The deal does not involve any agreement to give an exploration or mining licence to China, says the Cook Islands government.

The Cook Islands said on Saturday it has struck a five-year agreement with China to cooperate in exploring and researching ...

The Cook Islands has announced five-year agreement with China for the exploration of seabed minerals. New Zealand has urged ...

The Cook Islands said Saturday it has struck a five-year agreement with China to cooperate in exploring and researching the Pacific nation's seabed mineral riches. Watch in for more details!

China will be able to establish a "significant strategic presence" in the Pacific, a security studies professor says.

More than a dozen civil society groups are calling on Pacific governments to completely ban deep seabed mining (DSM) as regional leaders meet in Suva for a high-level meeting on deep-sea minerals on ...

Two cyclones have formed in the Pacific region one in Fiji waters, and the other in the Coral Sea. The Fiji Meteorological ...

China will be able to establish a “significant strategic presence” in the Pacific following its new agreement with the Cook ...

The Liberals won’t oppose the changes to Medicare; doctors have said the Catholic leader’s condition is touch-and-go; Elon ...

Machang MP Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal has lost his bid to become Machang Bersatu division chief. Malaysiakini reported ...

China plans to establish a deep-sea research station by 2030 in the South China Sea at a depth of 2,000 meters. This ...

Dip, Dip An international team of engineering researchers has demonstrated a blistering new approach to wireless microchip design powered by AI. The effort revealed that deep-learning — a type of ...