EXPLAINER
Will the US benefit from the oil crisis sparked by the war on Iran?
Attacks on energy sites in the Gulf and disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz give Western exporters a chance to profit.
Advertisement
Content Feed
US, Micronesia deepen political and economic ties
Deal is likely to be a blow to China, which has made a concerted effort to increase its influence in Micronesia.
Who are Taiwan’s formal diplomatic allies?
China has stepped up pressure on Taiwan since Tsai Ing-wen was first elected president of the self-ruled island in 2016.
Climate change gets ‘highest priority’ in US, Pacific agreement
Partnership deal signed by 14 nations follows historic summit at the White House and comes as China extends influence.
US has agreed Pacific Islands deal, offering ‘big dollar numbers’
The US is looking to reengage in a region where China has been steadily expanding its influence.
‘Like Wildfire’: COVID cases skyrocket on Marshall Islands
Authorities in Marshall Islands declare health disaster as COVID-19 cases surge in Pacific nation’s capital, Majuro.
The Taiwan ‘prize’ and the US-China rivalry in the Pacific
China-Taiwan fistfight in Fiji raises concerns that broader US-China rivalry could destabilise the Pacific.
![Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomes Fiji's Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama during a visit to Beijing [File: Andy Wong/EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/h_52055965-1.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
US sanctions four shipping firms for transporting Venezuelan oil
Venezuelan foreign minister warned that US moves to inhibit crude exports would complicate food and medicine imports.
Marshall Islands backs Taiwan as China fuels diplomatic shifts
Marshall Islands expresses ‘profound appreciation’ to Taiwan, criticises China efforts to ‘expand territory, footprint’
A tiny Pacific nation is creating its own digital currency
The Marshall Islands wants to reduce its dependence on the US dollar with what it is calling the Marshallese sovereign.
UN chief worried nuclear ‘coffin’ leaking in Pacific
The concrete dome was built in the late 1970s as a dumping ground for waste from the nuclear tests.
