SINGAPORE: In the new year, the Trump administration’s policies towards China and the wider Indo-Pacific region will have a significant impact on the South China Sea dispute. If 2024 was ...

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A video shared on social media in June 2024 claimed to depict a sea serpent monster known as the "leviathan." The clip showed what appeared to be Google Earth or Maps data of an island that, when ...

California, the most populous U.S. state and fifth-largest world economy, will effectively ban the use of most expanded plastic foam food containers on January 1, a move conservationists called a ...

A shark attack off Egypt's Red Sea coast killed a tourist and injured another, authorities said Sunday, with an Italy foreign ministry source identifying both as Italian nationals. "Two foreigners ...

The 2024 award for the biggest disjoint between the importance of a story and the coverage it got must surely go to the science briefing on Antarctica and Sea-Level Rise published by the ...

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A shark attack in Egypt’s Red Sea resort town of Marsa Alam has killed one foreigner and injured another, Egypt’s Ministry of Environment said in a statement Sunday. The attack occurred in ...

Tensions continued in the West Philippine Sea in 2024 as China maintained its claims over the South China Sea despite the 2016 ruling of The Hague-based international arbitration tribunal favoring the ...

Following a 68-10 victory for Bath against Saracens in the Premiership clash on Saturday, here’s our five takeaways from the fixture at the Recreation Ground. Bath were worthy winners over a ...

Bath Rugby host Saracens on Saturday in Round Nine of the 2024/25 Gallagher Premiership in a potential Christmas cracker between two of the best sides in the league. The Blue, Black and White head ...