A rare look at one of the world’s most critical and understudied environmental crises. Southeast Asia produces more than half of the world’s fish, yet its waters are among the most depleted and contested.
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Who will call it the Gulf of America? A look at this and other naming disputes
Google says it will rename the Gulf of Mexico on its U.S. maps, and Mexico is pushing back. This wouldn’t be the first body of water to have different names according to different countries.
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U.S. and Chinese defense chiefs hold first official meeting in Singapore
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Chinese counterpart met for the first time in Singapore on Friday, as Washington and Beijing seek to head off potential conflict in the region.
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On a remote island, a test of wills between the Philippines and China
About 250 Filipinos live on Thitu Island, the largest and most inhabited island of the Spratlys, in the South China Sea. But Chinese ships are never far away.
