Australia is doing plenty to challenge China without buying the Conflict Islands, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has told local media. The islands, which the current owner has threatened to sell to Beijing, comprise 21 coral atolls located off the eastern coast of Australia between Papua New Guinea and the Solomon …
Read More »Chinese ships detected near disputed islands
On Monday morning, two Chinese coast guard vessels entered Japan’s territorial waters near the uninhabited Senkaku Islands, an East China Sea archipelago which is the subject of longstanding dispute between Beijing and Tokyo, NHK news reports. The ships entered the waters about 20km off the island of Minami Kojima at …
Read More »China responds after US claims it ‘militarized’ islands
China has rejected claims that it is engaged in a major military buildup after a senior US commander accused the country of deploying an arsenal of weapons to several islands in the South China Sea and “destabilizing” the region. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin responded to …
Read More »Solomon Islands accepts Chinese riot assistance
In a statement on Thursday, the Solomon Islands government announced that it had accepted China’s “offer of riot equipment and six Police Liaison Officers to equip and train Royal Solomon Islands Police Force.” The government said China’s assistance would complement aid received from other countries, such as Australia, New Zealand, …
Read More »Russia says no to lease of disputed islands
Speaking on Monday, Yuri Trutnev, who also serves as Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District, said that the Russian government has prepared and submitted to the State Duma a bill on the creation of incentives in the territory. “We will develop the Kuril Islands and attract both Russian …
Read More »France threatens to cut power to UK’s Channel Islands in row over fishing licenses
Under the 2020 UK-EU trade deal, French boats are allowed to continue catching fish in British waters if they obtain a license. They also need to provide evidence they had fished in the same areas before Brexit. However, Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands and a self-governing UK Crown …
Read More »Toxic gases feared on Spain’s Canary Islands as lava from devastating eruption reaches Atlantic Ocean (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)
The lava from the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the island of La Palma reached the ocean near the town of Tazacorte shortly after 11pm local time on Tuesday, news channel TVE Canarias reported. The volcano, which began erupting on September 19, has been ejecting massive flows of lava that have …
Read More »WATCH Lava ‘destroy everything it encounters’ in Canary Islands amid ongoing volcano eruption
Over 5,000 residents have been evacuated as molten lava swallowed up 100 residences on the island of La Palma, after the volcano located in the Cumbre Vieja National Park erupted on Sunday, for the first time since 1971. “We’re not expecting any other eruption,” Ángel Víctor Torres, president of the …
Read More »Volcano erupts on Spain’s Canary Islands, ejecting large plumes of smoke into the air (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
On Saturday, a 3.2-magnitude earthquake was reported on the island. It was followed by four tremors on Sunday morning, with the most powerful said to have reached 3.8 magnitude. Fearing an eruption and landslides, local authorities had begun to evacuate people with reduced mobility and farm animals from nearby areas …
Read More »Record-breaking bloody hunt in Denmark’s Faroe Islands slaughters almost 1,500 dolphins (GRAPHIC VIDEOS, PHOTOS)
The hunt, known as the ‘grindadráp’, was held over the weekend with local whalers targeting a massive pod of white-sided dolphins. The Danish autonomous Faroe Islands remain the last territory in Europe allowed to hunt marine mammals, as the grindadráp is considered to be an example of traditional “aboriginal whaling.” …
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