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The World Bank's twice-yearly Pacific economic update covers 11 Pacific island economies: Federated States of Micronesia, ...
Amid stalled talks over New Caledonia, Macron’s summit with Pacific leaders centred on its escalating anti-China agenda.
For more than three decades, Aunty Kiki Sotoa Solia has dedicated her life to Taupou Samoa, ... She transformed her passion into one of the most popular Polynesian dance groups in the region.
Samoa’s prime minister says she will seek to dissolve Parliament, prompting an early election, after a budget vote failed. ... Fiamē is one of the region’s longest-serving politicians.
Samoa declared a 30-day state of emergency due to widespread and prolonged power outages. The crisis was caused by generator failures, cable faults, storm damage, and increased demand, exposing ...
For the first time since 2011, France has had the pleasure of opening a new embassy in its network, in Samoa in February 2025. This new embassy increases France’s sizeable diplomatic network in the ...
RFK Jr. misled the US Senate on measles deaths, Samoa’s health chief says An outbreak of measles devastated the Pacific island nation in 2019, killing 83 people in a population of 200,000.
Samoa's top health official on Monday condemned statements made by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during his confirmation hearings for health and human services secretary, calling them "a complete lie ...
Samoa’s top health official has denounced as 'a complete lie' remarks that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made during his bid to become U.S. Health and Human Services secretary.
According to the 2023 Samoa Poverty and Hardship Report, 21.9 percent of Samoa’s population lives below the basic-needs poverty line, 3 percentage points higher than in 2013‒14.
Experts saw Samoa's plunging vaccination rates as a crisis. RFK Jr. saw an opportunity. New details show how Robert F. Kennedy Jr., then chair of an anti-vaccine group and now Trump’s pick for ...
With the FIBA U17 Oceania Championship right around the corner, the Samoa team is preparing for competition on Guam.