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China may allow Filipinos to fish in Panatag
China will consider giving Filipino fishermen conditional access to disputed waters in the South China Sea after the leaders of the two countries meet in Beijing this week, two Chinese sources with ties to the leadership ...
- October 19, 2016
De Venecia calls for PH-China-Vietnam exploration, development in Spratlys
Philippine special envoy Jose de Venecia Jr. on Sunday called for joint exploration and development in the Spratly Islands as lawmakers at home cautioned the administration of President Duterte against entering into such ...
- May 15, 2017
China militarizes South China Sea
China appears to have installed weapons, including anti-aircraft and anti-missile systems, on all seven of the artificial islands it has built in the South China Sea, a U.S. think tank reported, citing new satellite imagery. ...
- December 16, 2016
US to China: Attack on PH to trigger defense treaty
The United States on Monday reaffirmed its commitment to come to the Philippines’ defense, as it warned China anew that an attack on Philippine armed forces in the South China Sea would trigger the 1951 Mutual Defense ...
- July 13, 2021
China’s ‘new islands’ in disputed seas alarming
China’s creation of artificial islands in the South China Sea is happening so fast that Beijing will be able to extend the range of its Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and fishing fleets before long, much to the alarm of rival ...
- February 20, 2015
Long-missed pink flamingos return to Kenyan Lake
Eight years ago, rising water levels in Kenya’s Lake Nakuru drove away the clouds of pink coloured flamingos that were the park’s biggest draw. Rangers say their disappearance triggered a drop in visitor numbers by for the ...
- September 4, 2020
Divers haul ghost nets from submarine wreck in Greece's Ionian Sea
Divers removed half a ton of abandoned fishing gear covering a British submarine that sank off the Greek island of Kefalonia in 1941 as well as other wrecks in an effort to protect the area’s loggerhead sea turtles, dolphins ...
- August 3, 2020
Japanese warship damaged in collision with Chinese boat
A Japanese destroyer and a Chinese fishing boat collided in the East China Sea on Monday night and no one was injured, Japan’s defense minister said, but China said a fisherman was hurt and suggested the Japanese vessel ...
- April 1, 2020
Arctic Sea ice shrinks to second lowest on record
Warming in the Arctic shrank the ice covering the polar ocean this year to its second-lowest extent in four decades, scientists said Monday, yet another sign of how climate change is rapidly transforming the region. ...
- September 23, 2020
China carrier sails amid tensions
Chinese aircraft carrier group conducted exercises near Taiwan as a mighty US naval strike force sailed into the South China Sea for maneuvers. The sailing on Sunday of the the Liaoning, accompanied by five escort ships, ...
- April 7, 2021