Mexican navy says seizes record 8.3 tonnes of drugs in Pacific
- 19-Oct-2024
MEXICO CITY: The Mexican navy announced Friday it had seized more than 8.3 tonnes of drugs in the Pacific Ocean, a record for a single operation at sea. “Navy personnel seized 8,361 kilograms of illicit cargo, which represents the largest amount of drugs seized in a maritime operation, unprecedented in history,” said a statement from […]
North Korea warns of turning Pacific into ‘firing range’
- 20-Feb-2023
SEOUL: North Korea fired two more ballistic missiles off its east coast on Monday, as the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un warned U.S. forces to halt military drills, saying the reclusive nuclear state could turn the Pacific into a “firing range”. The launches come just two days after North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic […]
83-year-old Japanese man becomes oldest person to sail solo across Pacific
- 04-Jun-2022
An 83-year-old yachtsman arrived in Japan early Saturday morning after a solo, non-stop trip across the Pacific, becoming the oldest person ever to achieve the feat. Famed ocean adventurer Kenichi Horie’s arrival in the Kii Strait off western Japan capped a two-month trip that started from a yacht harbour in San Francisco in March. It […]
Underwater volcano erupts in Pacific, triggers tsunami warnings
- 15-Jan-2022
An underwater volcano off Tonga erupted on Saturday, triggering a tsunami warning for several South Pacific island nations, with footage on social media showing waves crashing into homes. Tsunami waves were observed in Tonga’s capital and the capital of American Samoa, a U.S.-based tsunami monitor said. The eruption at 0410 GMT of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga […]
Pacific clean-up after homes ‘blown to smithereens’ by superstorm
- 14-Apr-2020
Tens of thousands of people remain homeless in Vanuatu a week after Tropical Cyclone Harold pummelled the impoverished Pacific nation, smashing houses and destroying crops.
Battered solo yachtswoman awaits rescue in Pacific
- 07-Dec-2018
A British solo around-the-world sailor whose yacht was crippled in a ferocious storm as she crossed the Pacific has stabilized her battered vessel and is awaiting rescue, race organizers said Friday. Susie Goodall was briefly knocked unconscious when mountainous seas upended her yacht “DHL Starlight” early Thursday, tearing off its mast and trashing much of […]
Powerful earthquake rocks Mexico, USGS warns tsunami
- 08-Sep-2017
MEXICO CITY: A powerful 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck southern Mexico late Thursday, the US Geological Survey said, with seismologists warning of a tsunami of more than three meters (10 feet). The quake hit offshore in the Pacific about 120 kilomet ers (75 miles) southwest of the town of Tres Picos in far southern Chiapas state, […]
China aircraft carrier to lead Pacific drills for first time
- 25-Dec-2016
BEIJING: China’s navy plans a training exercise in the Pacific that would include for the first time its sole aircraft carrier, state media reported — a move likely to ratchet up regional tensions. The duration of the drill and the route of the flotilla were not known. But the Soviet-made carrier is based in the northeastern […]
Disney accused of ‘brown face’ over movie costume
- 20-Sep-2016
WELLINGTON: Polynesian activists have accused entertainment giant Disney of promoting "brown face" with a Halloween costume allowing children to dress up as the tattooed Pacific demi-god Maui.
China spurs ships to use Arctic shipping route: report
- 20-Apr-2016
SHANGHAI: China is looking to exploit the Northwest Passage, the fabled short-cut from the Pacific to the Atlantic, state-run media said Wednesday, with the world's biggest trader in goods publishing a shipping guide to the route.