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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Moeaia Tuai will be sentenced next month for enslaving a young woman in New Zealand who he forced to work and sexually abused. Two victims broke free from the Auckland man's control in harrowing echoes of New Zealand's most infamous slavery trial, but such prosecutions...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — During a webinar hosted by Right to Democracy and the America the Beautiful for All Coalition, civil society organizations from Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands announced they and their national partners collected over 60,000 petitions, letters, and comments in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Nearly seven months after police say Matthew Scott Alder fatally shot Arthur “Afa” Folasa Ah Loo at a Salt Lake City “No Kings” protest, Alder made his first court appearance.
Alder, a safety volunteer at the march, attended a hearing Tuesday morning at Utah’s Third...
Washington, D.C.— (Jan 8, 2026) The United States has confirmed it will withdraw from, or cease funding and participation in, a number of international organizations following a presidential review of bodies deemed contrary to U.S. national interests.
Among those affected are several institutions...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An inmate who escaped from custody in Palau last month has been recaptured.
The Minister of Justice told local media investigations are underway into how the escape happened, and whether others were involved.
The Island Times reported the incident has renewed public...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — When people stop taking the new generation of weight-loss drugs they pile back on the weight four times faster than they would after ending diet and exercise regimes, new research has found.
But this was mostly because they lost so much weight in the first place,...
Apia, SAMOA (05 January, 2026) — Another U.S.-funded initiative aimed at strengthening education in the Independent State of Samoa is set to be officially handed over in the near future, marking a continued commitment to supporting students, schools, and communities across the nation.
The...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Research commissioned by Greenpeace, showing that deep sea mining in the Cook Islands is unlikely to make any money, is being rejected by the country's government.
The research, performed by Trytten Consulting Services in October last year, reviewed the economic...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Cook Islands Maritime Authority says a US sanctioned oil tanker is falsely using Cook Islands identifiers to evade capture.
The Bertha, which flew under the Cooks flag for almost nine months in 2024, is among at least 16 vessels that have reportedly attempted to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — More than 3,000 people from U.S. territories have signed a petition opposing proposed deep seabed mining in waters near the Mariana Islands and American Samoa, warning of irreversible environmental damage and the exclusion of Indigenous communities from decision-making....