The island of Kiritimati in Kiribati became the first place in the world to welcome 2026, kicking off global New Year ...

Kiribati - pronounced Kiribass - became independent from the United Kingdom in 1979. Home to the South Pacific's largest ...

The island of Kiritimati is welcoming in the new year - the first place in the world do so. It’s part of the Pacific Ocean ...

Earlier this month, China declared new "baselines" around Scarborough Reef, a large coral atoll topped by a handful of rocks barely above sea level in the South China Sea. By doing so, China ...

The Maldives isn’t just a destination, it’s a meditation in blue. A constellation of coral atolls scattered across the Indian ...

Young seabirds create a seasonal food source that draws tiger sharks and pushes other sharks to change where and when they ...

Kiribati is using sustainable tourism to combat plastic pollution, strengthen SME resilience, and protect fragile marine ecosystems across the Pacific’s most vulnerable islands.

China's defence ministry accused the Philippines on Wednesday of distorting the facts about an incident involving the Chinese coastguard and Filipino fishermen near a South China Sea shoal, a charge ...

An aerial drone photo shows the China Coast Guard (CCG) patrolling in the territorial waters of China's Huangyan Dao and surrounding areas on Nov. 14, 2025. (Xinhua/Bei He) SANYA, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- ...

Did you know the Earth is home to hundreds of thousands of islands? From vast continents like Australia (often considered an island continent) to tiny, uninhabited specks of land, these formations are ...

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Reading the news, you would believe the Great Barrier Reef — the aquatic wonder off Australia’s coast — is on its deathbed, bleached beyond recognition by climate change. Recent headlines shouted in ...