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In South Africa, great white sharks threatened
On the edge of a boat off this coastal village, Michael Rutzen stubs his cigarette into a soda can and stares pensively out to sea. He has free-dived with great white sharks for nearly 20 years, and he never known it to ...
- August 24, 2016
Esperon: PH can't stop China buildup on isles
The government is fully aware that China has nearly completed construction work on three Philippine-claimed reefs in the South China Sea but cannot do anything about it, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon said ...
- March 30, 2017
'SCS claimants will suffer if harsh to China'
People from claimant-states in the South China Sea will suffer if they take a hard stance with China, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said yesterday, as former diplomats and experts expressed concern over ...
- August 5, 2017
US, China not budging on SCS dispute
The US and China stood firm on their positions in the South China Sea (SCS) row, but stressed the need to tamp down tension and said cooperation was the only option to peace. Senior diplomatic and military leaders from ...
- November 11, 2018
Islands want UN to see climate as security threat
The Marshall Islands and other low-lying island nations appealed to the U.N. Security Council on Friday to recognize climate change as an international security threat that jeopardizes their very survival. Tony deBrum, a ...
- February 18, 2013
Chinese ships still guarding Panatag
Aerial surveillance shows Chinese Coast Guard ships are still guarding the disputed Scarborough Shoal, but Filipinos are seen fishing there “unmolested” for the first time in years, according to Defense Secretary Delfin ...
- October 31, 2016
Military leaders in Hawaii to discuss amphibious skills
Amphibious military capabilities are on the agenda as the US Marine Corps and Navy host defense leaders from around the Pacific in Hawaii this week. Japan’s forces are in between: It has been training soldiers in amphibious ...
- May 20, 2015
Last sardine cans packed in US
The intensely fishy smell of herring has been the smell of money for generations of workers in Maine who have snipped, sliced and packed the small, silvery fish into billions of cans of sardines on their way to Americans' ...
- April 16, 2010
China calls int’l court a puppet
China vowed to take all necessary measures to protect its sovereignty in the South China Sea, saying it had the right to set up an air defense zone after rejecting an international tribunal’s ruling that junked its territorial ...
- July 14, 2016
Chinese turtle-smuggling flight attendants fined in US
Two flight attendants for a Chinese airline were fined and ordered to leave the United States within 72 hours on Monday for attempting to smuggle dozens of spotted and box turtles in carry-on bags from Los Angeles to China. ...
- July 25, 2018