China acknowledged a visit by the Cook Islands leader for the first time on Thursday, amid exasperation in New Zealand that ...

The Cook Islands is a self-governing Pacific country halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii. Read more at straitstimes.com.

But the proposed pact has shaken decades-old ties between the Cook Islands and New Zealand, neighbours that are set to mark ...

The U.S. and the West have been struggling to lower their reliance on China for critical minerals, and Australia could play a ...

Australian firms are within a few years of refining most of the rare minerals used in the world’s critical defence systems, ...

Australia's Global Lithium Resources is pressing the government to halt what it calls a takeover attempt by Chinese investors ...

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

Global mining major Rio Tinto has secured all necessary regulatory approvals to proceed with its $6.7-billion acquisition of ...

Closer scrutiny of Chinese investment in Australia’s energy transition is also slowing the development of new wind and solar farms, lawyers say.

Doubts remain about the delivery timeline for the Australia-bound nuclear submarines and Donald Trump’s commitment to the ...

Donald Trump is already creating a “new world order” weeks into his presidency – and Australia is at risk of being “caught in ...