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US to invite Taiwan for world's largest naval exercise RIMPAC next year
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 29 (ANI): The US will be inviting Taiwan's participation in the 2022 Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC), the world's largest naval exercise, amid escalating tensions with China.
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Study suggests melting glaciers will produce new salmon habitat
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 14 (ANI): For decades, climate change has had detrimental impacts on Pacific salmon populations. Spawning streams are overheating and droughts are drying up salmon habitats entirely, impacting many food webs from the Rocky Mountains and Coast Ranges to the Pacific O
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Australia partners with US, Japan to help improve internet for Pacific nat
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], December 13 (ANI): In a bid to counter China in the Pacific region, Australia has partnered with the United States and Japan to help improve internet access in three Pacific Island nations.
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Taiwan could join RIMPAC naval exercise following the US defence policy bi
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], December 11 (ANI): Taiwan navy could join Rim of the Pacific Exercise from next year under a defense policy bill for the fiscal year 2022 passed by the U.S. House of Representatives.
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US vows to strengthen ties with countries in Pacific region amid threats f
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 6 (ANI): In a bid to counter the emerging threats from China, the US has vowed to strengthen ties with countries in the Pacific region and said that the US businesses would step up efforts to counter the increasingly urgent threat of China.
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China ties blamed for Solomon Islands unrest
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 28 (ANI): As the violent unrest refuses to die down in the Solomon Islands, the leader of island nation Manasseh Sogavare has blamed "foreign powers" for encouraging the unrest in the country that is a key battlefront in the Pacific region.
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Australian peacekeepers restore order in the Solomon Islands after anti-Ch
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Canberra, [Australia], November 27 (ANI): Australian peacekeepers restore order to the Solomon Islands after anti-China riots as Sydney accuses Beijing of stoking conflict in the Pacific.
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China quietly developing military bases in Pacific islands
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Tarawa [Kiribati], November 25 (ANI): China, which wishes to expand its maritime and economic profile has started to court the Pacific island nations.
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US Assistant Secretary of State to visit Japan, South Korea on Nov 7
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 5 (ANI/Sputnik): US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and the Pacific Daniel Kritenbrink will visit Japan and South Korea from November 7-12, the Department of State said.
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US allies against possible shift of Washington to 'No First Use' Policy: R
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Allies of the United States in Europe and in the Pacific region are trying to prevent US President Joe Biden from adopting the principle of "no first use" of nuclear weapons, which can allegedly add more courage to Russia, the Financial Times report
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China, Russia conduct first joint naval patrol in Pacific Ocean
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 23 (ANI): Russian and Chinese warships on Saturday conducted the first joint patrol in the Pacific Ocean, the Chinese Ministry of Defense said.
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US submarine hits underwater object in Pacific Ocean: Navy
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 8 (ANI): A US Navy nuclear-powered attack submarine collided with an unknown submerged object last Saturday while travelling through international waters in the Pacific Ocean, confirmed the Navy.
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