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Cancer Curtailed British Royal Family’s Public Engagements

June 30, 2025July 1, 2025STEPHEN CASTLEComments Off on Cancer Curtailed British Royal Family’s Public Engagements

Members of the monarchy took part in fewer public engagements in the year leading to March, a sovereign grant report said, reflecting the illnesses of King Charles III and Catherine.

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The International Date Line Is ‘Pretty Arbitrary.’ Here’s Why.

April 24, 2024MIKE IVESComments Off on The International Date Line Is ‘Pretty Arbitrary.’ Here’s Why.

That squiggly line through the Pacific where days begin and end has no legal authority and technically doesn’t exist.

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Some Pacific Nations Won’t Vaccinate Populations for Years, Research Predicts

November 22, 2021November 23, 2021Yan Zhuang and Livia Albeck-RipkaComments Off on Some Pacific Nations Won’t Vaccinate Populations for Years, Research Predicts

Papua New Guinea will have vaccinated only a third of its adult population by 2026 if it continues at its current rate, according to an Australian think tank.

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Ending Bitter 3-Month Standoff, Samoa’s Leader Concedes Election Defeat

July 26, 2021July 26, 2021Natasha FrostComments Off on Ending Bitter 3-Month Standoff, Samoa’s Leader Concedes Election Defeat

Fiame Naomi Mata’afa is scheduled to take office as the Pacific Island nation’s first female prime minister.

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She Was Supposed to Become Prime Minister but Was Locked Out of Parliament

May 24, 2021May 24, 2021Natasha FrostComments Off on She Was Supposed to Become Prime Minister but Was Locked Out of Parliament

A constitutional crisis deepened in the Pacific Island nation of Samoa, which now has two competing governments and two claimants to the prime ministership.

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A Late-Night Proclamation Blocks a Woman From Leading Samoa

May 22, 2021Natasha FrostComments Off on A Late-Night Proclamation Blocks a Woman From Leading Samoa

Fiame Naomi Mata’afa was set to be sworn in Monday as the country’s first new prime minister in 22 years, until the head of state suspended Parliament.

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Samoa Is Set to Have Its First Female Leader

May 21, 2021May 22, 2021Natasha FrostComments Off on Samoa Is Set to Have Its First Female Leader

A dead-heat election was followed by uncertainty and intrigue. But barring further surprises, Fiame Naomi Mata’afa will become prime minister on Monday.

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Samoa Lifts State of Emergency After Deadly Measles Epidemic

December 29, 2019ISABELLA KWAIComments Off on Samoa Lifts State of Emergency After Deadly Measles Epidemic

The Pacific island nation will reopen schools after a measles outbreak killed 81 people, many of them children.

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‘Why My Baby?’: How Measles Robbed Samoa of Its Young

December 19, 2019December 19, 2019Isabella Kwai and Matthew AbbottComments Off on ‘Why My Baby?’: How Measles Robbed Samoa of Its Young

When the virus arrived on its shores, the Pacific island nation was grievously unprepared. It had left the door to contagion wide open, and thousands of children have suffered.

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Measles Outbreak Leads to Shutdown of Public Services in Samoa

December 3, 2019December 3, 2019ELIAN PELTIERComments Off on Measles Outbreak Leads to Shutdown of Public Services in Samoa

Dozens of people have died and thousands more have been infected in the country since the disease began spreading in October.

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