More than 390 million plastic straws are used every day in the United States, most for 30 minutes or less, according to ...

What to know about the larger fight over single-use plastics after Trump's executive order against paper straws.

As the US looks to be leaving the Pacific, and New Zealand is rowing with Kiribati and the Cook Islands, experts worry about Chinese influence.

Identify the top three concerns of Singapore and other Southeast Asian countries regarding U.S. leadership in the region ...

part of the Mariana Islands in the Central Pacific. Securing Saipan was of critical importance to the U.S.; its airfields would put the Army Air Force's new B-29 bombers within striking distance ...

Covering an area of over 11 million square miles and depicted as a swathe of dots across the map, the Pacific Islands are as diverse as the area is vast. Split into different groups of Polynesia, ...

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