| 单词 | Marshall Islands |
| 例句 | The cloud necessitated the hasty evacuation of nearby Marshall Islands residents to Kwajalein Island, four hundred miles distant, where they were treated for radiation sickness. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z But on March I, 1954, a thermonuclear weapons test at Bikini in the Marshall Islands detonated at higher yield than expected. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They hypothesize that Earhart veered away from Howland Island, crash-landed on the Marshall Islands and was then taken captive by Japanese forces. Show producers, historians clash over newly discovered Earhart photo 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z After three years in the Army — he was stationed in the Marshall Islands, where tests of nuclear bombs were being conducted — he became an assistant to Jule Styne, the composer. Bo Goldman, Oscar-Winning Screenwriter, Dies at 90 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z The couple met in 2013, when both took part in a Dartmouth program that sent them to Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands, in the Pacific Ocean, to teach as volunteers. Nancy Seem, Andrew Shanahan 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z Flake, 51, and Heinrich, 43, are dropped off in the ocean near the shore of Eru, a tiny, uninhabited piece of the Marshall Islands. ‘Rival Survival’ on Discovery Channel: A feeble reach across the political isle An annual event, Pacific Day celebrates the culture and experience of Fiji, Guam, Hawaii, the Marshall Islands, Palau, Australia and many other nations and territories bathed by the eponymous ocean. Pacific Day marks the Maori New Year But finally in June, she, her husband and their two kids boarded flights from the Marshall Islands to their new home in Seattle. Traveling with kids during the pandemic 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Tribe, the author of the seminal legal textbook “American Constitutional Law,” is such a sought-after authority on democracy-building that he helped write constitutions for the Czech Republic, South Africa and the Marshall Islands. Perspective | She’s a playwright. He’s a scholar. Their mutual admiration was ordained and established by the Constitution. 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Also in January, the remote Marshall Islands in the Pacific suffered a full internet blackout, and instantly rocketed to the top of the World’s Happiest Nations chart. 'Satire has had a busy year': how to laugh at the year that was 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z Pieces of paper stuck to the side of the map indicate faraway places such as Brazil, Germany, the Marshall Islands and Nigeria. Six times a year, book lovers flock to Shenandoah Valley for rock-bottom prices 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z With an estimated 2 billion-plus video-game players globally, “this is the most powerful mobilization channel in the world,” David Paul, the Marshall Islands’ environment minister, told the gaming executives. Gaming industry takes a stand against climate change 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z In the aftermath of World War II, the United Nations made the United States the governing body for a vast swath of the northern Pacific, including the Marshall Islands. SpongeBob’s Bikini Bottom is based on a real-life test site for nuclear weapon 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z “Our beer named Bikini Atoll was not created to mock or trivialize the nuclear testing that took place in the Marshall Islands,” the brewery wrote on its social media accounts. 'Bikini Atoll' beer from Dallas Brewery upsets Pacific Islanders, Marshall Islands government agencies 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z Treasury Agent Les Kinney and the subject of a new History Channel documentary titled, "Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence," shows what appears to be a Caucasian woman sitting on a dock in the Marshall Islands. Show producers, historians clash over newly discovered Earhart photo 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z Bikini is the anglicized, or colonial, spelling of Pikinni Atoll, a group of islands within the Marshall Islands that includes a lagoon. SpongeBob’s Bikini Bottom is based on a real-life test site for nuclear weapon 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Two years later, a resident of the Marshall Islands claimed the money. Art Linkletter, TV Host, Dies at 97 2010-05-26T21:10:00Z The Republic of the Marshall Islands isn’t too thrilled with the latest offering from a Dallas brewery. 'Bikini Atoll' beer from Dallas Brewery upsets Pacific Islanders, Marshall Islands government agencies 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z In Hawaii, the Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, the South China Sea, and Vanuatu, the algae have overgrown corals killed by coastal runoff and other environmental factors. Algal outbreaks around the world are crowding out corals 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z Army garrison on Kwajalein Atoll is the No. 2 employer in the islands behind the Marshall Islands government. Coach hired, team still required: Soccer’s status in the Marshall Islands is a work in progress 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z The Marshall Islands registry, one of the world's top shipping flags, last week raised the security level for Israel's ports and its territorial waters to their highest. Backlog at Israeli ports grows as country steps up shipping supplies 2023-10-15T04:00:00Z In the Marshall Islands, for example, a combination of sea-level rise and wave-driven flooding is predicted to make many islands uninhabitable by the end of the century. Climate Change Is Making Saltwater Intrusion Worse in Coastal Areas 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z At the forefront of those aspirations - not only to create a Marshall Islands national team, but one which can be competitive globally - is Englishman Lloyd Owers. The last country on Earth without a national football team 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Second, the U.S. conducted a series of thermonuclear tests in the Marshall Islands, about 3,000 miles north of New Zealand. We're all gonna die! How the idea of human extinction has reshaped our world 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z The Marshall Islands signed a Compact of Free Association with the United States in 1983 and gained independence in 1986, when the Compact agreement came into force. Coach hired, team still required: Soccer’s status in the Marshall Islands is a work in progress 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z A Biden administration official said it was confident of concluding a deal with the Marshall Islands. Biden to host Pacific island leaders in US charm offensive vs China 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z From the Marshall Islands, a tropical South Pacific island nation facing land loss to rising seas, President David Kabua described his government’s struggle to prepare for a warmer world. UN chief laments 'naked greed' of fossil fuel interests, countries criticize big polluters 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z The next - and rather crucial - challenge for Owers is to establish a competitive squad of players to represent the first Marshall Islands team once the nation is ready to contest an international football fixture. The last country on Earth without a national football team 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Chief U.S. negotiator Joseph Yun has proposed Congress approve the total amount by Sept. 30, even without a final agreement with the Marshall Islands. Marshall Islands says US must address nuclear legacy for deal on future ties 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z The Republic of the Marshall Islands is now a sovereign nation. Coach hired, team still required: Soccer’s status in the Marshall Islands is a work in progress 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z Green became interested in science's ethical issues when he worked in the Marshall Islands as a teacher. Why We’ll Never Live in Space 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Substandard medicines also were found this year in the Marshall Islands and Micronesia before they could do any harm. Opinion | Equal Access to Safe Medicines Is a Global Human Right 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z Owers, technical director for the Marshall Islands, made the 13,000km journey to the country for the first time this summer. The last country on Earth without a national football team 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z On Friday, a Ukrainian deputy prime minister said two vessels had passed through the corridor from the port of Pivdenny: one flagged in Liberia, the other in the Marshall Islands. Two more ships pass through Black Sea corridor, Zelenskiy says 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z He was appointed technical director of the Marshall Islands Soccer Federation in December of last year, and was making his first official visit in August in that capacity. Coach hired, team still required: Soccer’s status in the Marshall Islands is a work in progress 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z A second vessel - the Ocean Courtesy, traveling under a Marshall Islands flag - left the same port on Friday with 172,000 tons of iron ore concentrate. More cargo ships from Ukraine use a civilian corridor despite Russian threats 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z A new study found trace amounts of nuclear waste in sea turtles in the Marshall Islands and five locations in the continental United States, underscoring the enduring legacy of nuclear testing and weapons development. Researchers find nuclear fingerprints in sea turtle shells 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z The Marshall Islands were occupied by the US following World War Two and used as a base for nuclear weapons testing, but eventually became a sovereign nation in 1986. The last country on Earth without a national football team 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z He added that a second vessel – the Ocean Courtesy, traveling under a Marshall Islands flag — left the same port on Friday with 172,000 tons of iron ore concentrate. More cargo ships from Ukraine use a civilian corridor despite Russian threats 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z Oh, by the way, the Marshall Islands has no national soccer team. Coach hired, team still required: Soccer’s status in the Marshall Islands is a work in progress 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z Production and experimental detonations also sent radiation and other pollution into American neighborhoods and ecosystems, particularly in the West and often on or near Indigenous lands, as well as in the Marshall Islands. Turtle Shells Record Nuclear History 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z The study is the first that Conrad knows of that identifies nuclear contamination in turtles in the Marshall Islands, but it's far from the first to find evidence of historical, military-related pollution in wildlife there. Researchers find nuclear fingerprints in sea turtle shells 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z While the fallout from US nuclear testing still impacts life in the Marshall Islands, climate change provides an immediate environmental threat - with rising sea levels an ever-present concern. The last country on Earth without a national football team 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z The telephone cooperatives, counties and telecommunications companies that won the new awards are based in 22 states and the Marshall Islands. Biden administration announces more new funding for rural broadband infrastructure 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z The Marshall Islands are not a member of FIFA, soccer’s international governing body. Coach hired, team still required: Soccer’s status in the Marshall Islands is a work in progress 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z The World Bank has previously said six Pacific countries - Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Samoa, Tonga and Tuvalu - are at a high risk of debt distress. Public debt expected to fall in most Pacific countries -World Bank 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z Between 1946 and 1958, the Marshall Islands were the site of 67 U.S. nuclear tests, leading to health and environmental harms that the Indigenous people of the islands continue to grapple with. Researchers find nuclear fingerprints in sea turtle shells 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z "Over recent years there there has been a massive eye-opening realisation that the Marshall Islands will unfortunately lose a lot of islands - and by 2050 will lose most of the land," said Owers. The last country on Earth without a national football team 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z He noted that the U.S. has significant military installations on the islands, including high-powered radar on Palau and its main long-range missile testing site in the Marshall Islands. US lawmakers back closer coordination with Pacific islands to counter China 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z “The soccer federation has already agreed with the ministry of education to add soccer to the school sports curriculum alongside volleyball and basketball,” Shem Livai, president of the Marshall Islands Soccer Federation, told the AP. Coach hired, team still required: Soccer’s status in the Marshall Islands is a work in progress 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z Yet for most of his life, Bohr's name would hardly have been linked to human rights violations such as the bombings of Hiroshima, Nagasaki and the Marshall Islands. Oppenheimer's hero Niels Bohr has a legacy as complicated as the "father of the atomic bomb" 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z