Biden meets with key Pacific leaders, shores up maritime cooperation
President Biden will meet on Saturday with the leaders of Indo-Pacific partners India, Australia and Japan as the United States seeks to strengthen ties in the region and counter the growing threat from China. At a joint meeting of the four leaders on Saturday night, President Biden announced new efforts to strengthen maritime cooperation in […]
Japan's Nikkei leads gains in Asia Pacific after Wall Street soars on Fed's jumbo rate cut – CNBC
A Japanese flag is raised as shoppers and pedestrians pass by a store in a shopping street in Tokyo, Wednesday, November 23, 2016. Tomohiro Osumi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets opened higher on Friday, with Japan's Nikkei leading the way after Wall Street surged overnight following a big interest rate cut by the […]
Cathay Pacific grounds planes after finding 15 with faulty parts
A passenger plane crashes at New Chitose Airport during severe winter weather conditions. (Photo: Reuters) Hong Kong's main airline Cathay Pacific has grounded most of its Airbus A350-1000 fleet and cancelled dozens of flights after an engine part failed in flight. Flight CX383, flying from Hong Kong to Zurich, experienced the problem minutes after takeoff […]
Cathay Pacific cancels flights after problem with Rolls-Royce engine – business live | Business
Introduction: Cathay Pacific cancels flights due to RR engine issues Good morning and welcome to our continuing coverage of business, financial markets and the global economy. Rolls Royce engine trouble causes Hong Kong airline to Cathay Pacific Pacific 24 round-trip flights will be canceled. of 8 Cathay Pacific The airline, which is rushing to inspect […]
California senior citizen facing eviction from Pacific Grove Senior Living community unless she coughs up $110K to new owners
A 96-year-old California woman was given a three-day eviction notice from her senior housing complex, given the choice between paying $110,000 or being evicted from the apartment she'd lived in for 22 years. Jean-Jacques said he signed a lifetime lease with California-Nevada Methodist Homes in 2002 and planned to live out the rest of his […]
Pentagon says it can ‘walk and chew gum at same time’ when asked about absence of carrier in Pacific
When asked how long the Pentagon might go without deploying an aircraft carrier force to the Indo-Pacific, he insisted “you can walk and chew gum at the same time.” Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. Pat Ryder was asked by Fox News' Jennifer Griffin on Tuesday how long the department expects the Indo-Pacific region to remain without […]
Guterres Issues Another ‘Global SOS’ over Fast-Rising Pacific Ocean
While no one is panicking (yet), UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a new global climate “SOS” at the Pacific Islands Summit on Tuesday, warning for the second time in less than a week that rising sea levels will deal a deadly blow to humanity in the region. “I am in Tonga to issue a global […]
‘Even in the teeth of a gale, she has time for a hula’: the sailor breaking barriers on the Pacific ocean | Pacific islands
IAbout 100 miles from Tonga, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the winds began to pick up when sailing captain Ivanancy Vunikura was helping command the Uto Ni Yalo, a ship that had set sail from Fiji a few days earlier. “The weather changed completely, the waves were up to four metres and the […]
UN chief to push for more climate change action at Pacific leaders’ summit | Pacific Islands Forum
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is attending a Pacific summit in Tonga this week, where he is due to focus on climate change in the region, one of the areas most vulnerable to rising sea levels and changing temperatures. The summit is the highest political decision-making body in the region. The week-long summit culminates in a […]
Vanuatu presidential palace funded by China stirs debt fears | Pacific islands
PAt the top of Vanuatu’s seaside capital, Port Vila, stands a gleaming red-and-white building gifted by China to the Pacific nation last month. The new presidential palace sits atop one of the town’s most popular hills and overlooks the prime minister’s residence, which was also renovated with a huge Chinese donation nearly a decade ago. […]