Three castaways rescued after a week on remote Pacific islet, US Coast Guard says
Reuters Three castaways stranded for a week on a desert island in the western Pacific Ocean were rescued after a US Navy aircraft searching for them spotted palm fronds that the trio used to spell out the word “H-E-L-P” on a sandy beach. The US Coast Guard’s logo is seen on an helicopter on the […]
Postcards: Indonesia fishing village grapples with piles of trash brought in by tides
WILLY KURNIAWAN, of Reuters, reports from the fishing village of Teluk…
Explorer may have found wreckage of Amelia Earhart’s plane in Pacific
Reuters A former US Air Force intelligence officer says he believes he has found the wreckage of Amelia Earhart’s plane, which disappeared nine decades ago, on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean using sonar data from a deep-sea drone. Hoping to solve an 87-year-old mystery, explorer Tony Romeo plans to launch a mission later this […]
North Korea fires ballistic missile, warns of turning Pacific into “firing range”
Seoul, South KoreaReuters North Korea fired two more ballistic missiles off its east coast on Monday, as the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong-un warned US forces to halt military drills, saying the reclusive nuclear state could turn the Pacific into a “firing range”. The launches come just two days after North Korea fired an […]
At UN, Micronesia denounces Japan plan to release Fukushima water into Pacific
United NationsReuters The president of the Pacific island state of Micronesia denounced at the United Nations on Thursday Japan’s decision to discharge what he called nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station into the Pacific Ocean. A worker, wearing protective suits and masks, takes notes in front of storage tanks for radioactive water […]
Updated: Australia to deploy police, military to Solomon Islands as protests spread
Updated: 6pm (AEDT)Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia will deploy more than 100 police and military personnel to aid the Solomon Islands, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday, as protesters in the Pacific Island nation defied a curfew to protest for a second consecutive day. Morrison said Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare had requested Australian assistance, […]
Island of plastic debris in Pacific far bigger than previous estimates, study says
Thomson Reuters Foundation A giant island of plastic floating in the Pacific Ocean holds as much as 16 times more debris than was previously thought, posing a significant threat to the food chain, scientists said last last week. The so-called garbage patch in waters between California and Hawaii consists of fishing nets, plastic containers, packaging […]