WELLINGTON, New Zealand — 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 government ...

Twelve participants from six Pacific countries gathered in Apia, for a four-day regional workshop, the final phase of the UNITAR Hiroshima Women's ...

APIA, SamoaAPIA, Samoa — Sirens wailed and fireworks exploded in the skies over Samoa as the tiny South Pacific nation jumped forward in time, crossing westward over the international date line and ...

APIA, Samoa - The weekend came sooner than usual for the tiny South Pacific island nation of Samoa. When the clock struck midnight Thursday, the country skipped over Friday and moved 24 hours ahead — ...

And of course, Yelen took their photo as he arrived at Samoa in February, soon after their departure from Kiribati. The island nations, both located in the Pacific, are the 111th and 112th countries ...

APIA, Samoa – Car horns and sirens sounded, church bells rang and roads crowded with vehicles Monday as Samoa made its switch to left-side driving. Hundreds lined streets in the capital, Apia, to ...

Reporting from Apia, Samoa — Even in darkness, on the way from the airport, Samoa didn’t look like anywhere else I’d been in Polynesia — not like Rarotonga or Fiji, not like Tahiti or Easter Island.

Ahead of the official opening of the United Nations conference on small island developing countries, the UN and Samoan flags were raised on Saturday over the site in the capital, Apia, that will host ...

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Ahead of the official opening of the United Nations conference on small island developing countries, the UN and Samoan flags were raised on Saturday over the site in the capital, Apia, that will host ...