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Pacific delegates warn against US fast-tracking seabed mining

January 28, 2026

President Donald Trump

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Friend or foe? How Trump’s threats against ‘free-riding’ allies could backfire

The late former US President Jimmy Carter in his younger years

American Samoa

Pacific leaders remember Jimmy Carter’s ‘pivotal role’ for CNMI

US Vice-President Kamala Harris and former US President Donald Trump

American Samoa

How the US election may affect Pacific Island nations

American Samoa

Greenlight given to Guam, American Samoa for PIF associate membership

Academic and historian Dr Caroline Sinavaiana-Gabbard

American Samoa

Outpouring of grief following death of acclaimed Samoan poet and writer

June 2, 2024

The US Supreme Court

American Samoa

‘A stain on our country’: Criticism of ‘racist’ Supreme Court rulings

April 29, 2024

Associate dean Pacific Sir Collin Tukuitonga

American Samoa

Food industry, lack of exercise key to childhood obesity, says Sir...

March 4, 2024

Fans at the FIFA World Football Cup semifinal match between Spain and Sweden at Auckland's Eden Park last night

American Samoa

FIFA boss wraps up trailblazing Pacific tour with stop in New...

August 16, 2023

(left) and UNICEF team leader Luisa Popo

American Samoa

American Samoa confirms a case of measles – day care centres...

April 22, 2023

Protesting American Samoa nurses

American Samoa

American Samoan nurses strike over failure to honour promised pay rises

December 20, 2022

American Samoan storms

American Samoa

American Samoa declares state of emergency over severe storms

July 16, 2022

A covid-19 vaccination site in Northern Marianas

American Samoa

Covid trends around the Pacific – deaths, lockdown and easing rules

March 29, 2022

Jerry Tuwai

American Samoa

Tokyo 2020 Day Five: Pacific athletes – who to watch and...

July 28, 2021

Trump election cartoon

American Samoa

With US D-day, the outcome won’t be simply a matter of...

November 4, 2020

Trump and Biden

American Samoa

Nik Dirga: The one word that really matters for US election...

November 1, 2020

American Samoa

American Samoa tuna cannery closure prompts fisheries gifts to Tokelau

Mackenzie Smith -

May 29, 2017

Environment

Solar energy plans for American Samoa

October 11, 2016

American Samoa

US, Pacific countries resolve treaty deadlock – fleet fishing again

March 8, 2016

American Samoa

Pacific Islanders debate paradox of ‘Oceanianism’ and global citizens

Shailendra Singh -

January 29, 2016

American Samoa

US withdrawal from Pacific tuna treaty will take effect January 2017

January 21, 2016

American Samoa

Tuna fishing deal dispute keeps US boats out of Pacific waters

January 18, 2016

CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

Climate

COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"

Asia Report

COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm

Analysis

Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors

Analysis

How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

BEARING WITNESS

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire

Analysis

Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers...

Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide

Analysis

Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived

"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"

Analysis

Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence

Asia Report

27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior

Bearing Witness

Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016

APJS newsfile

Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

Tweet to @DavidRobie
Tweets by DavidRobie

APJS NEWSFILE

Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society

APJS newsfile

Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.

APJS newsfile

Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

APJS newsfile

Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)

APJS newsfile

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

POPULAR POSTS

The moment "Coconut Cartel" ringleader Lorenzo Lemalu Tovia was gunned down

Crime

Samoan police investigate after pair admit killing ‘Coconut Cartel’ ringleader in...

Gaza freedom flotilla activist Hāhona Ormsby (right) being welcomed home at Auckland International Airport on Sunday

Asia Report

Kidnapped Kiwi Gaza flotilla detainee condemns brutal Israeli torture

Moana Pasifika captain Miracle Fai'ilagi (centre) with head coach Tana Umaga (right) and talent manager Kevin Senio

Culture

Moana Pasifika captain hopeful their final whistle hasn’t blown yet

The AI-generated fake footage on Instagram shared by an Indonesian nationalist account @bersamaastacita showing Koteka Wenda speaking out

Asia Report

‘Digital colonisation’ – West Papuan activist targeted in fake AI-generated reel

EDITOR'S PICKS

"The face of courage vs the face of evil"

Analysis

‘He’s Māori!’ Hāhona Ormsby – a New Zealander in the Israeli...

"The end of the US Empire, led by an impetuous and clueless President Donald Trump, is irreversible."

Analysis

Chris Hedges: Gaza and Iran – the rise of the Global...

Al Jazeera English’s Open Source Unit reports on the land Illegally in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria taken over by the Israeli military

Asia Report

How the Israeli military is illegally grabbing land ‘everywhere’

Joseph Vaa, 27, admitted gunning down suspected "Coconut Cartel" ringleader Lorenzo Lemalu Tovia outside a restaurant last week. Vaa's associate, Steve Tofa, 23, has confessed to being his accomplice in the shooting

Crime

Samoan nationals could face death penalty over ‘Coconut Cartel’ killing in...

MOST COMMENTS

Australia

Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern

Analysis

Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace

Global

Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

Asia Report

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

"The end of the US Empire, led by an impetuous and clueless President Donald Trump, is irreversible."

Analysis

Chris Hedges: Gaza and Iran – the rise of the Global...

Al Jazeera English’s Open Source Unit reports on the land Illegally in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria taken over by the Israeli military

Asia Report

How the Israeli military is illegally grabbing land ‘everywhere’

Joseph Vaa, 27, admitted gunning down suspected "Coconut Cartel" ringleader Lorenzo Lemalu Tovia outside a restaurant last week. Vaa's associate, Steve Tofa, 23, has confessed to being his accomplice in the shooting

Crime

Samoan nationals could face death penalty over ‘Coconut Cartel’ killing in...

Five Palestinian journalists from Gaza imprisoned in Israeli jails

Analysis

Palestinian journalists from Gaza ‘treated inhumanely’ by Israeli army and Shin...