Cook Islands strikes deal with China on seabed minerals
The Cook Islands said Saturday it has struck a five-year agreement with China to cooperate in exploring and researching the ...
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Climate change drives new storm: Vineyarders consider leaving island over home insurance hikes
Martha’s Vineyard has seen the third-highest rate of dropped homeowners’ insurance of any community in the country, according ...
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Here's what the Paris climate agreement does and doesn't do
The Paris agreement is complex and works in a slow bureaucratic manner. It’s a mostly voluntary climate pact originally written in ways that would both try to reduce a worsening climate change ...
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Gwadar Book Festival: A Literary Call to Action Amid Climate Crisis
The festival shone the spotlight on climate change, rallying voices for resilience in a city facing the brunt of ...
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Cook Islands’ China Shock: A ‘Frog in the Pot’ Moment for Pacific Security
Cook Islands deal has implications for Pacific security, but particularly for New Zealand, the United States, and Australia.
Climate change is robbing Pacific islands of another resource: Tuna
Fourteen Pacific island nations will receive $107 million to adapt their tuna-dependent economies as climate change pushes ...
Cook Islands signs strategic agreement with China
The tiny Pacific nation’s partnership agreement with China was signed amid a furious diplomatic row with New Zealand, its ...
Cook Islands gives some detail of its China deal that has upset close partner New Zealand
The South Pacific country of Cook Islands has unveiled the details of a deal with China to boost cooperation after the pact ...
Hundreds march to Cook Islands’ parliament to oppose deal with China
Protests erupt over Cook Islands’ new strategic partnership with China, raising concerns about ties with New Zealand ...
Whose nerve is touched by China’s enhanced cooperation with Pacific Island countries?
On Sunday, Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown concluded his visit to China.
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Cook Islands and China sign partnership agreement amid transparency and security concerns
"The public deserves to know if there are any debt obligations, resource access clauses, or strategic commitments involved." ...
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Why Australia Should be Watching New Zealand and Cook Islands Closely
The news that Cook Islands will sign a “comprehensive strategic partnership” with China has attracted significant attention.