ON DEFENCE, PRESIDENT TSAI ING-WEN SAYS IN US
Tsai described Taiwan-US relations as being unprecedentedly friendly in comments released by Taiwan's presidential office on Monday... READ MORE›
TAIWAN PRESIDENT ARRIVES IN HAWAII DESPITE CHINESE OBJECTIONS
Tsai, who China believes is seeking formal independence for Taiwan, left on Saturday on a week-long trip to three Pacific island allies... READ MORE›
INTERPOL OKS 'STATE OF PALESTINE' AS NEW MEMBER, IRKING ISRAEL BUT NO RED NOTICES ON HORIZON
A senior Palestinian official said there were no plans to sue any Israelis through Interpol... READ MORE›
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BREASTFEEDING: NOT A SINGLE COUNTRY IN THE WORLD MEETS WHO, UNICEF STANDARDS
Something to note Tracking accurate breastfeeding rates is tricky, considering less than half of countries are collecting data on rates of breastfeeding... READ MORE›
INDIGENOUS RANGERS STUMBLE ACROSS DODO RELATIVE LIVING IN THE KIMBERLEY
In 2002, scientists determined through DNA analysis that the Nicobar pigeon was the closest living relative to the dodo... READ MORE›
TSUNAMI WARNINGS AFTER 7.8 QUAKE STRIKES OFF SOLOMON ISLANDS' COAST
Another earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 hit 66km west of Kirakira, Solomon Islands, according to USGS... READ MORE›
PIGEON RELATED TO DODO FOUND ON AUSTRALIAN MAINLAND FOR FIRST TIME
The Nicobar pigeon, which is native to islands in Indian and Pacific oceans, was found by Indigenous rangers near Broome... READ MORE›
CYCLONE PAM LEAVES MANY OF VANUATU POPULATION HOMELESS
Related Stories Vanuatu's president has told the BBC many of his people are homeless after the monster cyclone that ravaged the Pacific island nation on Saturday... READ MORE›
"GLOWING" SEA TURTLE DISCOVERED
While filming small sharks and coral reefs in the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, marine biologists had a stunning encounter with a glowing sea turtle... READ MORE›
SOLOMON ISLANDS TSUNAMI WARNING LIFTED AFTER POWERFUL 7.8 QUAKE
A tsunami warning has been lifted in parts of the South Pacific following a powerful earthquake off the Solomon Islands... READ MORE›
DEVASTATED VANUATU STARTS TO GET AID
Aid from Australia and New Zealand has begun to reach the island... READ MORE›
CYCLONE-HIT VANUATU APPEALS FOR HELP
Super cyclone pam how does vanuatu's category 5 storm compare?... READ MORE›
75 YEARS AGO, WHAT IF JAPAN NEVER ATTACKED PEARL HARBOR?
AFP PHOTO US NAVY Few events in World War II were as defining as the Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941... READ MORE›
ABORIGINAL ACTIVIST ENTERS AUSTRALIA WITHOUT PASSPORT
Carrying a self-styled Aboriginal passport Nganyaywana man Callum Clayton-Dixon has also recently entered and departed the Solomon Islands... READ MORE›
ONE IN FIVE PACIFIC ISLANDERS WOULD MOVE TO AUSTRALIA UNDER NEW MIGRATION PROPOSAL
Under the proposal, Pacific Islanders could move to Australia through a similar pathway to that which is currently enjoyed by New Zealanders... READ MORE›
5 PACIFIC ISLANDS SWALLOWED BY THE SEA
Five of the Solomon Islands have completely disappeared under water over the past seven decades, one drawing its last breath as recently as 2011... READ MORE›
WWF WORLDS RICHEST REEF SYSTEM COULD SOON SUCCUMB TO CLIMATE CHANGE
100 million of these reef-reliant peoples live in the Coral Triangle singled out in the report as richer in marine natural capital than anywhere else on earth... READ MORE›
VANUATU TAKES DIRECT HIT FROM CYCLONE PAM, POSSIBLY WORST IN PACIFIC HISTORY
Waves and scattered debris along the coast, caused by Cyclone Pam, in the Vanuatu capital of Port Vila... READ MORE›
CYCLONE HITS ISLAND NATION OF VANUATU KILLING 8
Vanuatu has a population of 270,000, and about 50,000 live in Port-Vila... READ MORE›
HIGHER DEATH TOLL FEARED IN VANUATU IN WAKE OF TROPICAL CYCLONE PAM
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology said Tropical Cyclone Pam started in the sea near the Solomon Islands before intensifying and tracking south to Vanuatu... READ MORE›
CYCLONE PAM: VANUATU DEATH TOLL RISES AS AUSTRALIA PLEDGES $5M IN AID AS IT HAPPENED
New Zealand is upping its financial and logistics support for Vanuatu in the wake of cyclone Pam, AAP reports... READ MORE›
KANAME HARADA PEARL HARBOR FIGHTER PILOT WHO BECAME PACIFIST DIES AT 99
Mr. Harada visited Pearl Harbor in 1991, on the 50th anniversary of the airstrike... READ MORE›
MAJOR 7.5 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES OFF PAPUA NEW GUINEA, TSUNAMI WARNING ISSUED
5 earthquake strikes off Papua New Guinea, tsunami warning issued Date March 30, 2015... READ MORE›
PACIFIC ISLANDS NATIONS CONSIDER WORLD'S FIRST TREATY TO BAN FOSSIL FUELS
Their willingness to consider a Pacific climate treaty shows much-needed leadership on the world's most pressing environmental challenge, she said... READ MORE›
SYRIAN ARMY RUSHES FORCES TO HISTORIC PALMYRA IN IS BATTLE
The group had taken over areas to the northwest and southeast of Palmyra, and clashes continued on Saturday, the army said in a statement... READ MORE›
PACIFIC NATION DEVASTATED BY HISTORIC CYCLONE PAM
People search for belongings in Port Vila on Vanuatu... READ MORE›
CHINA'S BOOMING OCEAN PARKS MEAN MISERY FOR BEARS, BELUGAS AND MORE
Polar bears pace in enclosures at Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai on Feb. 2, 2016... READ MORE›
WORLD WAR II FLIER LAID TO REST AFTER 70 YEARS
Maj. Peyton S. Mathis Jr. died in June 1944 when his plane crashed on Guadalcanal... READ MORE›
NO DAMAGE AFTER POWERFUL QUAKE HITS OFF PAPUA NEW GUINEA
A very strong earthquake has struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea, and a tsunami threat has been issued to areas near the epicenter... READ MORE›
CYCLONE PAM: DOZENS FEARED DEAD IN VANUATU IN 'ONE OF WORST STORMS IN PACIFIC HISTORY'
Cyclone pam dozens feared dead in vanuatu in one of worst storms in pacific history... READ MORE›
COMMENT: SHARKS CAN LIVE INSIDE ACTIVE VOLCANOES
Ocean explorers recently found sharks at the bottom of Kavachi one of the most active submarine volcanoes in the Pacific... READ MORE›
'ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME' STORM SET TO HIT TINY SOUTH PACIFIC ISLAND
Cyclone Pam Vanuatu in panic over 'once-in-a-lifetime' storm bearing down on South Pacific island... READ MORE›
HEADLINES 'EXAGGERATED' CLIMATE LINK TO SINKING OF PACIFIC ISLANDS
The major misunderstanding stems from the conflation of sea-level rise with climate change... READ MORE›