New research suggests ancient islanders may have migrated across the Pacific in response to shifting rainfall. As the west grew drier and the east wetter, people may have followed water to survive.

President Trump’s decisive action against the illegitimate Maduro regime in Venezuela has focused world attention on the ...

This remote, volcanic South Pacific island in the Solomon chain is an under-the-radar haven that awards adventurous travelers ...

Uninhabited Baker Island is among the last to see the new year, as 2026 takes 26 hours to roll across the globe.

Singapore, Beijing, Tokyo and Seoul were among the latest cities around the world to ring in the New Year. Beijing staged a ...

The curtain is finally falling on the 2025 Australian rugby season, marking one of the biggest seasons for the sport in years ...

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Around the world, there are between 100,000 and 150,000 flights taking off and landing each day – and up to 20,000 in the air at any given moment. Many of these cross the International Date Line, ...

Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series, written by former PDN staffer and lifelong football fan Paul Addison. When Father Tony Gillespie was living in a monastery in Devon, England, ...

Nov. 6 (UPI) --In American Samoa, the ocean is life -- but that life is under siege. The U.S. territory, marooned in the heart of the Pacific, faces a triple threat of climate change, industrial ...

Most points in a match: 60 v Uruguay at RWC 2003 in Australia Biggest win: 47 points (60-13) v Uruguay at RWC 2003 in Australia Did you know...? Similar to the All Blacks, Samoa have their own ...

It follows celebrations in Sydney, which our correspondent says were tempered with sadness following the attack on Bondi ...