AlHijjah 04, 1436, September 18, 2015, SPA -- The powerful earthquake off Chile also sparked a tsunami advisory for Hawaii and parts of coastal California, prompting officials in both U.S. states to urge caution around shorelines.
The Pacific (...)
AlHijjah 3, 1436, Sep 17, 2015, SPA -- A tsunami advisory was dropped for Hawaii Thursday, the morning after a powerful earthquake off Chile. But it remained in effect for parts of coastal California, AP reported.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (...)
AlHijjah 3, 1436, Sep 17, 2015, SPA -- The powerful earthquake off Chile also sparked a tsunami advisory for Hawaii and parts of coastal California, prompting officials in both U.S. states to urge caution around shorelines.
The Pacific Tsunami (...)
AlQa'dah 16, 1436, August 31, 2015, SPA -- Two Category 4 storms, Hurricanes Igniacio and Jimena, have been located east of Hawaii headed in a northeasterly direction, while a third, Kilo, was spotted to the west of the islands, according to (...)
AlQa'dah 15, 1436, August 30, 2015, SPA -- The Big Island and Maui are under a tropical storm watch as a Category 4 hurricane approaches Hawaii. AP reported.
The current forecast has Hurricane Ignacio passing northeast of the Big Island on Monday (...)
AlQa'dah 10, 1435, Sep 5, 2014, SPA -- Rural Hawaii residents are keeping a nervous eye on a lava flow that is moving 800 feet a day toward their community.
Lava from the Kilauea volcano is less than a mile from Kaohe Homesteads and could reach it (...)
AlHijjah 18, 1432, Nov 14, 2011, SPA - Canada and Mexico have expressed interest in joining talks on a planned Asia-Pacific free-trade agreement, US
officials said on Sunday.
President Barack Obama welcomed Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's (...)
AlHijjah 18, 1432, Nov 14, 2011, SPA - Asia-Pacific leaders agreed measures designed to create jobs and liberalize regional trade on Sunday following talks hosted by US President Barack Obama.
Obama said the creation of new jobs was "the single (...)
AlHijjah 17, 1432, Nov 13, 2011, SPA - US President Barack Obama and Eight Asia-Pacific leaders on Saturday agreed to "broad outlines" of a
free-trade deal that they hope 12 other regional economies will eventually join.
"There are still plenty of (...)
AlHijjah 17, 1432, Nov 13, 2011, SPA -- President Obama welcomed participants in the APEC summit to Hawaii Saturday, telling his guests they had different agendas but common goals for the meeting, UPI reported.
Obama said the Pacific Rim nations (...)
AlHijjah 17, 1432, Nov 13, 2011, SPA - Chinese President Hu Jintao says growing economic instability and uncertainty around the globe mean it's more important for China and the United States to increase their cooperation.
Hu and U.S. President (...)
AlHijjah 17, 1432, Nov 13, 2011, SPA - U.S. President Barack Obama said he and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev discussed Afghanistan, Iran and Syria, among other topics, in their meeting on Saturday.
In the meeting on the sidelines of the (...)
AlHijjah 17, 1432, Nov 13, 2011, SPA - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda told President Barack Obama on Saturday that Tokyo would put all goods and services on the negotiating table in talks to join a U.S.-led effort to create a Pacific free (...)
AlHijjah 17, 1432, Nov 13, 2011, SPA - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed on Saturday to consider enhancing their cooperation in defence and security in the Asia-Pacific region.
"President Medvedev (...)
AlHijjah 16, 1432, Nov 12, 2011, SPA - U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk says leaders of Asia-Pacific economies will deliver meaningful steps to boost trade and growth at their annual summit this weekend.
Kirk ended a meeting of regional trade (...)
AlHijjah 16, 1432, Nov 12, 2011, SPA - Asia-Pacific trade and foreign ministers held talks Friday on expanding free trade, promoting environmentally
friendly growth and removing trade barriers.
The ministers had made "extraordinary efforts" to (...)
AlHijjah 15, 1432, Nov 11, 2011, SPA - The United States wants to build a "trans-Pacific system" for the Asia-Pacific, modeled on the trans-Atlantic relationship forged between the US and Europe, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said (...)
AlHijjah 15, 1432, Nov 11, 2011, SPA - Finance ministers from 21 Asia-Pacific economies on Thursday urged the European Union to use faster and
stronger measures to tackle its debt crisis, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said.
"It is crucial (...)
AlHijjah 15, 1432, Nov 11, 2011, SPA -- Federal officials are investigating the fiery crash of a tour helicopter that slammed into a mountain ridge on Hawaii's Molokai island, killing the pilot and the four tourists aboard.
The aircraft carrying (...)