Multiple cooperation deals signed as Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown talk in Harbin, CCTV reports.

No details have been released, but analysts and environmentalists fear it will pave the way for closer security ties and the ...

Created by former President Joe Biden just days before he left office, Chuckwalla National Monument will further protect desert habitat in Southern California.

An Oslo court on Thursday rejected a legal challenge by the WWF environmental group against Norway's bid to mine its seabed ...

The Cook Islands needs trade and investment. Its economy depends on tourism, and, having graduated to “high-income” status in ...

Biden permanently banned any offshore oil drilling along the coast in January. Trump said he has reversed this. The Blake ...

The Cook Islands Parliament has filed a motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Mark Brown and his Cabinet following ...

Dark oxygen, a newly identified form of oxygen, raises questions about life in extreme environments and its implications for ...

The next frontier in energy: the deep ocean, where there are enormous deposits of the minerals needed for clean energy technologies. Is this a game-changing breakthrough or an environmental disaster ...

We review Deep Shelf, the second board game offering from publisher Ninth Haven Games. Deep Shelf is an economic game that ...

New Zealand is considering withdrawing its support for an international ban on deep-sea mining, the country's resources ...

The Kerala government strongly opposed the Centre's deep-sea mining plans, citing threats to marine life and fishermen's ...