The Earth is a big place, and it has taken us a long, long time to fully map it. Today, it is easy to feel like the last of the great adventures is over, and we’ve found all that there is to be found. For a long time though, this wasn’t true. As sailors set […]
Posts Tagged ‘islands’
Virgin Islands AG Fired Three Days After Suing JPMorgan Over Jeffrey Epstein


As we noted last week, US Virgin Islands Attorney General Denise George filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan for allegedly reaping financial benefits from Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation – less than a month after George secured a $105 million settlement with Epstein’s estate, which agreed to liquidate Epstein’s islands and cease all business operations in the region. Three days […]
Virgin Islands Attorney General Loses Her Job Days After Suing JPMorgan Chase in Connection with the Mossad Child Rape Honey Trap Operator Jeffrey Epstein Probe


One set of rules for the sheep slave class Another set for the kiddy Raping “elites”. The Ole Dog! The Virgin Islands top prosecutor who reached a more than $105 million settlement with Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has lost her job days after suing JPMorgan Chase in connection with her probe. The federal lawsuit, filed in […]
U.S. Virgin Islands Sues JPMorgan Over Epstein Sex Trafficking Scandal


On Tuesday, the U.S. Virgin Islands filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase for alleging the bank profited from Epstein’s sex trafficking scheme. Source
Evidence Shows Archaic Humans Sailed to Aegean Islands 450,000 Years Ago


Ample archaeological and geological evidence has now been uncovered that suggests archaic humans were building boats and crossing the Aegean Sea as long as 450,000 years ago, the authors of a new article in Quaternary International report. Read more Section: News History & Archaeology Read Later Source
Turkey’s letter to the UN asking for the demilitarisation of the Greek islands – “We reject it,” says Athens


With its letter to the United Nations, Turkey once again made provocative and non-existent characterisations of the militarised status of Greece’s Aegean islands. In its five-page letter from September 17, which was revealed on Friday by ERT, Ankara more or less claims that the Aegean islands were ceded to Greece with reduced sovereignty. Even more,… […]
Turkiye warns Greece over military build-up on nearby islands


Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Greece that it will pay a "heavy price" for "conspiring" against Turkiye, following the deployment of US armoured vehicles to the Greek islands of Lesbos and Samos in contravention of international agreements signed after World Wars One and Two. Speaking to reporters after a cabinet meeting yesterday, Erdogan […]
Turkey protests to Greek Ambassador over ‘militarization’ of Aegean islands; Greece rejects demarche


Turkey called in the Greek Ambassador in Ankara on Monday to protest the ‘militarisation’ of Greek islands alleging that Greece was violating international law through the presence of armoured military vehicles at border islands. Greece rejected a Turkish demarche which was presented to Ambassador Christodoulos Lazaris who in response underlined that Greece’s positions have been thoroughly… […]
Who Owns Solomon Islands Now?


On August 26, 2022, news broke that the Solomon Islands had refused to allow a US Coast Guard ship to refuel in its port. In the history of the South Pacific, only New Zealand did so in 1985, when it barred a US nuclear-powered naval vessel from visiting its port. In 1987, Wellington declared the […]
Erdogan threatens to ‘come down suddenly one night’ and attack Aegean Islands


TURKISH President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to “come down suddenly one night” on Greece by attacking Aegean islands that have had military bases set up. The president’s warning on Saturday, in which he said Greece should “look at history” and see how “heavy the price” would be for alienating Ankara, is the most direct threat […]
Erdogan threatens to ‘come down suddenly one night’ and attack Aegean Islands


TURKISH President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to “come down suddenly one night” on Greece by attacking Aegean islands that have had military bases set up. The president’s warning on Saturday, in which he said Greece should “look at history” and see how “heavy the price” would be for alienating Ankara, is the most direct threat […]
Solomon Islands Suspends All US Naval Visits


The Solomon Islands has informed U.S. authorities that all naval visits have been suspended until further notice following an earlier incident on Aug. 23 when a U.S. Coast Guard vessel, the Oliver Henry, was denied permission for a scheduled port call. The incident comes amid mounting concerns about Beijing’s influence in the region and Solomons […]
US Coast Guard Vessel Denied Port Call in Solomon Islands


U.S. Coast Guard vessel, the Oliver Henry, was greeted with silence when it requested permission for a scheduled port call in the Solomon Islands, forcing the crew to Papua New Guinea instead. The incident comes amid mounting concerns about the influence of the Chinese Communist Party in the region and the ongoing weakening of democratic […]
Varvitsiotis: Greece will not demilitarise its islands simply because Turkey wants this


Greece wants to engage in dialogue with Turkey but is not prepared to make concessions concerning its national sovereignty, nor will it demilitarise its islands simply because Turkey wants this, Alternate Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis said on SKAI television on Friday. “This dialogue must, of course, take place with rules, which are none other than… […]
Study: Most Trash Polluting Galapagos Islands Comes from Illegal Chinese Fishing Boats


Illegal Chinese fishing boats are responsible for the majority of man-made ocean waste found near or in the Galapagos Islands Marine Preserve, which is located off Ecuador’s Pacific coast, the Latin American news site Infobae reported on Monday. Source
China-Solomon Islands Relations will Change the Balance of Powers in the Pacific


In April 2022, the world learned that China and the Solomon Islands had concluded a framework security treaty allowing China to deploy its naval forces in a small but strategically important nation in Oceania, just 2,000 km off the coast of the largest state in the South Pacific, Australia. At this point, however, the Chinese […]
Solomon Islands: A Risky Move Out From Under Western Control


The Solomon Islands are in the process of cementing into place a security pact with China. According to an alleged leaked draft, this pact includes provisions allowing the Solomon Islands to request the presence of Chinese police and military personnel to “assist in maintaining social order, protecting people’s lives and property, providing humanitarian assistance, carrying […]