US Aims to Allocate Over $7 Billion in Aid for Pacific Islands to Counter China
A general view of Rock islands in the Pacific island nation of Palau on Feb. 15, 2018. - Palau had urged the U.S. military to build bases on its territory,…
A general view of Rock islands in the Pacific island nation of Palau on Feb. 15, 2018. - Palau had urged the U.S. military to build bases on its territory,…
David Panuelo of Federated States of Micronesia speaks during the Pacific Parliamentary and Political Leaders Forum at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, on April 18, 2013. (Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)
A shark swims on a reef in Ailinginae Atoll in the Marshall Islands, in August 2018. (Greg Asner/Allen Coral Atlas via AP)
A shark swims on a reef in Ailinginae Atoll in the Marshall Islands, in August 2018. (Greg Asner/Allen Coral Atlas via AP)
A shark swims on a reef in Ailinginae Atoll in the Marshall Islands, in August 2018. (Greg Asner/Allen Coral Atlas via AP)
A shark swims on a reef in Ailinginae Atoll in the Marshall Islands, in August 2018. (Greg Asner/Allen Coral Atlas via AP)
A shark swims on a reef in Ailinginae Atoll in the Marshall Islands, in August 2018. (Greg Asner/Allen Coral Atlas via AP)
A worker, wearing protective suits and masks, takes notes in front of storage tanks for radioactive water at Tokyo Electric Power Co's (TEPCO) tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in…