Artefacts and human remains taken by a Norwegian explorer in the late 1940s as part of the famous Kon-Tiki expedition are being returned to Chile’s Easter Island in the mid-Pacific.

While Sean “Diddy” Combs has been sitting in jail for alleged sex crimes, his private plane has been jetting all over the map ...

In 1947, explorer Thor Heyerdahl sailed on a log raft named Kon-Tiki from Peru to Polynesia in 101 days to prove his theory — ...

French Polynesia is one of a handful of Pacific Islands that allow tourists to swim with humpback whales. However, the ...

The last U.N. mandated study on the effects of nuclear war was published in 1988, with a focus on climate change. At the time ...

One of the world’s most remote and beautiful spots is now easier to visit by ship, yet it’s bound to remain an exclusive holiday.

Much attention has been paid to France’s relationship with New Caledonia in recent months, but France has also been compelled ...

consistent with known ages for the same colonizing event in New Zealand and other remote islands of East Polynesia." The dated materials from Sandy Bay show that occupation continued—perhaps ...

King Charles’s trip to Australia and Samoa with Queen Camilla was much-anticipated as his first major tour since his cancer diagnosis. It was also constitutionally significant as his first visit ...

The King is prepared to return to his full overseas tour schedule after his visit to Australia and Samoa proved the “perfect tonic”. Despite his ongoing cancer treatment, the King is hoping to ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Samoa’s Prime Minister Afioga Fiame Naomi Mata’afa addresses the final press conference at the ...