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• Impossible Metals' bid for a lease near American Samoa could compel the federal government to clarify its own policies on deep-sea mining, potentially through executive action. Metal Tech News
• Dengue is a year-round risk in the tropical and subtropical areas of Central and South America; popular tourist destinations in the Caribbean, including Puerto Rico; Asia; the Middle East; Africa; and several Pacific Islands, including American Samoa, Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and Palau. Honolulu Star-Advertiser
• In the Pacific Islands, anti-American sentiment has long been driven by Washington's disregard for self-determination in American Samoa and Guam, and more recently by U.S. threats to prohibit assistance to certain countries that do not recognize Taiwan, including Solomon Islands and Kiribati. The Diplomat
• A comprehensive strategic partnership with the Cook Islands could present the PRC with an opportunity to make political inroads with a country located close to New Zealand and the US territory of American Samoa. Institute for the Study of War
• A crescent-shaped partial solar eclipse will be visible in Hawaii, American Samoa, Brazil, Fiji, French Polynesia, Mexico, New Zealand, the Pitcairn Islands, Kiribati, Tonga, Uruguay, South Georgia, the Falkland Islands and many other locations. CNN
• The power authority in the U.S. territory of American Samoa will train individuals prepared to address climate hazards such as sea-level rise. Smart Cities Dive
• The Hawaiki Nui cable project - which will connect parts of the US (Los Angeles, Hawaii and American Samoa), French Polynesia, New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia and Singapore - has been provided an AIFFP grant for the funding of branching units that will benefit other PICs along the cable route. The Strategist
• 27% of residents who moved in three Pacific territories - American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam - said they did so because of the disasters resulting from natural hazards like cyclones. Circle of Blue
• Because most tsunamis start in the Pacific Ocean, the states of Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington are at highest risk, followed by U.S. territories in the Pacific, such as American Samoa. US General Accounting Office
• Young adolescents in American Samoa can be labelled at risk in terms of academic performance in school, and risk behaviours. Palms Australia
• The American Samoan people have concerns that incorporating citizenship wholesale to the territory of American Samoa could have a harmful impact on traditional Samoan culture. The New York Times
• Emergency SOS via satellite is not available in Guam or American Samoa, and might not work in places above 62 degrees latitude, such as northern parts of Canada and Alaska. Macworld
• Other opportunities, such as employment for 1,000 Samoan workers with StarKist in American Samoa under an RSE-type arrangement, are under consideration. Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre
• Nearly 400 school districts across the United States, including in several Indigenous tribal lands, as well as in Puerto Rico and American Samoa, will receive around $1 billion to purchase new, mostly electric school buses as part of a Biden Administration grant program. Grist
• Eastern Kentucky will get a standalone 5G network while American Samoa will get a non-standalone 5G network. Inside Towers
• Additional HVO personnel and seismometers for earthquake detection are expected to arrive in American Samoa next week. USGS
• Volcanic hazards associated with eruptions in American Samoa could include volcanic gases, low-level explosions of lava localized to a small area, lava flows, earthquake shaking, and tsunami. USGS
• Additional HVO personnel and earthquake detection instruments are expected to arrive in American Samoa next week. USGS
• Veterans who served in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Guam, American Samoa and Johnston Atoll will be presumed to have been exposed to Agent Orange. FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth
• All states-including Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. - are entitled to receive a minimum of $100 million each, while American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam will receive at least $25 million. R Street
• Tsunami warnings were issued for American Samoa, New Zealand, Fiji, Vanuatu, Chile and Australia - where authorities said a swathe of coastline, including Sydney, could be hit by tsunami waves. Borneo Post Online
• The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued a tsunami advisory for American Samoa, saying there was a threat of sea level fluctuations and strong ocean currents that could be a hazard along beaches. news.com.au - Australia's leading news site
• Based on all available data, there is a threat to American Samoa of sea-level fluctuations and strong ocean currents that could be a hazard along beaches, in harbours and in coastal waters. The Independent

Last updated: 17 June 2025