French Polynesia News

Have you ever wanted to venture way, way out to the islands around Tahiti? Sit back and then and daydream with us as we follow Twitter celeb Stefanie Michaels, aka Adventure Girl , as she goes island-hopping in the most exotic of places-the Marquesas Islands.

When my breath had slowed to a pant and my heart ceased racing, I wiped the sweat from my brow and looked out on an incredible sight.

Reports from Clipperton Island, the French-owned territory about 800 miles southwest of Mexico, indicate a tanker is leaking toxic xylene and is placing the area's 115 species of fish in danger.

Memories of Samoa's devastating tsunami were reignited as Pacific Islanders woke to warning sirens this morning.

Judy Zinszer, of Zinszer's Bakery & Cookies, works in her test kitchen as she develops the final recipe for her Polynesian Dreams cookie for the month of April.

At least 147 people were killed by the powerful earthquake of 8, 8 quake struck early on Saturday to central and southern Chile, said the director of the National Emergency Office , Carmen Fernandez.

San Francisco has already had an established French community long before the gold rush.

The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center on Sunday canceled its tsunami warning for many countries in the Pacific region.

As the tsunami warnings were mostly canceled in the Asia-Pacific region except for Japan and no major damage or injuries were reported so far, the highlighted tsunami fighting drama in which countries in half the globe were involved came to an epilogue.

Dignitaries from Hawaii and Tahiti are to attend a ceremony this week celebrating the laying of a $100 million submarine cable linking the two.

Damage from the tsunami sparked by 8.8 magnitude quake off Chile ranges from death to mere disruption as wave washes ashore.

Japan Meteorological Agency's official Yasuo Sekita speaks near the graphic showing the seismic center of an earthquake in Chile during a news conference at the agency in Tokyo Saturday, Feb.

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When it comes to romantic destinations, French Polynesia is considered the silk negligee to the rest of the world's flannel pajamas.

A baby seal greets tourists in Dunedin, New Zealand. We were in Christchurch, the oldest established city in New Zealand, when we boarded a free tram that circles the downtown.

On Tuesday, February 23rd, Chef Mavro will unveil a new 3-course menu inspired by the flavors of French Polynesia.

Just back from his first trip ever to French Polynesia, chef George Mavrothalassitis of Chef Mavro restaurant in Honolulu has inaugurated a fixed-price, three-course meal inspired by culinary encounters in Bora Bora.

One crew member, Fernando Pereira of Portugal, photographer, drowned on the sinking ship while attempting to recover his photographic equipment.

France deliberately exposed its soldiers to nuclear explosions in Algeria in the 1960s to study the effect of radiation on humans, a newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing confidential documents.

Climate and weather organisations across the Pacific are still predicting near normal tropical cyclone activity across the southwest Pacific for the rest of the season through to April.