This story was originally published by Grist with the headline Digging for minerals in the Pacific’s graveyard: The $20 trillion fight over who controls the seabed on Mar 26, 2025.

U.S. Congresswoman Amata Radewagen, who represents American Samoa, has urged the Trump administration to reopen most of an ...

But new research suggests that millions of years ago, iguanas pulled off the 5,000-mile odyssey on a raft of floating ...

Under the current system, NGA talents have largely been deemed eligible based on their Indigenous background or Asian or African descent. Clubs are aware that the League is weighing up expanding that ...

An immigration expert thinks visa-free travel should not be extended to visitors from Pacific Island nations, while the New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says it is not a priority. The ...

The Green Party says the visa barriers that prevent visitors from Pacific Island nations entering New Zealand are "unfair" - and a hangover of racism and the days of the dawn raids. Green Party ...

"The consequences of global warming are rendering Pacific Island states increasingly uninhabitable ... age of 18 years old with a clean personal background and proof of the source of funds ...

Fourteen Pacific Island countries have received a USD 156.8 million (EUR 145.6 million) grant to respond to tuna stock shifts caused by climate change. The funding comes from the Green Climate Fund ...

France has warned that a tiny volcanic island in the South Pacific inhabited only by seabirds has emerged as the location for a new fraudulent ship register. The Maritime Administration of Matthew ...

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 ...

A general view of a fishing port at Kubura village on Yonaguni, a tiny island on Japan’s western ... including those that China uses to navigate the Pacific Ocean. “We watch over their ...

His focus is on security and defense issues in the Western Pacific region. He is a graduate of Hong Kong Baptist University. You can get in touch with Ryan by emailing [email protected].