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Australian 'Cast Away': sailor and dog rescued after 2 months lost at sea

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World+Biz

Why US and China compete for influence with Pacific island nations

US President Joe Biden, seated with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, holds a videoconference with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss Russia's war with Ukraine from the White House in Washington US, April 11, 2022.
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Modi, Blinken meet Pacific Island leaders in Papua New Guinea

FILE PHOTO: A helicopter takes off from China's Shandong aircraft carrier, over Pacific Ocean waters, south of Okinawa prefecture, Japan, in this handout photo taken 15 April, 2023 and released by the Joint Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan 17 April, 2023. Joint Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan/HANDOUT via REUTERS/File Photo
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Chinese warships return to West Pacific for live-fire drills

Magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes Kermadec Islands region
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Magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes Kermadec Islands region

People watch a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing two ballistic missiles off its east coast, in Seoul, South Korea, February 20, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
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North Korea fires ballistic missiles, warns of turning Pacific into 'firing range'

Chinese flagged fishing boats unload tuna at Princess Wharf in Suva, Fiji July 16, 2022. REUTERS/Kirsty Needham
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Pacific bloc demands climate action as China, US woo

Rising sea levels are a constant threat.Photographer: Mario Tama/Getty Images
Bloomberg Special

China has yet to learn the rules of the pacific chess game

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media at Melbourne Commonwealth Parliament Office, in Melbourne, Australia February 11, 2022. Photo :Reuters
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Australia's vaccine diplomacy in Pacific islands wards off Beijing - PM Morrison

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Global Economy

ADB allocates $4.1m to support recovery in rural Asia Pacific

Tugboats pour water on the container ship Zim Kingston after it caught fire the day before off the coast of Victoria. Credit: Reuters
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Burning cargo ship spews toxic gas off Canada's Pacific coast

Fire cascades down from the deck of the container ship ZIM Kingston into the waters off the coast of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, October 23, 2021, as seen through a pair of binoculars, in this image obtained via social media. Photo :Reuters
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Cargo ship on fire, spewing toxic gas off Canada's Pacific coast: officials

A group of naval vessels from Russia and China conduct a joint maritime military patrol in the waters of the Pacific Ocean, in this still image taken from video released on October 23, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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Russian, Chinese warships hold first joint patrols in the Pacific