Another alert earlier this year also said contaminated medicines had been found in the Marshall Islands and Micronesia, but no deaths have been reported there. WHO seeks help from India in latest toxic syrup case 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z Pacific Island Tuna, a joint venture of TNC and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, aims to change that. What’s Happening in the Ocean, and Why It Matters to You and Me 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Yun told the hearing he was "puzzled" by the Marshall Islands' position, given the MOU offered it $2.3 billion over 20 years and that the nuclear liability issue had been settled in the 1980s. Marshall Islands seek more U.S. nuclear legacy funds to settle strategic deal 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z Owers, who is very active on social media, is doing his part, posting a request for his followers to donate balls, bibs, cones and goals to help out the fledgling program in the Marshall Islands. Coach hired, team still required: Soccer’s status in the Marshall Islands is a work in progress 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z Last year, more than 100 arms-control, environmental and other activist groups urged the Biden administration to formally apologize to the Marshall Islands and provide fair compensation. Biden nominates China specialist to be ambassador to strategic Marshall Islands 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z Top ship registries including the Marshall Islands and Greece have warned in recent weeks of the threat to commercial shipping in the Gulf including the Strait of Hormuz. Chevron-managed tanker not involved in collision in Mideast Gulf, oil major says 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Small states like the Marshall Islands, Liberia and Panama have huge numbers of ships sailing under their national flags but they have no real responsibility for these vessels. Climate change: Shipping agrees net-zero goal but critics chide deal 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Yun said he believed there were domestic political issues at play in the Marshall Islands, with an election coming up in November and rumors of a no confidence motion against President David Kabua next week. Marshall Islands seek more U.S. nuclear legacy funds to settle strategic deal 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z “The response was so incredibly obvious,” Giff Johnson, editor of The Marshall Islands Journal, told me in Majuro, the country’s capital. The America That Americans Forget 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z The WHO issued safety alerts last year for Indian-made products found in Gambia and Uzbekistan, and this year in Micronesia and the Marshall Islands. Exclusive: WHO says toxic syrup risk 'ongoing', more countries hit 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z The Guam office also forecasts weather for the nearby independent Pacific island nations of the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Palau. ‘We will ride it out together’: Identical twin meteorologists guide Guam through Typhoon Mawar 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z China and Pakistan urged members to reject Taiwan's inclusion while eSwatini and the Marshall Islands spoke in favour. Taiwan excluded from WHO annual assembly following Chinese opposition 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z As anticipated, he was unable to conclude the deal with the Marshall Islands. US to sign strategic pacts with two Pacific states, hopes for third in weeks 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z From the bay, the Marshall Islands’ capital atoll, Majuro, shimmers low off the water. The America That Americans Forget 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Besides these cases, Indian-made medicines supplied to the Marshall Islands and Micronesia have been recalled after Australian laboratory tests showing contamination prompted a WHO safety alert. Exclusive: WHO says toxic syrup risk 'ongoing', more countries hit 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z A third Indian drugmaker was found by the WHO to have sold tainted syrups to the Marshall Islands and Micronesia. Exclusive: India considers policy change after cough syrup deaths - Modi's office 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z Yun give no reason for the holdup with the Marshall Islands, but parliamentary elections are expected there in November. US and Micronesia agree to renew strategic pact, US envoy says 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z "We have made progress over my three-day visit to Marshall Islands and we hope to sign an agreement with the Marshall Islands in the coming weeks," he said. US to sign strategic pacts with two Pacific states, hopes for third in weeks 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z In the Marshall Islands, negotiations over the third Compact funding round continue because of disagreement over the legacy of U.S. nuclear testing and responsibilities related to it. The America That Americans Forget 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Irooj is just one tiny islet in the long chain of volcanic islands and coral atolls that make up the Marshall Islands, which dot the central Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and the Philippines. Rats Are Finally Gone from This Vulnerable Island 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z John M. Silk, the Marshall Islands’ minister for natural resource and commerce, raised similar concerns. Fossils or not? Nations split on how to meet climate goals 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z Maritime tracking data said the tanker — sailing under the flag of the Marshall Islands — had most recently been in Kuwait and was heading to Houston, Texas. Iran seizes oil tanker in Gulf of Oman, U.S. Navy says 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z The World Health Organization has said that a batch of contaminated India-made cough syrup has been found in the Marshall Islands and Micronesia. Guaifenesin: WHO issues alert over another India-made cough syrup 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z The Marshall Islands is also home to one of the world’s largest lagoons, Kwajalein atoll — which is itself a cautionary tale of participating in America’s military ambitions. The America That Americans Forget 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z The last country on Earth without a soccer team: A group of Englishmen is trying to bring soccer to the Marshall Islands, but the climate clock is ticking. Your Monday Briefing 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z The effort to get the advisory opinion started in 2011, when representatives from the Marshall Islands and Palau attempted to pass a similar resolution — which the United States opposed. The tiny island nation of Vanuatu just scored a big climate win 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Soccer has very little presence in the Marshall Islands. In a Land With No Soccer, Group Hopes to Use It to Score Climate Goals 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z He said he didn't know how the product had reached the Marshall Islands and Micronesia. Guaifenesin: WHO issues alert over another India-made cough syrup 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z “They think that we’re in Kabul or Baghdad or any other very challenging region of the world, but we’re in the Marshall Islands,” Paul said. The America That Americans Forget 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Context: A similar idea was floated years ago by the Marshall Islands and Palau, but it went nowhere because of opposition from powerful countries. Your Thursday Briefing: How Modi Wields Power 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z A similar idea had been floated years ago by the Marshall Islands and Palau. Can Nations Be Sued for Weak Climate Action? We’ll Soon Get an Answer. 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Livai is the founder and president of a group, called the Marshall Islands Soccer Federation, trying to change that and create a national soccer team. In a Land With No Soccer, Group Hopes to Use It to Score Climate Goals 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z The current compacts with the Marshall Islands and Micronesia expire this year and the one with Palau expires in 2024. Biden budget aims at China with billions for Pacific islands 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z The United States already operates a missile defense base in the Marshall Islands. The America That Americans Forget 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z The amount includes $6.5 billion over 20 years to the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Palau, plus an additional $634 million to maintain U.S. Budget highlights Biden’s ‘values’ as he eyes 2024 campaign 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Almost half of the world’s entire ship fleet is registered in Liberia, Panama and the Marshall Islands. At Port of Tacoma, unions step in to help foreign seafarers get paid 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z Many of the Marshall Islands’ atolls may be uninhabitable by the 2050s because of rising oceans, according to studies. In a Land With No Soccer, Group Hopes to Use It to Score Climate Goals 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z As a retired State Department employee who worked on the compact negotiations for the Marshall Islands and other former U.N. Opinion | Marshall Islands might not be an easy ticket to U.S. residency 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z Yan and Zhou, both Chinese nationals who have also become naturalized Marshall Islands citizens, almost succeeded in their audacious plan. Bribes, booze and bombs: The brazen plan to create a Pacific tax haven 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z European Union finance ministers will add Russia, Costa Rica, British Virgin Islands and Marshall Islands to the EU list of tax havens on Tuesday, a draft document showed. Investors see Hong Kong property stocks, funds as reopening trades 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Washington said it signed MoUs last month with the Marshall Islands and Palau and reached consensus on terms of U.S. economic assistance, but Washington has not provided details. With China looming, U.S. signs MoU with another Pacific island state 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z The test reentry vehicle flew about 4,200 miles to the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, the Air Force said Friday. Air Force conducts ICBM test launch in California, says mission not linked to ‘current world events’ 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z This status reflects the long-standing ties between the United States and Marshall Islands, administered by the United States for decades under a U.N. Opinion | Marshall Islands might not be an easy ticket to U.S. residency 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z In their filings, federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York did not allege that the pair were operating on Beijing’s orders, and some Marshall Islands locals believe they were just old-fashioned scammers. Bribes, booze and bombs: The brazen plan to create a Pacific tax haven 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z The bargaining tactic worked: The administration dispatched high-level representatives to the Marshall Islands for further negotiations, where a newer and much larger agreement was reached. Marshall Islands, feeling neglected by the U.S., enjoys new leverage 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z The United States conducted nuclear testing in the Pacific islands in the 1940s and 1950s and the Marshall Islands continues to campaign for more compensation from Washington over lasting health and environmental effects. Pacific islands urge Japan to delay release of Fukushima waste over contamination fears 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z The memorandums signed this week lay out the amounts of money that the federal government will provide to the Marshall Islands and Palau if their compacts are successfully renegotiated. US nears new cooperation deals with Pacific Island nations 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z The letter signatories welcomed this statement, while noting that as well as coping with the legacy of nuclear testing, the low-lying Marshall Islands were on the frontlines of the global climate disaster, adding: Activists urge U.S. apology, fair compensation, for U.S. Pacific nuclear testing 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Given the Marshall Islands’ strategic value as a buffer against China, Johnson said, “it would be huge for the Chinese to have some inroads here.” Bribes, booze and bombs: The brazen plan to create a Pacific tax haven 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z The case of the Marshall Islands is emblematic of the increasingly fervent geopolitical competition in the Pacific as the United States and China jostle for influence. Marshall Islands, feeling neglected by the U.S., enjoys new leverage 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Negotiations are ongoing for the renewal of so-called “Compact of Free Association” agreements between the U.S. and the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia and Palau. US moves to reopen Solomon Islands embassy to counter China 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z A Micronesian news outlet, Marianas Variety, reported Thursday that the Marshall Islands will receive $700 million over four years under the memorandum that it signed. US nears new cooperation deals with Pacific Island nations 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Those in the South Pacific, who have suffered for decades from the fallout of a U.S. nuclear test in the Marshall Islands, are particularly skeptical of the promises of safety. In the Pacific, Outcry