Palau, a tiny island nation in Micronesia, is famous for its mushroom-shaped Rock Islands and spectacular diving.

Fourteen Pacific island nations will receive $107 million to adapt their tuna-dependent economies as climate change pushes ...

Samoa has two main islands—Savaii and Upolu—and several smaller ones totaling 2,934 square kilometers of land. The country depends on fisheries and agriculture for exports while importing most of its ...

In the same blog post, Kennedy recalled meeting Samoa's then prime minister, who he said was “curious to measure health outcomes following the ‘natural experiment’ created by the national ...

Abundant natural resources in countries with poor governance fuel a wide range of ills. Revenue flows facilitate corruption by making it easy for officials to siphon profits for personal gains.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Samoa’s top health official on Monday denounced as “a complete lie” remarks that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made during his bid to become U.S. health secretary ...

In the same blog post, Kennedy recalled meeting Samoa’s then prime minister, who he said was “curious to measure health outcomes following the ‘natural experiment’ created by the national respite from ...

In 2019, a devastating measles outbreak erupted in Samoa. Eighty-three people ... he would vaccinate himself and maybe his own children, yet he performed a natural experiment on Samoan children,” ...

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited Samoa a year after it paused its measles vaccination program and months before a deadly outbreak.

A round-up of news and sports in brief from around the region, including PNG leader calling on Donald Trump to rethink his decision of pulling out the USA from the Paris climate accord.