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 ...

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

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

Cook Islanders hold New Zealand citizenship. Brown said the seabed minerals deal supported the partnership pact he signed in ...