Over Japan’s Plan to Release Fukushima Wastewater 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z But the consequences in the Marshall Islands are less clear. Bribes, booze and bombs: The brazen plan to create a Pacific tax haven 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z Joseph Yun, Biden’s special envoy in the negotiations, insisted in an interview with The Washington Post that a range of issues shaped his offer, including climate change and the Marshall Islands’ “steady” support of America. Marshall Islands, feeling neglected by the U.S., enjoys new leverage 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z The Marshall Islands, Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia — former U.S. trust territories that became independent in the 20th century — all have free association statuses with the U.S. after signing a compact. House passes bill to give Puerto Rico binding referendum on ending U.S. territory status 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Not only does China have a large and growing economic presence in the region, but the Marshall Islands and Palau both recognize Taiwan diplomatically. US nears new cooperation deals with Pacific Island nations 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Last month, a group representing more than a dozen countries in the Pacific, including Australia and the Marshall Islands, urged Tokyo to defer the wastewater releases. In the Pacific, Outcry Over Japan’s Plan to Release Fukushima Wastewater 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z The Puerto Rico Status Act outlines terms for a binding referendum on the three options: full independence, U.S. statehood or sovereignty with formal U.S. association, similar to the Marshall Islands and Micronesia. Puerto Rico independence vote bill passes U.S. House 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Although the United States said at the time that it was liberating the Marshall Islands from Japanese colonizers, when the war ended it never left. Marshall Islands, feeling neglected by the U.S., enjoys new leverage 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z The latter is in place in Micronesia, Palau and the Marshall Islands. Puerto Rican independence bill goes to U.S. House vote on Thursday 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Many on the Marshall Islands believe a U.S. settlement of $150 million agreed to in the 1980s fell well short of addressing the nuclear legacy. US nears new cooperation deals with Pacific Island nations 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Decades later, people of the Marshall Islands still feel its impact through forced relocations, lost land and heightened cancer rates. In the Pacific, Outcry Over Japan’s Plan to Release Fukushima Wastewater 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z Asked if Washington would consider a formal apology the Marshall Islands has requested for the impacts of the nuclear tests, the U.S. official said there had long been conversations about it within the U.S. government. U.S. aims for 'top line' deal on aid to three Pacific island countries 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Even after Micronesian countries gained independence in the late 20th century, Washington maintained control through agreements like the one with the Marshall Islands. Marshall Islands, feeling neglected by the U.S., enjoys new leverage 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z ASB owns or controls numerous firms in Turkey, Cyprus, India and the Marshall Islands. US hits prominent Turkish executive with Iran oil sanctions 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z A similar effort more than a decade ago by two other Pacific island nations, the Marshall Islands and Palau, went nowhere, in large part because of opposition from more powerful countries. Tiny Vanuatu Uses Its ‘Unimportance’ to Launch Big Climate Ideas 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z The people of the Marshall Islands were not the only ones affected. In the Pacific, Outcry Over Japan’s Plan to Release Fukushima Wastewater 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z "I wish we got fossil fuel phase out," said Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, the Climate Envoy of the Marshall Islands, who along with other island states fear annihilation if temperatures rise above 1.5C. Climate change: Five key takeaways from COP27 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z The imbalance of power meant the Marshall Islands had previously struggled to press its case, Jibas said. Marshall Islands, feeling neglected by the U.S., enjoys new leverage 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Chaired by the Marshall Islands and with members including Costa Rica, the United States and the EU, this group pushes for more progressive emissions targets and climate policies. Factbox: Countries and rival interests at the COP27 climate talks 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z The U.S. tested the first hydrogen bomb 70 years ago in the Marshall Islands. Your Tuesday Briefing: Jair Bolsonaro Loses 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z Residents of the reef, in the Marshall Islands, had never seen such a thing. In the Pacific, Outcry Over Japan’s Plan to Release Fukushima Wastewater 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control targeted two people and three firms from Singapore, Taiwan and the Marshall Islands. US sanctions Asian firms over North Korean fuel shipments 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z Now the Marshall Islands is enjoying playing its stronger hand. Marshall Islands, feeling neglected by the U.S., enjoys new leverage 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z The Marshall Islands, one of 47 voting members on the rights council, is a key Western ally including on human rights, such as on scrutiny of China's rights record. Major U.N. powers question Pacific islanders' call for nuclear legacy help 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z The GH Parks sails under the flag of the Marshall Islands. Labor, management denounce Biden administration’s maritime waiver 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z Earlier this month, the Marshall Islands suspended talks with the U.S. to renew its security partnership with the U.S. amid the fallout over U.S. nuclear testing on the island decades before. Biden woos Pacific Island countries with White House summit as China looms 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z And just last week, the Marshall Islands pulled out of a negotiating session with the U.S. over their Compact of Free Association, which expires next year. Biden’s Pacific strategy heralds new engagement in region 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z The ship, called GH Parks, is flagged to the Marshall Islands and departed from Texas. Biden administration to grant Puerto Rico shipping waiver after uproar 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z State Department demanded the removal of language agreed to by the island countries that the United States address the Marshall Islands nuclear issue, three sources, including a Pacific island diplomat, told Reuters. U.S. vows 'big dollar' help to Pacific islands in China contest 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z While experts issue warnings about the eventual uninhabitability of the Marshall Islands, President David Kabua must reconcile the inequity of a seawall built to protect one house that is now flooding another one next door. Drowning island nations: ‘This is how a Pacific atoll dies’ 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z Ambassadors from three other Pacific Island nations - Palau, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia - told the White House in a letter that the economic assistance being discussed was “insufficient.” Biden woos Pacific Island countries with White House summit as China looms 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z The Marshall Islands says the U.S. isn’t engaging on its claim for proper reparations from the legacy of U.S. nuclear testing in the islands. Biden’s Pacific strategy heralds new engagement in region 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z He pointed to the Marshall Islands’ carbon levy proposal for international shipping that he says “will drive the transition to zero emission shipping, channeling resources from polluters to the most vulnerable.” Marshall Islands head: We must tame ‘climate change monster’ 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z The Marshall Islands comprises about 30 far-flung tropical atolls between Australia and Hawaii. Marshall Islands urges U.S. to better address nuclear legacy, climate 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z For the president of the Marshall Islands, wealthy nations could be doing much more. Drowning island nations: ‘This is how a Pacific atoll dies’ 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z A U.S. missile defence test range in the Marshall Islands is critical to U.S. space and missile-defense capabilities, it added. Pacific islands a key U.S. military buffer to China's ambitions - report 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z The Marshall Islands says there was extensive environmental and health damage from the dozens of tests in the 1940s and 1950s, which a settlement in the 1980s fell well short of addressing. Biden’s Pacific strategy heralds new engagement in region 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Three other island groupings — Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia — chose independence. Opinion | As China targets the South Pacific, the U.S. urgently needs to push back 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z During the test, three inert warheads separated from the missile’s last stage in space shortly after launch and traveled 4,200 miles to an impact site on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Pentagon tests multi-warhead ICBM after delays 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z A Chinese pair plotted to set up a mini-state on the Marshall Islands in the Pacific, bribing MPs and officials along the way, US prosecutors say. Marshall Islands: Chinese pair plotted 'mini-state' in Pacific nation 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Two Marshall Islands nationals of Chinese descent were indicted by the Justice Department on charges of bribing government officials of the Pacific island-state with funds from China. U.S. indicts two Marshall Islands nationals in China-linked bribery scheme 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z Nauru, Palau and the Marshall Islands have, like Tuvalu, stuck with Taipei. Tiny Tuvalu to 'stand firm' with Taiwan as Pacific competition hots up 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Only 14 governments around the world recognize Taiwan as a country, including Belize, the Marshall Islands and the Vatican. U.S., Taiwan to begin formal trade talks amid Pelosi visit’s fallout 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z The ICBM’s reentry vehicle traveled about 4,200 miles to the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. U.S. conducts ICBM launch delayed over tensions with China 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z The Marshall Islands government is yet to fully address the accusations, despite calls from opposition parties. Marshall Islands: Chinese pair plotted 'mini-state' in Pacific nation 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z The bribes sought to convince the Marshall Islands government to create a separate autonomous economic zone, the Justice Department announced Friday. U.S. indicts two Marshall Islands nationals in China-linked bribery scheme 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z The Marshall Islands closed its borders in early March 2020, taking more drastic measures than its neighbors at the time. Marshall Islands, Nearly Covid-Free, Confronts an Outbreak 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z Covid-19 infection numbers have surged in the Marshall Islands, just days after the Pacific nation recorded its first local spread of the virus. Marshall Islands: Covid-19 cases surge 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z “We all needed good news,” said Tina Stege, the climate envoy for the Marshall Islands, which is at risk of disappearing beneath rising seas. Surprise Deal Would Be Most Ambitious Climate Action Undertaken by U.S. 