US President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday said it would suspend oil and gas leases that were handed out in an Alaska wildlife refuge during the final days of the Trump administration pending an environmental review.

While much of the analysis surrounding the Alaska talks between the US and China will focus on the content of what was said, what will stick in audiences’ minds will be the changing dynamics of Great Power Competition. 

The two-day Alaska meeting between representatives of the Biden administration and the Chinese government ended with nothing to offer as the prospects of easing tensions remain bleak.

In an effort to build alliances against rising China, the US president is holding a four-way summit with Australian, Indian and Japanese leaders.

Despite former US President Donald Trump's rebuke, another Republican lawmaker has thrown his support behind the Wyoming and Alaska senators who had voted in favor of impeachment.

The Trump administration on Wednesday will open bidding on drilling leases in a pristine Arctic wildlife refuge in Alaska.

The Trump administration on Monday took another step to opening Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling for oil and gas.