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Tonga PM welcomes US deal to explore deep-sea minerals amid environmental concerns
Exclusive: Pacific island’s new leader Lord Fakafānua discusses ‘exciting’ US partnership as critics fear impa…
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In the depths of the ocean, a new contest between the US and China emerges
Around the Cook Islands, the world’s two most powerful countries are exploring the possibility of deep-sea min…
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Caught in the contest between China and the west, the Cook Islands asks where its future lies
After the Pacific nation struck deals with Beijing, New Zealand abruptly cut off millions of dollars in critic…