Updated: Australia to deploy police, military to Solomon Islands as protests spread
Updated: 6pm (AEDT) Sydney, Australia Reuters Australia will deploy more than 100 police and military personnel to aid the Solomon Islands, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday, as protesters in the Pacific Island nation defied a curfew to protest for a second consecutive day. Morrison said Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare had requested […]
Island of plastic debris in Pacific far bigger than previous estimates, study says
Thomson Reuters Foundation A giant island of plastic floating in the Pacific Ocean holds as much as 16 times more debris than was previously thought, posing a significant threat to the food chain, scientists said last last week. The so-called garbage patch in waters between California and Hawaii consists of fishing nets, plastic containers, packaging […]
Origins: A century on, the Panama Canal continues to provide a vital link between oceans
Having celebrated the centenary of its opening last year, DAVID ADAMS looks at the history of the Panama Canal…