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z "Yan and Zhou's bribes blatantly flouted the sovereignty of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and its legislature," said US Attorney Damian Williams for the Southern District of New York. Marshall Islands: Chinese pair plotted 'mini-state' in Pacific nation 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z The indictment states that the two used “funds from China and elsewhere” to attempt to bribe six Marshall Islands government officials in promoting the Rongelap Atoll project that was announced in Hong Kong in 2018. U.S. indicts two Marshall Islands nationals in China-linked bribery scheme 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z As a remote nation in the Pacific, the Marshall Islands had been almost completely spared from Covid-19, registering just a handful of cases throughout the pandemic, with no community transmission detected. Marshall Islands, Nearly Covid-Free, Confronts an Outbreak 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z The explosion in cases has seen the Marshall Islands shift from a "prevention to mitigation" strategy, Mr Niedenthal wrote in a Facebook update. Marshall Islands: Covid-19 cases surge 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z Cameroon’s flagged fishing fleet is minuscule compared to countries such as Liberia, Panama or the Marshall Islands. Cameroon becomes a go-to country for foreign fishing vessels 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z The Marshall Islands, a chain of islands located between Hawaii and Australia, gained independence in 1979 after being under US administration for four decades. Marshall Islands: Chinese pair plotted 'mini-state' in Pacific nation 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z “Gaining influence, if not control, in the Marshall Islands is very important to Beijing,” she said. U.S. indicts two Marshall Islands nationals in China-linked bribery scheme 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z Tuvalu and the Marshall Islands have so far managed to avoid any community outbreaks. Micronesia last of bigger nations to have COVID-19 outbreak 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Since October 2020, two deaths have been reported across the Marshall Islands, and a cumulative total of 3,036 cases have been logged. Marshall Islands: Covid-19 cases surge 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z Her article for the magazine about wave-piloting in the Marshall Islands is anthologized in “The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2017.” The Quest by Circadian Medicine to Make the Most of Our Body Clocks 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z One official who accepted money then appointed Mr Yan as a special adviser to the Marshall Islands. Marshall Islands: Chinese pair plotted 'mini-state' in Pacific nation 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z The allegations in the indictment suggest the activities are part of a Chinese covert influence operation using surrogates, since there is no Chinese embassy in the Marshall Islands, she said. U.S. indicts two Marshall Islands nationals in China-linked bribery scheme 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z The Marshall Islands plans to end its border quarantine requirements from Oct. Micronesia last of bigger nations to have COVID-19 outbreak 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z China has increased economic, military and police links with Pacific island nations, and made commercial and tourism-related overtures to the Marshall Islands, Palau and FSM, which are hungry for foreign investment. U.S. and Marshall Islands seek economic assistance deal by yearend 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z But consensus on the question of China is likely to remain a challenge when four members of the forum - Palau, the Marshall Islands, Nauru and Tuvalu - recognise Taiwan rather than Beijing. Pacific Islands Forum should consider China security ties - Samoa PM 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z On Monday, former president Ms Heine added her voice to those demanding the Marshall Islands government address the issue. Marshall Islands: Chinese pair plotted 'mini-state' in Pacific nation 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Marshall Islands officials first disclosed the activities to the U.S. government. U.S. indicts two Marshall Islands nationals in China-linked bribery scheme 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z Biden's special envoy is due to visit the Marshall Islands next week amid growing U.S. worries about China's efforts to expand its influence in the region. In shadow of Ukraine war, U.S. and China set to clash at Asian security meeting 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, the leaders of Samoa, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Palau and Marshall Islands met in Fiji to resolve a dispute over how the forum's chief diplomat was elected in 2021. Pacific Islands Forum nations mend rift as super powers focus on the region 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z In pursuing the enablers, American and European investigators have confronted a deliberately confusing ownership structure involving daisy chains of shell companies stretching from the Marshall Islands to Switzerland. The Middlemen at the Heart of an Oligarch-Industrial Complex 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z American officials point out that the United States does have big military bases in Guam, along with close ties to countries like the Marshall Islands. Why China Is Miles Ahead in a Pacific Race for Influence 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z According to the indictment, Mr. Yan and Ms. Zhou sent “funds from China and elsewhere” to the United States and then to the Marshall Islands. U.S. indicts two Marshall Islands nationals in China-linked bribery scheme 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z What the U.S. has done so far is simply not enough, especially as the Marshall Islands are still a close American ally. The U.S. Must Take Responsibility for Nuclear Fallout in the Marshall Islands 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Micronesian leaders from Palau, Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia released a joint statement saying they approved of the reforms, which would bolster Pacific solidarity. Pacific Islands Forum nations mend rift as super powers focus on the region 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z “I couldn’t tell my clients, I couldn’t lie to the Marshall Islands, that we would fix this.” A Climate Warrior’s Journey From Summit Talks to Street Protests 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and Nauru are among the few remaining Pacific island nations to have avoided omicron outbreaks. Facing its first virus outbreak, Samoa goes into lockdown 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z The atoll is one of 29 coral atolls and four islands that make up the Republic of Marshall Islands, a central Pacific nation that became independent in 1979. U.S. indicts two Marshall Islands nationals in China-linked bribery scheme 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z But the nuclear story of the Marshall Islands is not just one of bygone actions. The U.S. Must Take Responsibility for Nuclear Fallout in the Marshall Islands 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Wealthy nations must make good on that broken pledge, while at the same time directing a greater share of funding toward adaptation, said Tina Stege, climate envoy for the Marshall Islands. Humanity has a ‘brief and rapidly closing window’ to avoid a hotter, deadly future, U.N. climate report says 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Ms. Yamin, 57, is an internationally recognized environmental lawyer and a respected adviser to developing countries and small island nations like the Marshall Islands, working on their behalf at the international level. A Climate Warrior’s Journey From Summit Talks to Street Protests 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Ok, the Marshall Islands are plus 12 hours. Winter Olympics 2022 day nine: giant slalom, biathon and more– live! 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z The United States conducted 67 nuclear weapons tests in the Marshall Islands from 1946 to 1958 and islanders are still plagued by the health and environmental effects as a result. With Blinken in Pacific, Marshall Islands says talks on U.S. military access 'stalled' 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z For several years now, our group has gone to the Marshall Islands to research the fallout of this nuclear testing. The U.S. Must Take Responsibility for Nuclear Fallout in the Marshall Islands 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z It would, at the same time, finalize negotiations on Compacts of Free Association: agreements with three Pacific Island countries - the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia and Palau - that facilitate U.S. military access. Biden plans 'several' stops on Asia trip, region to remain focus -U.S. official 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z Growing numbers of Hispanic people and Asian people from the Marshall Islands call Enid home. First They Fought About Masks. Then Over the Soul of the City. 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z Since World War II, the U.S. has treated the Marshall Islands, along with Micronesia and Palau, much like territories. Some fear China could win from US spat with Marshall Islands 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z "In the case of the Marshall Islands, I would use that word." With Blinken in Pacific, Marshall Islands says talks on U.S. military access 'stalled' 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z On islands such as Bikini, the average background gamma radiation is double the maximum value stipulated by an agreement between the governments of the Marshall Islands and United States. The U.S. Must Take Responsibility for Nuclear Fallout in the Marshall Islands 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Other countries have already begun planning massive relocations, including Jakarta and the Marshall Islands. Communities consider ‘managed retreat’ from climate change 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Stege of the Marshall Islands said that gap shows why nations must strengthen their carbon commitments more quickly. Draft Text at Climate Talks Pushes Nations to Act Faster 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z James Matayoshi, the mayor of Rongelap Atoll on the Marshall Islands, said he and hundreds of others have remained displaced from their atoll since the nuclear tests and want to see it revitalized. Some fear China could win from US spat with Marshall Islands 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z "My view is that these negotiations are stalled until we get a presidential appointed special envoy who will have the authority to discuss key issues that are important to the Marshall Islands." With Blinken in Pacific, Marshall Islands says talks on U.S. military access 'stalled' 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Despite international research interest, U.S. government scientists have largely ignored the effects of strontium-90 in the Marshall Islands. The U.S. Must Take Responsibility for Nuclear Fallout in the Marshall Islands 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z The Marshall Islands said it would need “tens of billions” of dollars for adaptation, including to elevate its territory and move its people away from harm’s way. Obama, in Climate Speech Focused on Youth, Has Words for Republicans, Too. 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Earlier Monday morning, Obama met with representatives from Fiji, Grenada and the Republic of the Marshall Islands to call attention to the disproportionate peril of island nations. Obama, playing ‘hype man,’ tries to jolt COP26 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Like many others on the Marshall Islands, Matayoshi believes a U.S. settlement of $150 million agreed to in the 1980s fell well short of addressing the nuclear legacy. Some fear China could win from US spat with Marshall Islands 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z The Republic of the Marshall Islands - a sprawling nation of more than 1,200 low-lying atolls and isles in the Pacific Ocean - are only 2m above sea level. COP26: Low-carbon firms and Biden hails progress 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z In a recent study, we tested sediment from two bomb craters in the northern Marshall Islands, and found consistently high values of strontium-90. The U.S. Must Take Responsibility for Nuclear Fallout in the Marshall Islands 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z The Marshall Islands are only 2m above sea level and we are one of the most threatened countries in the world - due to the sea level rise caused by climate change. My day at COP26: 'What it's like to fight for my country's survival' 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z But like many of the countries hit hardest by climate change, the Marshall Islands needs help and money. Marshall Islands pleads with world leaders to stop the 60,000-person nation from drowning 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z On the Marshall Islands, the U.S. has developed military, intelligence and aerospace facilities in a region where China is particularly active. Some fear China could win from US spat with Marshall Islands 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z But like many of the countries hardest hit by climate change, the Marshall Islands needs help and money. Marshall Islands pleads with world leaders to stop the 60,000-person nation from drowning 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Similar success is possible elsewhere in the Marshall Islands. The U.S. Must Take Responsibility for Nuclear Fallout in the Marshall Islands 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z “Our ability to provide our children with a safe and secure future is at stake. Atoll nations like the Marshall Islands do not have higher ground to retreat to.” ‘Everything is at stake’ as world gathers for climate talks 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z “No one is exaggerating when they call this an existential threat. Just ask the people in the Marshall Islands, Fiji or in the vulnerable nations of the world,” said Kerry. UN, US officials urge action to avert climate disaster 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z In turn, U.S. money and jobs have benefited the Marshall Islands’ economy. Some fear China could win from US spat with Marshall Islands 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z Her appeal comes after a World Bank report said last month that the Marshall Islands will be one of the world’s first nations where rising sea levels will threaten its existence. Marshall Islands pleads with world leaders to stop the 60,000-person nation from drowning 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Given that other countries engaged in nuclear testing—whether in other Pacific islands or elsewhere—what the U.S. learns about the Marshall Islands can inform remediation efforts the world over. The U.S. Must Take Responsibility for Nuclear Fallout in the Marshall Islands 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Formed in 2014 by the Marshall Islands, Costa Rica, the United States and the EU, this group pushes for more progressive emissions targets and climate policies. Factbox: Which countries and blocs are major players at the Glasgow climate summit? 