Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, never experienced a ruinous population collapse, according to an analysis of ancient DNA from 15 former inhabitants of the remote island in the Pacific Ocean.

The National Security Council convened this morning (19) at the Presidential Secretariat, chaired by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, to discuss security... Partnerships were the name of the game as ...

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Aug 27 (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday ocean temperatures are rising in the Pacific Islands at three times the rate worldwide, and its population was ...

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What it tells us about the past: This prehistoric carving, discovered inside a cave in France, depicts a steppe wisent (Bison priscus), a now-extinct species of bison. It was crafted from a piece ...

After all, they’d been working at this Viking-age settlement for five years. But a small animal carving surprised them all. Archaeologists returned to Seyðisfjörður to excavate the ruins of a ...

This sprawling cattle and hunting ranch, which is bordered by the Santa Fe National Forest, is the repository of Native American artifacts, rock carvings known as petroglyphs and remnants of rock ...

The White Island volcano in New Zealand has erupted sending a huge plume of ash into the sky and grounding a number of flights. National carrier Air New Zealand said 10 flights were cancelled on ...

The problem facing isle-o-philes is that it’s hard to know which tropical sun-kissed Indian Ocean island to choose over another. Scattered like jewels from Sri Lanka in the north down to ...

From uninhabited cays to lavish resorts, the 700 islands of the Bahamas have something to offer everyone. Crystal clear waters, sugary white sands and average year-round temperatures in the 80s ...

The last time UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres held a summit with the leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum, he made international news as he stood thigh-deep, dressed in a suit and tie ...