(Bloomberg) -- Island nations scattered across the Pacific Ocean are at the center of an ... Lowy Institute calls a new “Great Game.” The countries’ proximity to key shipping lanes and ...

The Obama administration yesterday announced its intention to designate a vast portion of U.S.-controlled areas of the Pacific Ocean as a nature preserve. Although packaged as part of the president’s ...

See the map Since countries are free to choose which date ... Kiribati straddles the equator and is located in the central Pacific Ocean, roughly halfway between Hawaii and Australia, northeast ...

A light display recognized Indigenous people. Countries in the South Pacific Ocean are the first to ring in the new year, with midnight in New Zealand striking 18 hours before the ball drop in ...

Countries in the Asia-Pacific region were the first to kick off the New Year's celebrations, with those in the South Pacific Ocean being the first to welcome 2025. Auckland was the first major ...

See the map Since countries are free to choose which date ... Kiribati straddles the equator and is located in the central Pacific Ocean, roughly halfway between Hawaii and Australia, northeast ...