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z During the hearing, administration officials offered conflicting statements on U.S. obligations to the Marshall Islands, making it unclear where the White House stands on America’s history in the region. Rep. Katie Porter presses Biden team on Marshall Islands nuclear waste, gets few answers 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z The signatories also include Grenada, which like the Marshall Islands is particularly vulnerable to climate impacts such as storms and rising seas, along with Sweden, Latvia, Belgium, Estonia and Ireland. 'Window for action closing' - G20 urged to hike climate pledges 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The Paris Agreement was built on input from the Western powers, such as the US and EU nations, but also from the most vulnerable countries, such as the Marshall Islands. Does a climate summit need 25,000 people? And more questions 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z Separately, a vote is expected on Friday on a proposal led by the Marshall Islands to create a new Special Rapporteur on climate change. UN declares access to a clean environment a human right 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z And yet, the Marshall Islands chief negotiator still doesn’t know how many people from her country are coming with her. How Do Thousands Prepare for a Climate Summit? With Difficulty. 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z The Marshall Islands’ Kwajalein Atoll is home to the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site — where the U.S. tests its long- and mid-range missile defense system. Rep. Katie Porter presses Biden team on Marshall Islands nuclear waste, gets few answers 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z And Kabua, the Marshall Islands’ president, recalled the dozen years of U.S. nuclear weapons tests that his country endured in the mid-20th century. ‘Neglected danger’: Nukes not in forefront in speeches at UN 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z “We simply have no higher ground to cede,” Marshall Islands President David Kabua told leaders in a pre-recorded speech at the high-level gathering on Wednesday. 'Death sentence': low-lying nations implore faster action on climate at U.N 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z “Today, the ark for the world will not be built with wood, but with policy changes that transform our economies and our world,” said Marshall Islands President David Kabua. U.K’s Boris Johnson comes to America to push for climate commitments — and make nice with Biden 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Tina Stege, the chief negotiator of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, a country whose very existence is threatened by rising sea levels, is trying to navigate air travel in the Covid era. How Do Thousands Prepare for a Climate Summit? With Difficulty. 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Instead, it insists the Marshall Islands is solely responsible for the waste site, even though Congress has required the Department of Energy, with funding from the Department of the Interior, to monitor it indefinitely. Rep. Katie Porter presses Biden team on Marshall Islands nuclear waste, gets few answers 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z The Marshall Islands and the Solomon Islands, two nations with large shipping fleets that are severely threatened by climate change, have already proposed a carbon levy starting at $100 per ton. Industry group backs global carbon price for large ships 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z Answering the call to work in poultry production, trucking, construction and computer programming were legions of immigrants from El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Mexico, India and elsewhere. Decline in Immigration Threatens Growth of Regions on the Rise 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, some small island states like the Marshall Islands and Costa Rica, and smaller developing countries such as Ethiopia, have stepped up and adopted net-zero carbon targets and ambitious carbon-cutting pledges. Here’s How Climate Change Will Stress Your Homeland 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z Flights out of the Marshall Islands are more infrequent because of the pandemic, and getting to Scotland requires navigating the quarantine regulations of various countries in transit. How Do Thousands Prepare for a Climate Summit? With Difficulty. 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z “Nope. I don’t,” he said, noting what he saw as a difference between the Marshall Islands’ ownership of the site and the United States’ responsibility to monitor and maintain the waste pit. Rep. Katie Porter presses Biden team on Marshall Islands nuclear waste, gets few answers 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z In all, representatives from 51 countries including the US, India, China took part in this meeting along with nations hugely vulnerable to rising temperatures such as Rwanda, Costa Rica and the Marshall Islands. COP26 climate summit president says progress made, but not enough 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z And yet it is the Bahamas, along with other small islands worldwide — like Antigua and Barbuda, the Maldives, Kiribati and the Marshall Islands — that are on the front lines of the climate crisis. Climate Change Is Destroying My Country. The Nations Causing It Must Help. 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z In 1990, the nation’s first president signed a deal with a company, International Registries Inc., to create a tax-friendly, low-cost way for ships to sail under the Marshall Islands flag. Tasked to Fight Climate Change, a Secretive U.N. Agency Does the Opposite 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Once delegates return, they also will be subject to the Marshall Islands’ strict two week quarantine for international travelers. How Do Thousands Prepare for a Climate Summit? With Difficulty. 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z The U.S. won’t clean out its leftover radioactive waste from a huge dome in Marshall Islands — but it does pay to keep anti-American graffiti off it. Rep. Katie Porter presses Biden team on Marshall Islands nuclear waste, gets few answers 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z He was a deadly dogfighter by the time he married his childhood sweetheart, Annie Castor, in 1943, and he soon proved himself flying 57 combat missions around the Marshall Islands. Review | America needed a space race hero. John Glenn was the obvious choice. 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z A Japanese coast guard spokesman identified the tanker as the Ulsan Pioneer, registered in the Marshall Islands. Three crew missing after collision of Japanese cargo ship and tanker 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z International Registries, which represented the Marshall Islands on the I.M.O., initially refused to yield to the foreign minister, Mr. Woodroofe recalled. Tasked to Fight Climate Change, a Secretive U.N. Agency Does the Opposite 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Australia opened embassies in the Marshall Islands and French Polynesia on Tuesday as Canberra accelerates its efforts to counter growing competition from China for influence in the Pacific. Australia opens new Pacific embassies as Chinese influence grows 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z “If he fails to renew our compact with the Marshall Islands he could be handing China another win,” Gosar said of President Biden. Rep. Katie Porter presses Biden team on Marshall Islands nuclear waste, gets few answers 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z Also included are the Marshall Islands, Antigua and Barbuda, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Kenya, and other developing countries, many of which are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Biden’s Climate Summit Will Be an International Chess Match 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z Excluded are residents near the Trinity Site in New Mexico, others who were downwind in Nevada, veterans who cleaned up radioactive waste in the Marshall Islands and others. People downwind of 1st atomic blast renew push for US payout 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z The Marshall Islands suggested a target of zero emissions “by the second half of the century” — meaning by 2050. Tasked to Fight Climate Change, a Secretive U.N. Agency Does the Opposite 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z One should look no further than the infamous nuclear tests conducted by the U.S. in the Marshall Islands to see that in Asia, human rights is a secondary concern for U.S. policy. Tony Blinken goes to Asia — but is his confrontational China policy going in the wrong direction? 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z For Rhea Moss-Christian, the chair of the Marshall Islands National Nuclear Commission, the issue was more personal. Rep. Katie Porter presses Biden team on Marshall Islands nuclear waste, gets few answers 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z It lists the active owner as Emerald Marine Ltd., which is registered in the Marshall Islands. Israel suspects Iran connection to Mediterranean oil spill 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z The United States used the Marshall Islands as a testing ground for nuclear weapons during the middle of the last century, leaving an environmental and health disaster for the Marshallese. To fight COVID-19 with vaccines, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in Washington first need to be seen 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z Now, the Marshall Islands are putting forward a moonshot environmental plan, a carbon tax that would penalize polluters. Tasked to Fight Climate Change, a Secretive U.N. Agency Does the Opposite 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z The producers of Memoirs Pasifika hope to increase interest in events that influenced contemporary Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific Daily News reported Sunday. Guam podcast to tell stories of modern Micronesian history 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z For her colleagues in Majuro, the Marshall Islands’ capital, it was 2 a.m. Rep. Katie Porter presses Biden team on Marshall Islands nuclear waste, gets few answers 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z The Marshall Islands Maritime and Corporate Administrators did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Israel suspects Iran connection to Mediterranean oil spill 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z The climate envoy from the low-lying Marshall Islands, meanwhile, suggested the United States could help press for stronger climate commitments around the globe. Biden set to rejoin Paris climate accord, impose curbs on U.S. oil industry 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z The company, based in Virginia, did all the work and, on paper, the Marshall Islands became home to one of the world’s largest fleets. Tasked to Fight Climate Change, a Secretive U.N. Agency Does the Opposite 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z There are already legal proceedings in Liechtenstein, home to Farkhad Akhmedov’s art, and the Marshall Islands, where the Luna is registered. It’s mother vs. son in Britain’s priciest divorce war 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z Former Maricopa County Assessor Paul Peterson pleaded guilty in three states to running an illegal adoption scheme that involved women he flew to the U.S. from the Marshall Islands. Virus outbreak is Arizona’s top story of 2020 2020-12-25T05:00:00Z Nearly 25 years ago, with the stroke of a pen, the United States broke its commitment to provide medical care for Marshall Islands residents living in the United States. Decades later, Congress restores Medicaid for Marshallese and other Pacific Islanders 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z Three places that did not receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine — the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Palau — will receive the Moderna vaccine for that reason, according to a federal health official familiar with the government’s distribution plans. F.D.A. OKs the Moderna Covid Vaccine, Adding Millions More Doses to the U.S. Supply 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z Drugs often wash ashore on the Marshall Islands, but last week's discovery set a new record. Marshall Islands: Record drugs haul washes up on shore 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z Nuclear weapons testing on Pacific islands like the Marshall Islands, for example, left residents with radiation sickness and a multitude of cancers. Why it’s time to retire the term ‘Asian Pacific Islander’ 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z “That was quite a shock,” Doreen de Brum, a diplomat from another Pacific nation, the Marshall Islands, said of the opposition. Leadership of U.N. Human Rights Body Becomes Proxy Battle for World Powers 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z Between 1946 and 1958, the United States detonated 67 nuclear bombs on, in and above the Marshall Islands — vaporizing whole islands, carving craters into its shallow lagoons and exiling hundreds of people from their homes. Decades later, Congress restores Medicaid for Marshallese and other Pacific Islanders 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z Only four countries rejected the new guidelines: the Marshall Islands, the Solomon Islands, New Zealand and Tuvalu. Meeting agrees plan to make shipping greener 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z Police in the Marshall Islands have discovered a record haul of drugs thought to have drifted across the Pacific Ocean from Latin America. Marshall Islands: Record drugs haul washes up on shore 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z Over the past two weeks, Vanuatu and the Marshall Islands reported their first cases, from quarantined travelers. Pacific isles, secretive states among last virus-free places 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Sea level rise is already threatening the ability of some island nations in the Pacific, such as Tuvalu and the Marshall Islands, to remain habitable, he said. The U.S. will leave the Paris climate accord on Nov. 4. But voters will decide for how long. 