Pacific nation Kiribati says it is exploring a deep-sea mining partnership with China, dangling access to a vast patch of Pacific Ocean harboring coveted metals and minerals.

The International Seabed Authority is meeting in Jamaica to thrash out the rules for deep-sea extraction. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Beijing has been ramping up efforts to court ... Under incumbent President Taneti Maamau it severed diplomatic links with Taiwan in 2019, forming deeper ties to China. Under incumbent President ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kiribati President Taneti Maamau (left) attend a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Jan. 6, 2020. (Jason Lee/Reuters) Casson said ...

25 that landed in the Pacific Ocean, which Beijing said was for weapons testing ... where all four candidates are from incumbent Taneti Maamau’s Tobwaan Kiribati Party. Opposition leader Tessie ...

The unusual move to review all finance to Kiribati was prompted by the abrupt cancellation of a planned meeting this month between President Taneti Maamau and New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston ...