A Cook Islands MP is accusing the government of taxing low-wage earners more by not adjusting the tax-free threshold with a minimum wage increase. The changes came into effect on 1 July, pushing the ...

China is reviving an ekranoplan design dubbed the "Bohai Sea Monster," echoing the Soviet "Caspian Sea Monster", a vessel ...

The Shtandart was built in 1999 and sails under the flag of the Cook Islands since changing its registration from Russia in ...

No, this is not a stray pirate ship from the Caribbean but rather the Russian sailing ship The Shtandart, which has attracted ...

A controversial sailing ship has left Irish waters after spending three hours in berth at Clogherhead during the middle of ...

NATO aircraft have frequently circled the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad since the start of the war in Ukraine.

Iran’s women’s basketball team power forward Delaram Vakili emphasizes that their primary goal is to secure promotion to the ...

I had no clue what I was doing. As an adventurous 30-year-old solo traveller, I was not a cruise fanatic, not even a fan.

Martus, from St Petersburg in Russia, attempted to rectify this in 2024 by reflagging the ship with that of the Cook Islands.

Launched in St Petersburg in 1999, the Shtandart has served as a sail training vessel in the decades since and previously ...

THE captain of a replica 18th-century Russian frigate attempting to chart a course through diplomatically-charged waters is hopeful that the ship might be able to visit the Island later this year – ...

Irish authorities have officially contacted a controversial sail training vessel which is suspected of links to the Russian ...