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Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown visits National Deep Sea Centre in Qingdao, China in this picture released on Feb. 12, 2025. WELLINGTON (Reuters) — Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown said on Thursday he had held discussions with institutions on marine science, climate resilience and econ…

CANBERRA (Pacnews) — Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has reaffirmed Australia’s commitment to being the “partner of choice” for the Cook Islands and the wider Pacific, as concerns grow over the island nation’s engagement with China. At a press conference in Canberra, Mar…

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte delivers a statement following her impeachment by the lower house of Congress, in her office at Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Feb. 7, 2025. MANILA (Reuters) — Campaigning for the Philippines’ midterm elections kicked off on Tuesday against a fractured …

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Ministry of National Defense on the day the Korean People’s Army was founded, in Pyongyang, North Korea, February 8, 2025, in this photo released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency. SEOUL (Reuters) — North Korean leader Kim Jo…

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte delivers a statement following her impeachment by the lower house of Congress, at her office in Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Feb. 7, 2025. MANILA (Reuters) — Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said on Friday she had been preparing since last year for im…

Wreckage of an aircraft in a rice field in Maguindanao del Sur province, in the southern Philippines. Officials say a U.S. military-contracted plane has crashed in the rice field, killing all people on board on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. WASHINGTON/MANILA (Reuters) — One U.S. military service member a…

WASHINGTON (U.S. Department of Justice/Pacnews) — The director of the school bus division of the U.S territory of American Samoa’s Department of Education has pled guilty to conspiracy to commit federal program bribery, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division. …

HONG KONG/SEOUL/SHANGHAI (Reuters) — The U.S. Postal Service said it would temporarily suspend parcels from China and Hong Kong, after President Donald Trump ended a trade provision this week used by retailers including Temu and Shein to ship low-value packages duty-free to the U.S. The Trump admin…

A high school student poses with her mobile showing her social media applications in Melbourne, Australia, Nov. 28, 2024. SYDNEY (Reuters) — Australia’s government carved out an exemption for YouTube when it passed laws banning social media access for children under 16, but some mental health…

SYDNEY (Reuters) — The Marshall Islands has warned citizens living in the U.S. not to open the door to immigration officials without a judicial warrant, amid fears the community is being caught in President Donald Trump’s crackdown on undocumented migrants, an official said. The Marshall Isla…