PAGO PAGO, 15 JANUARY 2018 (SAMOA NEWS) — American Samoa Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga says now is the time to vigorously address the issue of the territory’s political status and our political relationship with the United States, “because the federal government is confused on how to handle issues” pertaining to American Samoa, as “we are […]
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Samoan PM addresses concerns about China, debt and aid
APIA, 15 JANUARY 2018 (SAMOA OBSERVER) — In light of criticisms of China’s aid to the Pacific from Australia, Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi has risen to the defense to China’s aid programme. In the following interview with the government-owned Savali Newspaper, released by the Principal Communications Officer – Press and Communications Division, Funefea’i […]
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Twenty now dead in California mudslides, major highway closed
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The death toll from Southern California mudslides that swallowed dozens of homes and forced the closure of a major highway along the picturesque Santa Barbara County coast rose to 20 on Sunday, with four other people still reported missing. Emergency officials said chances of finding more survivors in the ravaged landscape […]
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Major earthquakesStrikes Southern Peru
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck off the coast of southern Peru early Sunday morning, leaving at least one dead and injuring dozens of others, authorities said. The large quake occurred about 25 miles offshore from Acari, a town in Peru’s southern Arequipa region, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. Shaking could be felt throughout the region […]
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East China Sea slick fire from sunken oil tanker burns out
BEIJING (AP) — The fire from a sunken Iranian tanker ship in the East China Sea has burned out, a Chinese transport ministry spokesman said Monday, although concerns remain about possible major pollution to the sea bed and surrounding waters. [restrict] The spokesman, who identified himself only by his surname, Zhao, said the fire ceased […]
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Rand Paul says calling Trump ‘a racist’ hurts immigration talks
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says politicians and members of the media who call President Donald Trump “a racist” are imperiling a potential immigration deal between Democratic and Republican lawmakers. [restrict] ?You can’t have an immigration compromise if everybody’s out there calling the president a racist,” Paul said during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” […]