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z In June, the Marshall Islands eased restrictions to allow in mostly US military base workers and only with a three-week quarantine at the base. Coronavirus: Remote Marshall Islands records first cases 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z Home to about 78,000 people, the Marshall Islands maintains close military and civilian ties with the U.S. under a compact of free association. Asia Today: Virus arrives in Marshall Islands with 2 cases 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z Marshall Islands Attorney General Richard Hickson said the boat could have been drifting for more than a year and was most likely from Central or South America. Marshall Islands: Record drugs haul washes up on shore 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z A former Marshall Islands foreign minister, the late Tony de Brum, spoke often of the long-term impact of US nuclear testing on his people. Now that nuclear weapons are illegal, the Pacific demands truth on decades of testing | Dimity Hawkins 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z Taiwan retains formal relations with four Pacific countries - Nauru, Palau, the Marshall Islands, and Tuvalu - though not Fiji. Taiwan official in hospital after alleged 'violent attack' by Chinese diplomats in Fiji 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z With a population of 55,000 people, the Marshall Islands consists of two chains of coral atolls together with more than 1,000 islets, just north of the Equator in the Pacific. Coronavirus: Remote Marshall Islands records first cases 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z David Kabua, the president of the Marshall Islands, says his country will be the first to be swept away by climate change if nations fail to back their climate finance pledges. Daily briefing: Toxic bacteria caused mysterious elephant deaths 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z After his rescue, researchers from the University of Hawaii conducted 16 computer simulations of drift patterns from the coast of Mexico and discovered that nearly all eventually ended up in the Marshall Islands. Marshall Islands: Record drugs haul washes up on shore 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z The Marshall Islands specialise in aquarium fish – the most popular is the flame angel fish – but exports fell by 50%, according to one US report. Ten countries kept out Covid. But did they win? 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z A mushroom cloud rises over Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands after the first U.S. test of a full-scale thermonuclear device on Nov. 1, 1952. In the 75 years since Hiroshima, nuclear testing killed untold thousands 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z In 1943, his bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and he drifted in the sea for 47 days before being captured by the Japanese Navy near the Marshall Islands. Black Americans star in front of Hitler at Berlin Olympics 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z She’s pushed to reinstate Medicaid eligibility to people from the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Palau who are working and living in the United States but lack access to healthcare. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard rebuts U.S. claim that Marshall Islands nuclear waste site is safe 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z Authorities in the Marshall Islands say the country has a drug problem caused by packets washing up on the shore, which are then sold on in the capital Majuro. Marshall Islands: Record drugs haul washes up on shore 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z Those excluded from the program include residents downwind of the Trinity Site in New Mexico, additional downwinders in Nevada, veterans who cleaned up radioactive waste in the Marshall Islands and others. Groups push to remove proposed funding for nuclear testing 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z McKinley observe a mushroom cloud over Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands on July 1, 1946, during the U.S. military's “Operation Crossroads” tests. In the 75 years since Hiroshima, nuclear testing killed untold thousands 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z The Marshall Islands’ travel ban is still in place — and currently extended through Aug. 5 — while the government builds the infrastructure and stockpiles the equipment it will need should the virus invade. As COVID-19 cases climb in the U.S., there are still none in the Marshall Islands 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z She also was instrumental in requiring the Department of Energy to reexamine the safety of Runit Dome, a leaking nuclear waste repository in the Marshall Islands, as part of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard rebuts U.S. claim that Marshall Islands nuclear waste site is safe 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z Relatives in the Marshall Islands, appalled by the resurgence of the coronavirus across the United States, urge family members here to postpone gatherings — even funerals. Coronavirus clobbers Marshall Island communities in U.S.: Infections have 'skyrocketed' 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Four of Taiwan’s remaining 15 diplomatic allies are in the Pacific - Palau, Nauru, Tuvalu and the Marshall Islands. Taiwan to re-open consulate on strategically-located U.S. island of Guam 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z McKinley observe a mushroom cloud over Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands on July 1, 1946, during the U.S. military's “Operation Crossroads” tests. In the 75 years since Hiroshima, nuclear testing killed untold thousands 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z The United Airlines “island hopper” is the one commercial airline that flies to the Marshall Islands. As COVID-19 cases climb in the U.S., there are still none in the Marshall Islands 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z One of Hawaii’s high-profile politicians has dismissed a recent Department of Energy report concluding that a leaking U.S. nuclear waste repository in the Marshall Islands is safe for people there. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard rebuts U.S. claim that Marshall Islands nuclear waste site is safe 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z In 2019, at a presentation delivered in the Marshall Islands to Marshallese and U.S. officials, the DOE’s contractor, Hamilton, mentioned elevated levels of radioactivity in giant clams living near the dome. U.S. says leaking nuclear waste dome is safe; Marshall Islands leaders don't believe it 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Everling said she plans to offer other refugee youths more varieties of vegetables from the Congo, Marshall Islands and other under-represented populations in Black Hawk County. Immigrants tend community garden in Waterloo 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z Hilda Heine, who was president of the Marshall Islands until January, told The Washington Post, “a lot of the critical information was not disclosed” at the time of the tests. In the 75 years since Hiroshima, nuclear testing killed untold thousands 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z Department of Interior, the Marshall Islands is projected to incur a 6.9% decline in GDP and a loss of 716 jobs. As COVID-19 cases climb in the U.S., there are still none in the Marshall Islands 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z In calling for “fresh eyes” on the waste site, Gabbard was referring to Terry Hamilton, who has been the Energy Department’s go-to contractor for nuclear issues in the Marshall Islands since 1990. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard rebuts U.S. claim that Marshall Islands nuclear waste site is safe 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z Next try was the Marshall Islands - completely closed. In the middle of the Pacific with nowhere to land 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z They suspect the body was that of a Chinese adventurer who went missing when his boat flipped over in November last year off Marshall Islands. Philippines suspects body found could be Chinese adventurer 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z And while I haven’t visited battlefields, I’ve reported from some of the remotest and imperiled parts of the planet, including a leaking concrete dome of radioactive waste in the Marshall Islands. We're crisscrossing California — at a safe distance — to tell your stories amid the pandemic 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z The earliest action was taken by Singapore on Jan. 23, canceling all flights from Wuhan, but the first country to impose a travel ban was the Marshall Islands on Jan. 24. Analysis | Trump’s claim that he imposed the first ‘China ban’ 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z Although outspoken on the Marshall Islands and the U.S. radiation legacy there, Gabbard has often been publicly alone on the issue. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard rebuts U.S. claim that Marshall Islands nuclear waste site is safe 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z Now, after a coronavirus-related dispute between United Airlines and local authorities in the Marshall Islands effectively shut down international travel, she’s stuck there for the foreseeable future. Coronavirus is wreaking havoc on scientific field work 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z Jennet is accused of serving as his fixer in the Marshall Islands, where she said she would contact Petersen every time she was alerted to a new pregnancy. Prostitution camp provided women in human smuggling case 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z Petersen resigned in January under pressure after being indicted last October on fraud charges involving an adoption operation involving pregnant women from the Marshall Islands. Maricopa supervisors appoint replacement county assessor 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Surdyk became interested in radioactivity from a high school teacher who studied the same thing in the Marshall Islands and later went on to study at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, she said. Alaska researcher studies effects of depleted uranium 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Surdyk became interested in radioactivity from a high school teacher who studied the same thing in the Marshall Islands and later went on to study at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, she said. Alaska researcher studies effects of depleted uranium 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z The Republic of the Marshall Islands, situated between Hawaii and the Philippines, includes twenty-nine widely dispersed coral atolls and five volcanic islands, spread across seven hundred and fifty thousand square miles of the Pacific Ocean. The Cost of Fleeing Climate Change 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z An Arizona elected official charged with running a human smuggling scheme involving pregnant women from the Marshall Islands resigned Tuesday, months after the charges were brought forth. Arizona official charged in adoption smuggling scheme resigns 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z “What the United States did in the Marshall Islands is a tragedy. But, what’s the alternative? Do we really think China is going to treat us better?” They came here after the U.S. irradiated their islands. Now they face an uncertain future 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z Children in Iraq were displaying the same birth defects as children born in the Marshall Islands, which was used as a nuclear test site in the 1940s and 1950s by the U.S. government, she found. Alaska researcher studies effects of depleted uranium 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Children in Iraq were displaying the same birth defects as children born in the Marshall Islands, which was used as a nuclear test site in the 1940s and 1950s by the U.S. government, she found. Alaska researcher studies effects of depleted uranium 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z At the end of the Second World War, the United States took control of the Marshall Islands from Japan and quickly turned the region into a nuclear-weapons test site. The Cost of Fleeing Climate Change 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z At the time of nuclear tests, the Marshall Islands was a territory created by the UN but administered by the US. US to probe Marshall Islands atomic waste dump 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z But politics in the Marshall Islands threatens to upend it all. They came here after the U.S. irradiated their islands. Now they face an uncertain future 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z The investigation was applauded by at least one representative of the Marshall Islands, which continues to contend with the radioactive legacy of U.S. nuclear testing. New U.S. law requires probe of Marshall Islands nuclear dump threatened by rising seas 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z The Republican was arrested and charged in a scheme involving the adoption of babies from the Marshall Islands. Panel backs suspension of assessor in Arizona adoption case 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z In light of the threat