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Typhoons batter East Asia as El Niño makes Pacific 'burn with fever'
Even for countries where typhoons are a way of life, the last few months have brought unusually wild weather.
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The Pacific’s Busy Storm Season
Super Typhoon In-fa developed an unusually large eye, and the remnants of Typhoon Champi transitioned into an extratropical storm that targeted Alaska.
Business
War, tariffs and China: What the US midterms mean for the Asia-Pacific
Hit hard by Trump's tariffs and the war on Iran, countries in the Asia-Pacific want 'enormous changes' in US policies.
World
I've been stuck on a tiny Pacific island for years and can't get a transit visa to fly home
Ruchira Ranasingha, 50, has been stranded in the Cook Islands since 2023 and wants to return to Sri Lanka.
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Can EU and India work together to secure Indo-Pacific?
India and Europe are deepening defense ties, but their clashing perspectives on Russia and differing priorities on China are hampering their joint ambitions on maritime security.
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Hegseth heads to Manila to shore up US ties with Asia-Pacific partners
The Iran war and Trump's criticisms of allies have led Asia-Pacific countries to recalibrate their calculations.
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Hurricane Trudy menaces Mexico’s Pacific coast and Greece hit by deadly floods
Trudy weakens to tropical storm after warnings of strong winds and heavy rain, while one person killed in Greece In contrast to the quiet Atlantic hurricane season, there has been ongoing activity in the Pacific, with Trudy being the 22nd and latest named system. The category 2 hurricane remained roughly 100 miles (160km) south-west of the coast of Mexico, meaning the worst of the conditions stayed offshore. However, the US National Hurricane Center put coastal parts of the states of Jalisco, Michoacán and Colima under hurricane warnings, with sustained winds of up to 60-90mph forecast on Sund
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Search for Amelia Earhart's plane resumes after stormy weather
An expedition to a remote Pacific island hoping to uncover the American aviator's wreckage was on hold for three days.
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Hurricane Trudy makes its way towards Mexico, threatening heavy rain
Trudy is the latest in successive storms that have hit Mexico's Pacific coast this year.
Science
NASA Satellites Observe Historic 2026 El Niño
A phenomenon rarer than a solar eclipse and more powerful than any single storm system is unfolding this fall, and NASA is tracking it closely. El Niño is a natural climate pattern that emerges roughly every two to seven years marked by warmer-than-normal water temperatures in parts of the equatorial Pacific. NASA scientists are keeping […]
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Russian nuclear-powered submarine fires missiles during Pacific drills
Russia's Pacific Fleet has test-fired cruise missiles from a nuclear-powered submarine, striking a target 1,200km away.
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Two deaths reported as Hurricane Simon, storm Rachel batter Mexico’s coast
Simon caps a Pacific season of record-breaking intensity, as deadly storms wreak havoc from Hawaii to Mexico.
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Hurricane Simon batters Mexico's Pacific Coast
Hurricane Simon is currently running parallel to Mexico's Pacific Coast, bringing heavy rainfall and strong winds to vulnerable towns.
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El Nino breaks Pacific temperature record as weather pattern intensifies
An intensifying El Nino pushed sea surface temperatures in a key Pacific monitoring region to a record 29.70C in September, the EU’s Copernicus climate service said Monday. Forecasters expect the weather pattern, which raises drought and flood risks and exacerbates global warming, to become the strongest ever recorded this year.
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Hurricane Simon strengthens to Category 4 off Mexico’s Pacific coast
Puerto Vallarta businesses board up windows as Hurricane Simon threatens Mexico’s west-central coast.
Business
World Bank warns of AI concentration risks as it lifts East Asia and Pacific growth outlook to 4.5%
The World Bank now expects the region to grow 4.5% this year, but flagged that trade growth outside AI-related goods has been "weak or negative."
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As rising seas threaten low-lying Pacific Islands, regional leaders call on the world to take climate more seriously
For Pacific island nations, climate change is no distant threat. As seas rise, they're bringing the real-time consequences of a warming planet directly to world leaders in Tuvalu.
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Samoa PM apologises after Nazi salute video emerges
Pacific island nation’s leader says 2007 video showing him saying 'Heil Hitler' does not reflect his beliefs.
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Pacific leaders urge climate action as UN pre-COP talks open in Fiji
Pacific leaders urged action on climate change as UN pre-COP talks opened in Fiji's Nadi on Monday, ahead of next month's COP31 summit in Turkey. Discussions in Fiji and Tuvalu will focus on limiting warming to 1.5C, improving access to climate finance and protecting oceans as rising seas threaten communities.
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This island in Kiribati could be the key to solve the Amelia Earhart mystery
Nearly 90 years after US aviator Amelia Earhart vanished over the Pacific, a new expedition to the remote island of Nikumaroro hopes a lagoon anomaly could finally reveal the fate of her missing aircraft.