The Orang Laut sea nomads living around Indonesia's Batam island face an uncertain future, as climate change and modernisation upend their lives at sea.

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MANILA, Philippines — Chinese maritime militia (CMM) vessels fled Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal as Tropical Storm Enteng headed towards the West Philippine Sea. West Philippine Sea monitor Ray Powell ...

A team of NASA rocket scientists is developing autonomous underwater robots able to go where humans cannot, deep beneath Antarctica’s giant ice shelves. The robots’ task is to better ...

Tropical Storm Enteng (international name: Yagi) accelerated over Northern Luzon and is now over the West Philippine Sea, as Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 2 remains over seven areas, PAGASA ...

Shell, the major oil and energy company with its U.S. headquarters in Houston, may soon announce it is cutting 20 percent of its upstream workforce, according to a new report. The Houston-based ...

Scientists from the Fritz Haber Institute, Sorbonne University, and Uppsala University have made a discovery that can help to improve our understanding of the behavior of ions in solutions.

The European Union's naval mission in the Red Sea says private companies have called off attempts to salvage a burning oil tanker because the situation is unsafe. The Greek-owned and flagged MV ...

BEIJING, Sept 2 (Reuters) - China urged the European Union to be "objective and fair" and careful with words and actions on issues in the South China Sea, after the bloc remarked on an incident ...