that climate change poses to the Marshall Islands, Laelan sees it as her mission to continue building a social infrastructure so that islanders in Arkansas can thrive. The Cost of Fleeing Climate Change 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Starting in 1952, the United States blew up hydrogen bombs around the Marshall Islands. The Histories Hidden in the Periodic Table 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z In part because of that troubled history, one-third of the Marshall Islands’ population — roughly 27,000 and growing — now reside in the United States, where their future is uncertain. They came here after the U.S. irradiated their islands. Now they face an uncertain future 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z From 1946 to 1958, the United States detonated 67 nuclear bombs on, in and above the Marshall Islands — vaporizing whole islands, carving craters into its shallow lagoons and exiling hundreds of people from their homes. New U.S. law requires probe of Marshall Islands nuclear dump threatened by rising seas 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z While most refugees resettle in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, there also are some from the Marshall Islands in Enid and from African countries now in Guymon, Riesenberg said. Oklahoma governor consents to allow refugee resettlement 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z “Back in the Marshall Islands, people did not have gold or silver,” she said. The Cost of Fleeing Climate Change 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Countries including Nepal, Switzerland, Uruguay and the Marshall Islands echoed the call from the EU for more ambition. EU leads call for stronger climate ambition as U.N. summit wavers 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z Officials from some smaller countries had to deal with climate crises — flooding and evacuations in the Marshall Islands; a devastating hurricane in the Bahamas — just before traveling to the negotiations. At U.N. climate conference, the divide widens between countries that pollute and those that suffer from it 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z The investigation also documented decades of U.S. deception in the Marshall Islands, including the withholding of critical information about people’s exposure to radiation. New U.S. law requires probe of Marshall Islands nuclear dump threatened by rising seas 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z She then sat silent as young people from the Philippines, the Marshall Islands, Minnesota and Uganda shared their experiences. How Greta Thunberg is using her fame to pressure world leaders to act on climate 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z In 2016, the Marshall Islands suffered a drought so severe that water was rationed to residents for a limit of four hours per week. The Cost of Fleeing Climate Change 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z It is too early to tell how this past week will be remembered in the annals of Marshall Islands history, but it is likely not to be forgotten. Huge waves and disease turn Marshall Islands into 'a war zone,' health official says 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z “The most vulnerable — atoll nations like my country — already face death row,” Hilda Heine, president of the Marshall Islands, told delegates at the beginning of the Madrid conference. At U.N. climate conference, the divide widens between countries that pollute and those that suffer from it 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z “Three years ago we did this really cool trip to the Marshall Islands,” Florence said, a journey highlighted in the movie “Proximity.” He Wants to Surf in the Olympics at 48. His Neighbor Is in the Way. 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z While small islands are at greatest risk, rich countries were also suffering, said Clarence Samuel, lead negotiator for the Marshall Islands. COP25: Island states want 'decisive' climate action to prevent inundation 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z That same week, Hilda Heine, who was the President of the Marshall Islands until January, spoke by video feed to world leaders gathered for the United Nations climate talks in Madrid. The Cost of Fleeing Climate Change 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z The Marshall Islands is “facing death row,” Heine, the nation’s president, told a meeting of international leaders at the United Nations’ Climate Conference in Madrid. Huge waves and disease turn Marshall Islands into 'a war zone,' health official says 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Tuvalu Foreign Minister Simon Kofe expressed support for Taiwan and said his nation was setting up a group to unite Taiwan's four remaining Pacific allies - the Marshall Islands, Palau, Nauru and Tuvalu. Tiny Pacific nation turns down Chinese islands 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Petersen and attorney Matt Long, who does not plan to represent him in this case, completed missions in the Marshall Islands with the church in the late ’90s. Mormon church leader denounces official’s adoption scheme 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z A huge concrete coffin holds almost 90 million litres of US nuclear waste on the Marshall Islands. Daily briefing: How to stop commercial satellites from disrupting astronomy 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z The Marshall Islands are “facing death row,” she said. The Cost of Fleeing Climate Change 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z The Republic of the Marshall Islands is located roughly 5,000 miles southwest of Los Angeles, just north of the equator, and halfway between Hawaii and Australia. Huge waves and disease turn Marshall Islands into 'a war zone,' health official says 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z And it’s only one part of a troubled history of how the U.S. has treated the Marshall Islands, with devastating effects for those who live there and haunting memories for those who witnessed the tests. Newsletter: Fallout in the Marshall Islands 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z The journey to the Marshall Islands took three weeks. He saw a Marshall Islands nuclear bomb test up close. It's haunted him since 1952 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z To further tell the stories of people whom Ali interviewed, Carolyn made a return visit to the Marshall Islands in May to shoot more photos and video, and I returned in September. 15 months, 5 trips, a gut-wrenching sight: How we reported the Marshall Islands story 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z Adoption between relatives and in-laws is common throughout the Marshall Islands, and children often live freely between households—raised, in fact, by a village. The Cost of Fleeing Climate Change 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z In 1986, the Marshall Islands and the United States signed an agreement cementing an alliance. Huge waves and disease turn Marshall Islands into 'a war zone,' health official says 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Petersen completed a mission in the Marshall Islands, a collection of atolls and islands in the eastern Pacific, for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Suspension sought for politician in human trafficking case 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z With all due respect to the people of the Marshall Islands, it takes a lot to convince a lot of Americans to pay them much mind. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z Yet the Marshall Islands show that the comfort and security of the United States have not come without a price. 15 months, 5 trips, a gut-wrenching sight: How we reported the Marshall Islands story 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z An acquaintance knew an American attorney named Paul Petersen, who had been a Mormon missionary in the Marshall Islands years ago and who now ran an adoption agency in the United States. The Cost of Fleeing Climate Change 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Last summer, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo surprised many in the Marshall Islands by announcing that the U.S. intended to renegotiate the compact between the two nations. Huge waves and disease turn Marshall Islands into 'a war zone,' health official says 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Department of Justice and the Utah attorney general’s office visited the Marshall Islands this week as part of the investigation, and authorities on the islands helped with the inquiry. Marshallese president applauds arrest in adoptions case 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Those familiar with the situation explain how adoption in the Marshall Islands is far different than in the United States, where familial bonds are often severed by an adoption process. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z But the superheated algae blooms and fish kills prompted a reassessment: Would radiation matter in a generation if the Marshall Islands were enveloped by rising sea levels and lagoons cooked by climate change? 15 months, 5 trips, a gut-wrenching sight: How we reported the Marshall Islands story 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z For the Marshall Islands, six and a half feet of sea-level rise would submerge its land entirely, jeopardizing the very idea of Marshallese statehood. The Cost of Fleeing Climate Change 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z “The United States did some very wrong thing in the Marshall Islands. But if you’re a small nation dealing with a superpower, there is a lot to say for the U.S.” Huge waves and disease turn Marshall Islands into 'a war zone,' health official says 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Department of Justice and the Utah attorney general’s office were in the Marshall Islands this week to interview alleged victims and witnesses. Marshallese president applauds arrest of Arizona official 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine said in a statement last week she believes there are multiple illegal adoption rings that must be stopped. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z That moment ultimately led us to explore deeper questions surrounding the Marshall Islands’ survival and what the United States was doing — or not doing — on behalf of an old Cold War ally. 15 months, 5 trips, a gut-wrenching sight: How we reported the Marshall Islands story 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z Armenia, Poland, Indonesia, Marshall Islands, South Korea and Japan beat competition in their regional blocs to win seats - Japan for a second term. Venezuela wins seat on U.N. rights council despite U.S. opposition 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Attorney Matt Long said Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen cares deeply for the mothers from the Marshall Islands whom he connected with adoptive parents in the United States. Lawyer says Arizona official miscast as human smuggler 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z It asks the international community to “consider additional ways to respond to and support the extreme vulnerability and special circumstances” unique to low-lying coral atoll islands, such as the Marshall Islands. Marshall Islands, low-lying U.S. ally and nuclear testing site, declares a climate crisis 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z The adoption was finalized six days later, and she flew back to the Marshall Islands Aug. 10, 2014. Feds indict lawyer for adoption-immigrant smuggling scam 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z The indictment says he also violated U.S. law prohibiting citizens of the Marshall Islands from traveling to the U.S. for the purpose of adoptions. The Latest: Adoptions in trafficking scheme won’t be undone 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z He also violated U.S. law prohibiting citizens of the Marshall Islands from traveling to the U.S. for the purpose of adoption, the indictment said. Assessor of biggest Arizona county indicted on fraud charges 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Petersen and Long both completed missions in the Marshall Islands with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and they later worked in the islands on behalf of an international adoption agency. Lawyer says Arizona official miscast as human smuggler 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z He also violated U.S. law prohibiting citizens of the Marshall Islands from traveling to the U.S. for the purpose of adoption, the indictment said. Assessor of biggest Arizona county indicted on fraud charges 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z That reduced the number of its diplomatic allies in the Pacific to just four - Palau, the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu and Nauru. Taiwan says China is an 'authoritarian' threat in the Pacific 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z That very same day Thunberg and 15 other young people hailing from places such as Tunisia, the Marshall Islands and Brazil, brought a legal complaint about the climate crisis to the UN. Bad ancestors: does the climate crisis violate the rights of those yet to be born? 