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The Latest Breaking News from the Marshall Islands

The Marshall Islands finally make their soccer debut: ‘Such a statement for our tiny island’

The last country in the world without an international soccer team has arrived after two games in Arkansas

The Guardian - US

The Marshall Islands gearing up for historic international football match

Thursday’s meeting with the US Virgin Islands at the Outrigger Challenge Cup in Arkansas will be their first ever competitive game.

The Independent UK

Marshall Islands’ vanishing kit for a team under threat from climate crisis

The isolated Pacific nation is trying to build its first football team amid a battle for survival against rising sea levels

The Guardian - UK

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Biden Administration Strengthens Indo-Pacific Ties Against Chinese Influence

Biden administration seeks congressional approval for agreements with Thailand, Palau, and Marshall Islands to strengthen ties and counter China's influenc...

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Biden in late push to boost Indo-Pacific ties sends three pacts to Congress

The Biden administration is seeking to shore up ties with countries in the Indo-Pacific in its waning days in office by sending to Congress three key agreements that would cement relations with critical allies and partners in the region, which is increasingly dominated by China

The Independent UK

Taiwan's Lai Kicks Off Marshall Islands Visit As China Fumes

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te arrived in the Marshall Islands on Tuesday, after visiting the United States on the first stop of a Pacific tour that has angered Chinese leaders.

International Business Times

Taiwanese president heads to Hawaii on first overseas trip despite Chinese outcry

Lai Ching-te is visiting Pacific nations of Tuvalu, Palau and the Marshall Islands as well as US territories of Hawaii and Guam

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How many nuclear bombs have been used?

The first nuclear bomb test, conducted in 1945, set off an international arms race that included nuclear testing. But how many nuclear bombs have been detonated during tests and in active war?

LiveScience

U.S. sanctions 'sprawling' shadow banking network for supporting Iranian military

A group of 50 people and firms across across Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates and the Marshall Islands that have been acting as a “sprawling shadow banking network” for Iran’s military have been hit with U.S. economic sanctions

The Independent UK

How hidden WW2 bombs across the Pacific are found and destroyed, decades after war

Teams in the Marshall Islands, which is littered with unexploded weapons from the second world war, uncover and detonate potentially deadly devices

The Guardian - AU

Congress ‘gradually destroying’ US relations with Pacific ally, Marshall Islands president warns

Hilda Heine says US funding delays damage relationship with the Pacific nation as lawmakers say hold-up delivers a ‘gift’ to China

The Guardian - AU

Culture, democracy and clout: why three Pacific countries are sticking with Taiwan

Tuvalu, Palau and the Marshall Islands hold diplomatic ties with Taiwan despite pressure from China to switch sides

The Guardian - AU

‘All in same canoe’: What’s it like being young on a sinking small island?

Youth activist Litokne Kabua outlines the perils facing the low-lying Marshall Islands as the seas swell and tides rise.

Al Jazeera

Envoys of six Nations present credentials to President Droupadi Murmu

The President accepted credentials from ambassadors and high commissioners of Ireland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Armenia, Malaysia, Mali, and the Marshall Islands. Read further on Dynamite News:

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The Independent UK

Coach hired, team still required: Soccer's status in the Marshall Islands is a work in progress

Lloyd Owers has been given a coaching job in the Marshall Islands on football's frontier

Roll Call

Spending holdup risks US ties to key Pacific Island states - Roll Call

Lawmakers' inability to agree on spending for fiscal 2024 could risk US ties to three Pacific Island nations.

The Guardian - US

Pacific islands warn US over Chinese threat and urge Biden to increase aid

GOP-led House committee convenes on Guam as officials say Beijing working to ‘fill perceived voids in America’s assistance’

The Guardian - UK

Endless fallout: the Pacific idyll still facing nuclear blight 77 years on

The film Oppenheimer has shone a global spotlight on the dawn of US nuclear weapons tests. In the Marshall Islands, where 23 of those earth-shattering blasts happened, people have never been able to forget

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The Conversation

Marshall Islands, a nation at the heart of global shipping, fights for climate justice

I went sailing on a bright yellow outrigger canoe in the Marshall Islands in March. On board were Alson Kelen, founder of Waan Aelõñ in Majel (WAM, Canoes of the Marshall Islands), and a group of youngsters taking part in a climate justice workshop.

The Guardian - US

Trump-era officials under fire as nuclear fund for Bikini islanders is squandered

Former staff have criticized the interior department for ignoring the risk of fraud after the Trump administration ceased scrutiny of a $59m fund for nuclear survivors, which is now depleted

Al Jazeera

US, Micronesia deepen political and economic ties

Deal is likely to be a blow to China, which has made a concerted effort to increase its influence in Micronesia.

Reuters

US to sign strategic pacts with two Pacific states, hopes for third in weeks

The United States will sign new strategic pacts with the Pacific island states of Palau and Micronesia early next week and hopes to do so with the Marshall islands in coming weeks, the U.S. presidential envoy negotiating the deals said.

Evening Standard

WHO alert after ‘toxic’ substances found in India-made cough syrup

The medicine is found in the Marshall Islands and Micronesia

The Guardian - AU

A favourite reef, a beloved atoll: Marshall Islands parents name children after vanishing landmarks

Marshallese are looking for ways to stay connected to their home as climate change and poor economic prospects force them to leave

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