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 the ...

The island nation of Samoa is in the midst of its first COVID-19 outbreak, after detecting "its first-ever case of community transmission last week," The Associated Press reports. The outbreak was ...

The perilous state of American Samoa’s last tuna cannery is an outcome that experts have long warned about. An international shift in the fishing industry, largely driven by countries with lower ...

The IAEA has conducted its first official fact finding mission to two of its newest Member States, Samoa and Tonga, to gain an overview of the two countries’ needs and the opportunities for IAEA ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Samoa went to the polls Friday in a critical election that could decide the future of the Pacific Island nation’s first woman leader, who called the vote after her ...

On August 1, 2022, the Independent State of Samoa fully reopened its borders to international travelers. Samoa was one of the first countries to close due to the Covid pandemic, with no tourists able ...

An outbreak of dengue fever is sweeping across the Pacific islands of Samoa, Fiji and Tonga. A 12-year-old Samoan boy, Misiafa Nathaniel Lene, died in New Zealand's Auckland on April 13, 2025, after ...

Looking at a map, it’s easy to understand why the National Park of American Samoa gets relatively few visitors, but seeing images, it no longer makes sense. How could this breathtaking place not top ...

THIS WEEK’S FARM TO FORK FRIDAY. WE’RE TAKING YOU TO THE ISLANDS OF SAMOA IN THE FIRST EVER FRESH OFF THE BOAT ACTUAL PHYSICAL RESTAURANT. JOINING US IS CHEF. FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATE US FROM GOING ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — A magnitude-6.6 earthquake struck in the South Pacific near the island nation of Samoa on Friday, but caused no apparent damage. The quake occurred 440 kilometers (273 miles) ...