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Aussie surfer killed in shark attack
A 60-year-old surfer was attacked and killed by a 10-foot great white shark off the coast of northern New South Wales state yesterday, officials said. The man received a bite to the back of his thigh and was brought to the ...
- June 8, 2020
China blasts U.S. joint carrier exercises in South China Sea
China on Monday accused the US of flexing its military muscles in the South China Sea by conducting joint exercises with two US aircraft carrier groups in the strategic waterway. Foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian ...
- July 8, 2020
China denies incursion as 200 ships dock at Phil reef
Bad weather prompted more than 200 Chinese fishing vessels to anchor at a reef claimed by the Philippines, Beijing said on Monday (Mar 22), sidestepping accusations from Manila of a move by China's vast South China Sea ...
- March 23, 2021
ASEAN finalizing SCS pact with China
Southeast Asian foreign ministers vowed to finalize negotiations with China over a proposed pact aimed at preventing conflicts in the disputed South China Sea in their annual retreat yesterday in Indonesia’s capital. In ...
- February 5, 2023
Philippines protests China’s sea claim, weapon pointing
The Philippines has protested China’s declaration that a Manila-claimed region in the disputed South China Sea is Chinese territory, and its aiming of weapons control radar at a Philippine navy ship, the country’s top ...
- April 24, 2020
Chinese ship waste endangering reefs
Swarns of Chinese vessels have dumped human waste and wastewater for years in a disputed area of the South China Sea, causing algae blooms that have damaged coral reefs and threatened fish in an unfolding catastrophe, a ...
- July 14, 2021
PHL says 200 Chinese ships at disputed reef
National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said on Sunday that eight Chinese fishing vessels were spotted in the Pagasa Island area last week just as the government reported the presence of at least 220 Chinese ...
- March 22, 2021
Australia fights UN downgrade of Great Barrier Reef health
Australia said Tuesday it will fight against plans to downgrade the Great Barrier Reef’s World Heritage status due to climate change, while environmentalists have applauded the United Nations (UN) World Heritage Committee’s ...
- June 23, 2021
10-foot great white shark kills surfer in Australia
A 60-year-old surfer was attacked and killed by a 3-meter (10-foot) great white shark off the coast of northern New South Wales (NSW) state on Sunday, officials said. The man received a bite to the back of his thigh and ...
- June 8, 2020
Half of world’s sandy beaches at risk from climate change
Scientists say that half of the world’s sandy beaches could disappear by the end of the century if climate change continues unchecked. Researchers at the European Union’s Joint Research Center in Ispra, Italy, used satellite ...
- March 8, 2020