China signs an agreement with an island nation. America’s regional partners get spooked. The Cook Islands, a sparsely ...
China acknowledged a visit by the Cook Islands leader for the first time on Thursday, amid exasperation in New Zealand that ...
No details have been released, but analysts and environmentalists fear it will pave the way for closer security ties and the start of deep-sea mining.
Cook Islands officials said on Friday they had discussed seabed minerals research with China as the small Pacific island mulls deep-sea mining of its waters. The self-governing co ...
SYDNEY, Feb 14, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Cook Islands officials said Friday they had discussed seabed minerals research with China as the small Pacific island mulls deep-sea mining of its waters.
Cook Islands’ expected partnership deal with China has triggered tensions between the South Pacific nation and New Zealand.
There's tension between the Cook Islands and New Zealand after a potential deal between China and the Cook Island was announced - a deal NZ had no warning ...
A fresh Auckland-based rugby expansion bid has told the NRL they would take games to Tonga, Samoa and the Cook Islands each year, ...
Cook Island’s Prime Minister Mark Brown is in China as a deal is being signed between the two country’s. Asia Business ...
China has confirmed details of its meeting with Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown for the first time, saying Beijing ...
The Cook Islands, with one of the largest Exclusive Economic Zones in the world — a whopping 2 million sq km — is considered ...