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China to build on Panatag Shoal
China plans to build the first permanent structure on a South China Sea shoal at the heart of a territorial dispute with the Philippines, in a move likely to renew concerns over Beijing’s robust assertions of its claims ...
- March 18, 2017
Animals, crops, and people all suffer amid Europe's heatwave
The heatwave gripping large stretches of Europe has already been blamed for deadly forest fires and crop failures. Now freshwater fish could be its next victims. Rivers like the Rhine and the Elbe have soaked up so much ...
- August 2, 2018
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
Turtle eggs
An injured endangered sea turtle has laid six eggs after being brought to a turtle hospital in the Florida Keys. Hospital administrator Bette Zirkelbach says staff was able to harvest the eggs and they have been put in an ...
- September 5, 2012
Indonesian leader: Sinking Jakarta needs giant sea wall
Indonesia’s president said in an interview that he wants to see the speedy construction of a giant sea wall around Jakarta to prevent the low-lying capital from sinking under the sea, lending renewed backing and a sense ...
- July 29, 2019
Giant squid invade California waters
Giant squid weighing up to 27 kilograms have invaded the California waters off Newport Beach and are being caught by sport fishermen by the hundreds. The squid showed up last week and anglers started booking twilight ...
- February 3, 2010
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
US pays P87 M for Tubbataha damage
The Philippine government has received P87 million, or $1.97 million, from the United States for the damage caused by the grounding of the minesweeper USS Guardian in Palawan’s Tubbataha Reef two years ago. The Department ...
- February 19, 2015
Shark bites 2 Brits on Aussie's Great Barrier Reef
A shark bit off a British tourist’s foot and mauled another British tourist’s leg on Tuesday as the men snorkeled on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, officials said. The men aged 22 and 28 had been on a snorkeling tour in ...
- October 30, 2019
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