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China to put up international maritime court
China will establish an international maritime judicial center, a report from the country’s top court said Sunday, as it seeks to shore up territorial claims to the South China Sea at the center of a growing regional ...
- March 14, 2016
China, US destroyers in close ‘unsafe’ encounters
A Chinese warship sailed within yards of an American destroyer―forcing it to change course―in an “unsafe and unprofessional” encounter as the US vessel was in contested waters in the South China Sea, an official said Monday. ...
- October 3, 2018
Workers save turtles from grisly death
Railway workers in Japan have devised an ingenious scheme to prevent daredevil turtles from meeting a grisly end - and delaying trains - while crossing train tracks. The slow-moving reptiles in western Nara prefecture were ...
- December 2, 2015
Contraband
Seized endangered species products, including elephant ivory tusks, pangolin scales and shark fins, are shown at a press conference at the Kwai Chung Customhouse Cargo Examination Compound in Hong Kong.
- January 25, 2019
Turtles threatened by oil spill in south India
Hundreds of students and fishermen were working Friday to clean up an oil spill on India's southern coast that campaigners say threatens the turtles that nest there every year. Campaigners and fishermen have accused the ...
- February 4, 2017
Rescuers save six stranded whales
Six beached whales were successfully refloated off New Zealand Tuesday, rescuers said, after a spate of mass strandings in recent days that resulted in the deaths of dozens of the marine mammals. Wildlife rangers and ...
- November 28, 2018
Du30 open to sea exploration with China, Vietnam
President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday he was open to exploring the South China Sea’s natural resources with rival claimants China and Vietnam, after securing a “windfall” while in Beijing. Duterte also emphasized he had ...
- May 17, 2017
Beijing escalates word war on disputed waters
Beijing escalated its war of words with the Philippines over the South China Sea on Friday, decrying Manila as “hypocritical” for criticising its land reclamation works in the area. Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua ...
- March 28, 2015
China to stage sea exercises ahead of ruling
China will hold military drills in the disputed South China Sea, Chinese officials said Sunday, ahead of an international tribunal ruling over Beijing’s maritime claims in the resource-rich area. The drills will be held ...
- July 4, 2016
Typhoon kills 11k farmed Tuna in Japan
A powerful typhoon which lashed Japan last week has killed more than 11,000 farmed bluefin tuna, costing over US$10 million (S$13.7 million) in damage, local media said on Saturday. Typhoon Nangka made landfall in southwestern ...
- July 26, 2015