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A new regular container train Lianyungang-Almaty has been launched on February 25.

• 28 февраля 2015, 17:26

Pacific island states expressed frustration at a lack of progress in talks aimed at protecting the region's valuable tuna resources.

• 03 декабря 2014, 14:03

A powerful storm in the eastern Pacific strengthened to hurricane status, but it remains far away from land, US forecasters said.

• 03 ноября 2014, 14:22

Tourists in Palau clamour to dive among the predators thanks to a pioneering conservation initiative.

• 02 сентября 2014, 13:32

Kazakhstan has agreed to sign a agreement with the Republic of Fiji.

• 09 июля 2014, 17:35

The United States joined forces with other nations Tuesday to declare a vast swath of the Pacific Ocean a marine sanctuary and take "historic" steps to combat illegal fishing.

• 18 июня 2014, 20:33

Pacific island nations announced plans to dramatically increase the fees they charge tuna fishing boats for the right to enter their waters, saying it will boost revenue and help conservation efforts.

• 12 июня 2014, 12:41

The unmanned Dragon capsule from US firm SpaceX landed safely in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico's coast Sunday, hours after undocking from the International Space Station.

• 19 мая 2014, 11:23

An Ecuadoran freighter ran aground Friday in the Galapagos islands, but "for the moment" does not pose a threat to the Pacific archipelago's unique environment, the Galapagos National Park said.

• 10 мая 2014, 14:21

A widened Panama Canal is expected to bring in some $3.1 billion per year, considerably less than earlier estimates, the official responsible for the waterway told AFP.

• 03 мая 2014, 15:14

Japan killed 251 minke whales during the 2014 Antarctic hunt, in what is expected to be the last "research whaling" mission in the Southern Ocean after an international court ruling.

• 09 апреля 2014, 12:34

A Canadian solo sailor was rescued from his sinking yacht after five days adrift in the Pacific battling rough weather, Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) said Tuesday.

• 09 апреля 2014, 10:04

Small tsunami waves hit northern Japan early Thursday following a powerful 8.2-magnitude earthquake thousands of kilometres away across the Pacific Ocean in Chile after officials issued an evacuation advisory for certain areas.

• 03 апреля 2014, 10:13

Fiji's military rulers Friday set September 17 as the date for the South Pacific nation's first democratic elections in nearly eight years following a military coup.

• 28 марта 2014, 17:36

The government of the Marshall Islands on Tuesday defeated a motion of no confidence brought after it nominated a former Lebanese general -- a suspect in a deadly bombing -- as its ambassador to UNESCO.

• 18 марта 2014, 16:27

The Red Cross said Tuesday that an agreement with Pacific island nations designed to stop bureaucracy hampering disaster relief would save lives in emergencies.

• 04 марта 2014, 14:39

An unprecedented spike in Pacific trade winds has seen global warming slow significantly in the past 12 years but the effect is only temporary and temperatures will surge.

• 11 февраля 2014, 09:52

For Salvadoran couple Ricardo and Maria Julia Alvarenga, the reappearance of their son after his incredible story of survival adrift in the Pacific for 13 months is nothing short of a miracle.

• 05 февраля 2014, 12:13

Sporting a bushy beard and clutching a can of Coke, a castaway who says he survived more than a year adrift in the Pacific Ocean arrived in the Marshall Islands capital Majuro.

• 03 февраля 2014, 15:23

A Mexican man who claims to have survived 16 months adrift on the Pacific was Saturday regaining strength on a remote Marshall Islands atoll as a navy ship was sent to pick him up.

• 01 февраля 2014, 14:15