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Philippines warns it could seek us help amid feud with China
The Philippines could seek the help of the United States, with which it has a mutual defense treaty, to protect its interests in the South China Sea, Manila’s defense department said Thursday, April 8, in a veiled threat ...
- April 11, 2021
Probe underway, day after giant cargo vessel freed in Suez Canal
Experts on Tuesday boarded a colossal container ship that had been stuck sideways for nearly a week in the Suez Canal before it was dislodged as questions swirled about the grounding that had shaken the global shipping ...
- March 31, 2021
Turtle carcasses wash ashore in Sri Lanka after ship fire
Nearly a hundred carcasses of turtles with throat and shell damage, as well as a dozen dead dolphins and a blue whale, have washed ashore in Sri Lanka since a container ship burned and sank. Ecologists believe the deaths ...
- June 23, 2021
N Korea slams US for supporting Taiwan in nod to ally China
North Korea on Saturday accused the Biden administration of raising military tensions with China through its “reckless” backing of Taiwan, and said that the growing U.S. military presence in the region constitutes a potential ...
- October 25, 2021
3 killed as boat capsizes off San Diego
A packed boat suspected of being used in a human smuggling operation capsized and broke apart in powerful surf along the rocky San Diego coast, killing three people and injuring more than two dozen others, authorities said.
- May 5, 2021
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
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
China, US argue over naval activity in South China Sea
China issued on Thursday, May 20, its second protest in as many days over United States naval activity in the region, drawing an unusually sharp response from the US Navy's 7th Fleet, which accused Beijing of attempting ...
- May 21, 2021