By John Geddie, Tim Kelly and Timothy Gardner TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. has invited officials from Japan, South Korea and Taiwan to Alaska to discuss projects including a vast gas pipeline,

Fishery surveys, weather and wave data, and wildlife counts to support sustainable hunts are among the efforts at risk, researchers say.

President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Army Corps of Engineers committed to uphold a presidential executive order that the agency “rescind, revoke, revise, amend, defer, or grant exemptions” to any Biden administration policy that runs counter to the president’s priorities in Alaska.

Alaska gas pipeline project, a move aimed at reducing its trade surplus with the US, reported Bloomberg. Thailand’s Ministry of Energy confirmed discussions about Bangkok's potential involvement in the project,

Three U.S. Cabinet members are headed to Alaska for Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s annual energy conference. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Energy Secretary Chris Wright, along with Lee Zeldin, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will be in Anchorage for the event next month, the governor’s office said Monday.

Charles Kushner, the father of President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, was confirmed as the U.S. ambassador to France on May 19. The convicted felon was previously pardoned by Trump in 2020