Marshall Islands takes U.S nuclear legacy to Human Rights Council

Health and environmental problems linger on decades after the United States detonated 67 nuclear bombs in the Marshall Islands. It will be the second environment-related initiative that the small island country

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Marshall Islands halt talks with U.S. over nuclear testing legacy

The Marshall Islands halted key negotiations with the U.S. on Friday over ongoing grievances relating to nuclear testing dating back 70 years on the atolls. Discussions planned for this weekend to renew the terms of the

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“We told you to stop” Marshall Islands to UN

THE President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Dr. Hilda Heine, delivered a strong and emotional statement at the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New

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Eighty years after Hiroshima, Pacific calls for nuclear disarmament

EIGHTY years ago, on 6 August 1945, the Enola Gay took off from Tinian Island in the Northern Marianas, flying towards the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

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Decades after the U.S. buried nuclear waste abroad, climate change could unearth it

A new report says melting ice sheets and rising seas could disturb waste from U.S. nuclear projects in Greenland and the Marshall Islands.  Ariana Tibon was in college at the University of Hawaiʻi in 2017 when she saw

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Convicted fraudsters stranded abroad after Marshall Islands revokes their passports

A pair of China-born scammers convicted of bribing officials via a fake United Nations agency have had their Marshall Islands passports revoked while outside the country, potentially leaving them stranded in permanent

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“My fish is your fish” Pacific solidarity in the fight for nuclear justice

'My fish is your fish' is a reminder of the responsibility all Pacific Islanders have to each other as Marshall Islands continues to grapple with its nuclear

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Marshall Islands changes Ukraine vote

The Marshall Islands and Palau joined Russia and the United States in voting Monday last week against a resolution in the United Nations General Assembly about Ukraine, which called for the withdrawal of Russian troops

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U.S fires Minuteman III missile in nuclear drills after adversaries

The United States military test-launched an unarmed, but nuclear-capable, intercontinental ballistic missile from California over the Pacific Ocean

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Opinion: Harris and the Pacific Islands: Delivering on a Pacific vision

In the whirlwind of speeches to cement Kamala Harris’ presidential credentials, the Pacific Islands have hardly rated a

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Reinstatement of Fukushima expert panel to be discussed next year, Forum Leaders push U.S on nuclear testing and focus on regional peace

Pacific Islands Forum Leaders will decide at the next Forum Leaders Meeting in Solomon Islands whether to reinstate the Forum Expert Panel on Fukushima, as concerns persist over Japan’s discharge of treated nuclear

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Arkansas lawmakers approve emergency rule to grant SNAP benefits to Marshallese migrants

A legislative subcommittee on Thursday approved an emergency rule to comply with a new U.S federal law that extends certain public assistance programme benefits to migrants from the Marshall Islands. Arkansas is home to

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