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US president was meeting with Japanese PM when he said: ‘Who knows better about surprise than Japan?’Middle East crisis – live updatesSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxIt would be funny if it wasn’t so Trumpy….
One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded triggered a tsunami – and a race against timeOn Wednesday, one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded hit a sparsely populated region in far-east Russia.It triggered a tsunami that started cros…
Country after country has lifted or downgraded warnings, telling coastal residents they can returnTsunami warnings were lifted across the Pacific rim on Wednesday, allowing millions of temporary evacuees to return home after one of the strongest earthq…
A powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake triggered a series of tsunami warnings and evacuation orders stretching across Japan, the US west coast and parts of the Pacific, after the shallow quake hit near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday, with repor…
People in Guam and Japan move to higher ground, while highways in Hawaii busy as residents leave for safe areasTsunami warning live updatesIn the Pacific territory of Guam shortly before lunchtime on Tuesday, Sam Mabini’s phone began to ping. A tsunami…
Shallow magnitude 8.8 quake hit near Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula prompting warnings as far away as New Zealand and CaliforniaFollow it live: Japan and Pacific brace for tsunami wavesFull report: powerful quake sparks Pacific-wide warningsAn 8.8-magnit…
Impact of water surges less than initially feared after quake of 8.8 magnitude hit near Russia’s Kamchatka peninsulaTsunami warning – live updatesOne of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded triggered a series of tsunami warnings and evacuations acro…
Lai Ching-te’s US stopover on trip to Marshall Islands, Tuvalu and Palau – three diplomatic allies of the self-governed island – prompts Beijing’s protestsThe Taiwanese president, Lai Ching-te, has begun a two-day US stopover in Hawaii as part of a Pac…
Alexander Yuk Ching Ma pleaded guilty to accepting gifts from China in return for delivering US defense informationA former CIA officer and contract linguist for the FBI who received cash, golf clubs and other expensive gifts in exchange for spying for…
Path of Hurricane Gilma spared damage as Hurricane Hone passes close to Hawaii and Typhoon Shanshan approaches JapanThe Pacific Ocean has become a theatre of dynamic meteorological activity this week, showcasing two hurricanes in the north-east, and a …
Discovery made by a local girl comes decades after the bottle was put into the sea by schoolchildren as part of an experiment to monitor ocean currentsA glass bottle that was released into the sea 37 years ago by high school students in Japan has been …
Isolated from the rest of the planet since February, group learned about virus sweeping the globe but have escaped its impact – until nowIn February, just as the coronavirus pandemic began to take hold, four people set sail for one of the most remote p…
From protecting fishing communities to regrowing coral reefs, Guardian readers and environmentalists share how they’re working to defend the oceanWorld Oceans Day, which took place on Monday, is marked by hundreds of beach cleans and events global…