No details have been released, but analysts and environmentalists fear it will pave the way for closer security ties and the ...

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown is going to China to sign the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and other agreements. The Cook Islands is part of the realm of New Zealand ...

The tiny nation of Cook Islands has delivered a significant blow to Australia’s efforts to counter China’s push into the ...

The Cook Islands needs trade and investment. Its economy depends on tourism, and, having graduated to “high-income” status in ...

After Anthony Albanese’s slow start in engaging with Donald Trump following the US President’s election win three months ago, Australia’s $798m down payment to boost American submarine production ...

Beijing’s growing influence in the South Pacific has hit the close relationship between Wellington and the Cook Islands ...

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.

5:26 AM UTC · Updated ago Asia Pacificcategory New Zealand concerns mount as Cook Islands PM plans to sign agreement with China 5:19 AM UTC · Updated ago Reuters, the news and media division of ...

The Cook Islands’ pact with China has been furiously denounced by New Zealand as breaching the neo-colonial constitutional ...

Cook Island’s Prime Minister Mark Brown had mooted ... UTC · Updated ago Worldcategory US VP Vance threatens sanctions, military action to push Putin into Ukraine deal, WSJ reports 5:27 AM ...

Cook Islands tension with New Zealand. Speech by exiled Bangladeshi leader sparks violence. Albanese and Trump talk tariffs.