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A view from Babeldaob Island’s northern tip in Ngarchelong State, Palau appears on Dec. 27, 2024. (Nicole Evatt via AP)

The Pacific diving paradise of Palau wants travelers to explore its cultural depths, too

By Nicole Evatt - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks about foreign policy during a speech at the State Department in Washington, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden in late push to boost Indo-Pacific ties sends three pacts to Congress

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FILE - Palau's President Surangel Whipps Jr. speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ), June 15, 2023, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Palau’s president says China is weaponizing lucrative tourism over his refusal to break Taiwan ties

By Charlotte Graham-McLay - Associated Press

Illustration on China's menacing moves in the Pacific by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Don’t hand China a victory in the Pacific

By Andrew J. Harding

A Philippine supply boat, center, maneuvers around Chinese coast guard ships as they tried to block its way near Second Thomas Shoal, locally known as Ayungin Shoal, at the disputed South China Sea on Aug. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

U.S. given OK to enforce maritime law around Palau as Washington vies with China for influence

By David Rising - Associated Press

President Joe Biden boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, March 9, 2023, en route to Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Jess Rapfogel)

Biden budget aims at China with billions for Pacific islands

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

President Joe Biden, center, poses for a photo with Pacific Island leaders on the North Portico of the White House in Washington, Sept. 29, 2022. From left, New Caledonia President Louis Mapou, Tonga Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni, Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr., Tuvalu Prime Minister Kausea Natano, Micronesia President David Panuelo, Fiji Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, Biden, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape, Marshall Islands President David Kabua, Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, French Polynesia President Edouard Fritch and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

U.S. nears new cooperation deals with Pacific Island nations

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Palau's Vice President J. Uduch Sengebau Senior, third from left walk with her delegation and Taiwan officials after arriving at the Taoyuan airport near Taipei, Taiwan on Saturday, Aug 27, 2022. Palau's vice president and her eight-member delegation have been quarantined in Taiwan after two of them tested positive for the coronavirus. (Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP)

Palau VP delegation quarantined in Taiwan after 2 get virus

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Palau is one of the tiny Pacific players on the front lines of a high-stakes rivalry between the U.S. and China.. (Associated Press)

Deterrent against China: Palau invites U.S. military to build on remote islands

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

Taiwanese travelers, right, of the first group of Palau-Taiwan Travel Corridor prepare to take COVID-19 virus antigen test before leaving Taiwan, at Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan, Thursday, April 1, 2021. The Palau-Taiwan Travel Corridor, allowing people to travel between the islands without a COVID-19 quarantine, has started Thursday. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwan tourists head for Palau after travel bubble launches

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In this May 30, 2020, file photo, a couple wear face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus as the pass in front of the Love Sculpture, inspired by the iconic design by American artist Robert Indiana, in a popular tourist spot Taipei, Taiwan. Taiwan and the Pacific nation of Palau will launch a travel bubble next month, allowing people to travel between the islands without a COVID-19 quarantine. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

Taiwan, Pacific ally Palau to open travel bubble next month

By HUIZHONG WU - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 20, 2003 file photo Argentinian evangelist Luis Palau, left, discusses preparation's for BeachFest, his multi-media Christian revival, with assistant Fred Conklin as they stroll Fort Lauderdale Beach, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Palau, an evangelical pastor who was born in Argentina and went on to work as Billy Graham's Spanish interpreter before establishing his own international ministry, died Thursday, March 11, 2021, in Portland, Ore. He was 86. (AP Photo/Marianne Armshaw, File)

International evangelical pastor Luis Palau dies at 86

By GILLIAN FLACCUS - Associated Press

In this image made from UNTV video, Tommy Esang Remengesau Jr., President of Palau, speaks in a pre-recorded message which was played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, at UN headquarters in New York. The U.N.'s first virtual meeting of world leaders started Tuesday with pre-recorded speeches from some of the planet's biggest powers, kept at home by the coronavirus pandemic that will likely be a dominant theme at their video gathering this year. (UNTV via AP)

At UN, island nation of Palau speaks to interconnected world

By JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 20, 2009 file photo, the Palau Capital building is seen in Melekeok, Palau. Defense Secretary Mark Esper plans to fly nearly halfway around the world this week to tiny Palau, which no Pentagon chief has ever visited. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, File)

Esper visit to tiny Palau highlights US-China competition

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Illustration on American versus Chinese influence in the Pacific by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Reviving the Monroe Doctrine in the Indo-Pacific

By Dennis Lennox

Palau to ban sunscreen as it tries to save its coral reefs

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

Perry searches Pacific isles for US servicemen

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