Samoa

The Samoa government has approved the country's new policy for temporary labour migration to Australia and New Zealand.

Manu Samoa have made four changes to the side for their Pool D must-win match against Japan in Toulouse on Friday morning New Zealand time.

US navy ship, USS Jackson, departed Samoa last Wednesday after a week-long mission, delivering aid and providing development assistance to communities across the country.

Pacific youth climate champion Suluafi Brianna Fruean has likened her first time in the United Nations building to primary school. Audio

Samoan PM Fiame Naomi Mata'afa says the Alliance of Small Island States is focused on how they will approach the next seven years to achieve the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals.

A discarded cigarette butt is suspected to have resulted in a fire starting in a building leading to the near destruction of the adjacent TV3 Samoa building in Apia.