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Taiwanese traveler Kuo Yitting of the first group of Palau-Taiwan Travel Corridor shows her boarding pass and a report of 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

Apr. 01, 2021 01:08 AM EDT

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 Mar. 17, 2021 03:44 AM EDT

In this photo provided by the United Nations, the pre-recorded message of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana, is played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday Sept. 23, 2020, at U.N. headquarters in New York. (Eskinder Debebe/United Nations via AP)
World leaders criticize haphazard response to pandemic

By Edith M. Lederer Sep. 23, 2020 04:38 PM EDT

In this photo provided by the United Nations, the pre-recorded message of Tommy Esang Remengesau Jr., President of Palau, is played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday Sept. 23, 2020, at U.N. headquarters, in New York. (Eskinder Debebe/UN Photo via AP)
At UN, island nation of Palau speaks to interconnected world

By Jennifer Peltz Sep. 23, 2020 03:23 PM EDT

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 Aug. 27, 2020 12:19 AM EDT

US defense chief Esper to visit Palau, Guam and Hawaii

Aug. 19, 2020 07:48 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Mark Esper will travel to the tiny North Pacific island nation of Palau next week, as well as to Hawaii and the U.S....