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Capital

Pago Pago

Head of Government

Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga

last updated:

27 September, 2024

Manulife completed 25 years of listing in Hong Kong in October. Photo: Shutterstock

Insurance

Exclusive | Manulife on track to reach 50% Asia earnings target by 2027

Asia was the largest profit contributor to Canadian insurer in the third quarter, with 44 per cent of the group’s earnings coming from the region.

19 Nov 2024 - 10:04AM

Mergers & Acquisitions

US private-equity firm invests in Chinese-owned personal care brand Stenders

10 Sep 2024 - 5:27PM

US presidential election 2024

Haley campaign pushed to the brink after Trump trouncing

6 Mar 2024 - 4:51PMvideocam

US presidential election 2024

Jason who? Joe Biden loses American Samoa primary

US President Joe Biden was sweeping every Democratic contest on Super Tuesday – except for American Samoa. He fell short there to a previously unknown candidate named Jason Palmer.

6 Mar 2024 - 1:50PM

Jason Palmer. Photo: Palmer for President via TNS

US presidential election 2024

Trump and Biden dominate Super Tuesday, setting stage for rematch

Donald Trump closed in on the Republican presidential nomination with easy wins in the Super Tuesday primaries, setting up an all-but-certain rematch with President Joe Biden in November.

6 Mar 2024 - 7:30PMvideocam

US presidential election 2024

Trump puts Biden in cross hairs as Super Tuesday looms

Donald Trump will march to the threshold of a third Republican presidential nomination this week as millions of Americans vote in Super Tuesday – a critical milestone in his party’s lopsided 2024 race for the White House.

4 Mar 2024 - 4:49PM

Viral stories

Explainer | Sumo wrestling is synonymous with Japan, but why is it dominated by Mongolians?

Think sumo wrestling and Japan immediately comes to mind, but the country’s national sport has a majority of top fighters from Mongolia. The Post explains why.

19 Mar 2024 - 2:30PM

It may be Japan’s national sport, but sumo wrestling is dominated by fighters from Mongolia. The Post explains why. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Reuters

United States

World rings in 2024 with New Year’s fireworks and light shows

Revellers counted down to midnight across the world where fireworks and festive lights offered a hopeful start to 2024 for some, even as the globe’s ongoing conflicts have subdued celebrations.

1 Jan 2024 - 4:35PM

American cinema

Migration to Dune 2, Hollywood movies we can’t wait to see in early 2024

From Migration and the sequels to Kung Fu Panda, Ghostbusters and Dune, to a Bob Marley biopic and a tale of the American Samoan World Cup soccer team, these are the most anticipated films this winter.

9 Jan 2024 - 12:35PMvideocam

Asian Games 2023

5 sporting mismatches to rival Nepal’s Asian Games cricket rout of Mongolia

Nepal brutally squashed Mongolia underfoot in Hangzhou cricket tournament, but beaten team should source some consolation from knowing they are not alone in receiving a sporting drubbing.

29 Sep 2023 - 6:07PM

New Zealand rugby player Simon Culhane scored 45 points against Japan on his own in 1995, as his side managed 145 in total. Photo: YouTube/@IMGReplay

Pacific nations

US throws weight behind new Pacific undersea cable to fend off China influence

The Central Pacific Cable would connect American Samoa with Guam and extend to up to 12 more Pacific islands.

28 Sep 2023 - 11:42AMvideocam

The US and China are battling to control the world’s undersea cables. Photo: Shutterstock

Currencies

My Take | De-dollarisation is the new decolonisation

Everyone, whether America’s vassals or enemies, needs to move away from the dollar when their greenback-denominated assets can be taken from them on Washington’s say-so.

5 Sep 2023 - 10:10AM

US-China relations

2 US House members visit Solomon Islands but prime minister is ‘unavailable’

The trip comes just weeks after Chinese President Xi Jinping and Solomons’ leader held talks in Beijing, pledging to form ‘greater synergy’ between their nations.

17 Aug 2023 - 6:39AMvideocam

Taiwan

Beijing starts drills around Taiwan as Tsai meets another US delegation

US group says it seeks to reduce tensions in the Taiwan Strait and expand economic cooperation, ‘including investments in semiconductors’.

17 Aug 2022 - 11:56AMvideocam

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Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen meets US Senator Ed Markey at the presidential office in Taipei, Taiwan, on Monday. Photo: Reuters

American cinema

The rise and rise of Thor: Love and Thunder director Taika Waititi

An actor, writer, producer and director, New Zealand-born Taika Waititi made some quirky and wildly inventive films before hitting the big leagues with Thor: Ragnarok and winning an Oscar for Hitler satire Jojo Rabbit.

7 Jul 2022 - 9:46AMvideocam

New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi on the red carpet for the Australian premiere of Thor: Love and Thunder in June. Photo: EPA-EFE

Coronavirus pandemic

Coronavirus: New Zealand to reopen earlier to international visitors

New Zealand will now allow in international travellers from May 1, without quarantine measures; Samoa sees scores of infections in first community outbreak.

21 Mar 2022 - 7:06PMvideocam

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022

The top 5 Winter Olympians sure to melt hearts on the coldest of days

Post reporter Mia Castagnone has trawled the internet to find the male athletes certain to set pulses racing, from Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu to Hungary’s Liu brothers.

6 Feb 2022 - 6:15PM

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022

‘Handsome’ Sidney Chu trending in China, Weibo users want Canada Games coat

Hong Kong lag bearer sets hearts aflutter on social media, users also impressed with flawless Mandarin. Other hot topics for discussion include the Canadian team’s uniform and a dancing athlete from Lebanon.

8 Feb 2022 - 1:37PMvideocam

Short-track speed skater Sidney Chu. Photo: Chan Kin-wa

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022

Who was best dressed at Winter Olympics opening ceremony?

From Italy’s Emporio Armani garb to Mongolia and American Samoa’s traditional attire, Beijing 2022 proves fashion has no boundaries.

5 Feb 2022 - 9:51AM

Coronavirus pandemic

Omicron forces NZ’s Jacinda Ardern to call off wedding

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has cancelled her wedding as the nation imposes new restrictions to slow the community spread of the Covid-19 Omicron variant.

23 Jan 2022 - 9:18PMvideocam

Volcanoes

Tongans flee tsunami following underwater volcanic eruption

Social media footage showed waves crashing into homes after eruption heard in neighbouring countries; eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai, about 65km from Tonga’s capital Nuku’alofa, caused 1.2 metre tsunami wave.

15 Jan 2022 - 11:33PM

An eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano, in the South Pacific’s Tonga. The eruption on Saturday, the second in two days, was the latest in a series of eruptions from the underwater volcano. Photo: Tonga Meterological Services handout, via EPA-EFE

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