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US steps up its game as China circles Pacific island nations
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Brisbane [Australia], July 12 (ANI): The US has stepped up its game in the Pacific after Kiribati opted out of the Pacific Island Forum meeting in Suva, Fiji, and withdrew the country from the 18-member group.
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Genetic research: Pacific islands yield surprising findings on world's ear
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): New genetic research from remote islands in the Pacific offers fresh insights into the ancestry and culture of the world's earliest seafarers, including family structure, social customs, and the ancestral populations of the people living there today.
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Indian Naval Warship Satpura, P8I aircraft to take part in RIMPAC exercise
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Hawaii [US], July 6 (ANI): Indian Naval Warship, INS Satpura and P8I LRMRASW aircraft will take part in one of the largest multilateral naval exercises, the Rim of the Pacific exercise (RIMPAC) at Pearl Harbour in Hawaii.
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8th Yoga International Day: Easternmost deployed Indian Naval warship Satp
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): On the occasion of the 8th Yoga International Day, the easternmost deployed Indian Naval warship, INS Satpura, operating near the International Dateline in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, has kick-started the Yoga activities by conducting the common yoga pr
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China's agenda to increase its sphere of influence in pacific islands in d
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 19 (ANI): China has been consistently increasing its inroads in the Pacific Islands, however its agenda to increase its sphere of influence in the region is in the doldrums.
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China's gameplan to expand influence in South-Pacific
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 9 (ANI): With an aim to expand its influence and power over the South-Pacific, Beijing has implemented nearly 500 complete plant projects and concessional loan projects to deepen its comprehensive strategic partnership with the Pacific Island Countries.
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China eyes for military base near US but Hawaii's Missile Defense sees no
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 29 (ANI): Even as China continues its attempt to expand its reach in the Pacific by negotiating the security deals with the Pacific Island Countries like Kiribati, the security risks for the US State of Hawaii, which is only 2000 miles from Kiribati, are running high esp
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China expanding influence in Pacific through economics
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Honiara [Solomon Islands], May 18 (ANI): Even as Australia and other nations, attempt to challenge China's recent moves in the Pacific of signing a security pact with the Solomon Islands, the Asian giant's expansion is being attributed to the strong economic ties it forges with the tiny Isla
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Indian High Commission in Fiji releases commemorative stamps to mark 143rd
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Suva [Fiji], May 14 (ANI): As part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM), celebrating 75 years of India's Independence, the Indian High Commission in Fiji, in association with Post Fiji Limited, brought out a set of commemorative postage stamps to mark the 143rd year of the arrival of indent
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US worries over China's strategy of securing more foreign naval bases
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], May 13 (ANI): The West suspect that China's recent agreement with the Solomon Islands might be the latter's intention of establishing a strong military foothold to dominate the regions of the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean.
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China's security pact with Solomon Islands sends shivers down western nati
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], May 12 (ANI): China's recent security pact with the Solomon Islands has left the western nations concerned just as it unravels its ambition to have a military foothold in the Pacific to challenge the American domination of the region.
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Japan closely watching China's moves in Pacific, says PM Kishida
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 25 (ANI): Japan is keeping a close eye on China's behaviour concerning Pacific island nations, said Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday, days after China and Solomon Islands signed a security pact that US and allies fear could be used to establish a military base in
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