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Petersen is accused of transporting more than 40 pregnant Marshall Islands women into Utah during the past three years as part of the scheme, the statement said. Assessor of biggest Arizona county indicted on fraud charges 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z The Marshall Islands environment minister, David Paul, told a forum at the UN climate action summit in New York that securing funding would spark a “rapid transformation of our … shipping sector”. Pacific islands seek $500m to make ocean's shipping zero carbon 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Petersen is accused of transporting more than 40 pregnant Marshall Islands women into Utah during the past three years as part of the scheme, the statement said. Assessor of biggest Arizona county indicted on fraud charges 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z With an estimate of more than 2 billion video game players globally, “this is the most powerful mobilization channel in the world,” David Paul, the Marshall Islands’ environment minister, told the gaming CEOs. Green gaming: Video game firms make climate promises at UN 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z The Marshall Islands declared a “climate crisis” and updated its commitments to try to reach the more ambitious target of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. At UN Climate Summit, a lot of talk about action 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z “Petersen’s illegal adoption scheme exploited highly vulnerable groups in two countries — the birth mothers and families in the Marshall Islands and the adoptive parents here in Utah.” Assessor of biggest Arizona county indicted on fraud charges 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Three of the child petitioners from the Marshall Islands urged world leaders to visit their country to see firsthand how the rising seas are swallowing the central Pacific islands. Young climate activists accuse world leaders' of violating child rights through inaction 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z “Petersen’s illegal adoption scheme exploited highly vulnerable groups in two countries - the birth mothers and families in the Marshall Islands and the adoptive parents here in Utah.” Assessor of biggest Arizona county indicted on fraud charges 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z More than 60 world leaders are set to speak, kicking off with leaders from New Zealand, the hard-hit Marshall Islands, India and Germany. UN chief urges action to make Earth carbon neutral by 2050 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Kiribati’s decision leaves Taiwan with four remaining Pacific allies: Tuvalu, Nauru, Palau and Marshall Islands as well as allies in the Caribbean and Latin America. Taiwan loses second ally in a week as Kiribati switches to China 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z The carrier was built in 2017 and was sailing under the flag of the Marshall Islands, it said. U.S. rescues three crew members from South Korean cargo ship 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine on Monday said she would seek parliamentary approval to declare a climate crisis on the low-lying atoll. Young climate activists accuse world leaders' of violating child rights through inaction 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z The Golden Ray is flagged out of the Marshall Islands and was headed to Baltimore, according to the website vesselfinder.com. Rescue team hears noises possibly from missing crew on ship capsized off Georgia 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z The Golden Ray, which the Coast Guard said was transporting cars, is flagged out of the Marshall Islands and was headed to Baltimore, according to the website vesselfinder.com. 4 crew members missing after cargo ship overturns off Georgia coast 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z The Golden Ray is flagged out of the Marshall Islands and it arrived in Brunswick on Saturday night, according to VesselFinder.com. 4 Missing After Cargo Ship Overturns Off Georgia Coast 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z The carrier was built in 2017 and was sailing under the flag of the Marshall Islands, the website added. Hyundai Glovis car carrier listing off coast of U.S. state of Georgia 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z The ship, a vehicles carrier, was built in 2017 and sails under the flag of the Marshall Islands, according to the vesselfinder.com. Cargo ship 'listing heavily' in Georgia port, crew evacuated, Coast Guard says 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Gillespie — who holds the theory Earhart died on the remote island of Nikumaroro, a coral atoll 1,200 miles from the Marshall Islands — blames their disappearance on negligence, in part. Who was Fred Noonan, Amelia Earhart's navigator? 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z Ballard, who is president of Ocean Exploration Trust and a National Geographic explorer-at-large, is focusing the search on the remote island of Nikumaroro, a coral atoll 1,200 miles from the Marshall Islands. Amelia Earhart mystery: The man who discovered the Titanic is searching for the doomed aviator’s plane 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z One such claim is that Earhart turned north and ended up on the Marshall Islands, where she was captured by the Japanese and possibly forced to work in anti-US propaganda during World War Two. Can the man who found the Titanic find Amelia Earhart? 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Marshall Islands was the site of a 1967 nuclear test –- one of dozens conducted over the years before -- and radiation continues to plague the Bikini Atoll. Micronesia reaffirms U.S. support while Australia hesitates to join campaign against Iran 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z Under the terms of the deal, known as the Compact of Free Association, the U.S. military have exclusive access to airspace and territorial waters of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and Palau. U.S. seeks to renew Pacific islands security pact to foil China 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z The Marshall Islands are situated between Hawaii and Australia and many of them are still uninhabitable as a result of the nuclear tests. Worse than Chernobyl: Parts of Marshall Islands have radiation 'higher' than catastrophic '86 disaster, studies say 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z Panama, the Marshall Islands and Liberia are the leading flag states. What's so important about a ship's flag? 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z In 2017, a photo purporting to show Earhart and Noonan on a pier on the Marshall Islands made headlines, but its clues are so vague they hardly serve as conclusive evidence. Can the man who found the Titanic find Amelia Earhart? 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Simon, who long voiced the U.S. position that no serious radiation threats remained on the Marshall Islands, said the Columbia studies were cheap knockoffs of the extensive work he and other scientists previously conducted. Radioactivity in parts of the Marshall Islands is far higher than Chernobyl, study says 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Secretary of State to visit Micronesia, spoke after meeting the leaders of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and Palau. U.S. seeks to renew Pacific islands security pact to foil China 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z The Marshall Islands, comprising 31 tropical atolls between Australia and Hawaii, risks being underwater in 10-20 years. Nuclear waste, rising seas and Trump: Marshall Islands struggles to... 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z It registers its ships in Liberia and Hong Kong and owns them through companies in the Marshall Islands. Chao a ‘bridge’ to China and her family’s business, in the Trump Cabinet 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z He said overall the radioactivity in the Marshall Islands is fairly low. High radiation levels found in giant clams of Marshall Islands near U.S. nuclear dump 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z But the study’s authors note there’s one big difference between the Marshall Islands and other high-profile contaminated sites. Radioactivity in parts of the Marshall Islands is far higher than Chernobyl, study says 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z President Donald Trump in May hosted the leaders of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and Palau - a rare state visit for such small countries. U.S. seeks to renew Pacific islands security pact to foil China 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z The Marshall Islands gained independence in 1986 and later tried in vain to sue nuclear powers in a David-and-Goliath case at the International Court of Justice. Nuclear waste, rising seas and Trump: Marshall Islands struggles to... 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z Within seconds, a mushroom cloud towered 4½ miles high over Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The U.S. put nuclear waste under a dome on a Pacific island. Now it’s cracking open. 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z In the Marshall Islands, many residents were forced to leave their land and thousands of others were exposed to radioactive fallout. US 'nuclear coffin' on island in the Pacific could be 'leaking' radioactive sludge into the sea 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z In a peer-reviewed study, Columbia University researchers report that soil on four isles of the Marshall Islands contains concentrations of nuclear isotopes that greatly exceed those found near the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear power plants. Radioactivity in parts of the Marshall Islands is far higher than Chernobyl, study says 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z The measure would also apply to immigrants from the Marshall Islands and children of immigrants on temporary work visas. Arkansas Senate approves bill banning ‘sanctuary’ cities 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z One tactic is to pressure ship operators not to register their vessels with the Marshall Islands, Heine said. Nuclear waste, rising seas and Trump: Marshall Islands struggles to... 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z “Within hours, the atoll was covered with a fine, white, powder-like substance,” the Marshall Islands health minister would later testify, according to the Atomic Heritage Foundation. The U.S. put nuclear waste under a dome on a Pacific island. Now it’s cracking open. 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z It fired two “interceptors” from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California against a mock warhead launched from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Pentagon Claims Success in Test of New Tactic to Down Incoming Missiles 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z The 67 nuclear bombs the United States detonated between 1946 and 1958 left widespread contamination on the Marshall Islands, a set of 29 atolls halfway between Australia and Hawaii. Radioactivity in parts of the Marshall Islands is far higher than Chernobyl, study says 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Ross Feingold, a political analyst in Taipei, Taiwan’s capital, said that with elections coming up in Nauru and the Marshall Islands this year, Ms. Tsai was very likely to pledge assistance of some kind. Taiwan’s Leader Heads to the South Pacific in a Bid to Fend Off China 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Her exhibition was as much a personal account of her experience on the Marshall Islands as it was a call to action following the then-warmest winter in recorded history. From foil-wrapped glaciers to the Alpine storm cyclist: the artists fighting climate change 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z In Fiji on Thursday, he told a crowd about the huge “kind of coffin” built by the United States in the Marshall Islands to house the deadly radioactive debris from the 1980s. The U.S. put nuclear waste under a dome on a Pacific island. Now it’s cracking open. 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z While some are convinced that Nikumaroro is Earhart’s final resting place, another theory suggests that she met her end on Mili Atoll, in the Marshall Islands. Amelia Earhart mystery: Newly discovered footage may shed light on aviator's disappearance 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z The gang’s membership is comprised of youth from the Marshall Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean halfway between Hawaii and Australia. Medical examiner identifies 18-year-old Auburn man found dead from a gunshot wound to the head 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z Late last month, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke at a gathering of South Pacific nations, including the leaders of the Marshall Islands, Kiribati and Palau, praising the countries for their recognition of Taiwan. Taiwan’s Leader Heads to the South Pacific in a Bid to Fend Off China 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z More recently, the foreign minister of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific offered another name for that level of warming: “genocide”. ‘The devastation of human life is in view’: what a burning world tells us about climate change 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z Beginning in 1977, the Defense Nuclear Agency began a sustained cleanup of the nuclear debris left over on Enewetak Atoll, a slender ring of coral islands in the Marshall Islands’ northwestern corner. The U.S. put nuclear waste under a dome on a Pacific island. Now it’s cracking open. 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z One well-publicized theory is that she died a castaway after landing her plane on the remote island of Nikumaroro, a coral atoll 1,200 miles from the Marshall Islands. Amelia Earhart discovery? Researchers eye Papua New Guinea 'wreck site' 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z The owners of the ships vary from individuals to inheritors to companies registered in countries ranging from Greece to the Marshall Islands, Britain and Honduras. Greece hauls abandoned, half-sunken ships out of the sea 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Only 17 countries recognize Taiwan’s government, and among those, Ms. Tsai will be visiting Palau, Nauru and the Marshall Islands. Taiwan’s Leader Heads to the South Pacific in a Bid to Fend Off China 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z The Coast Guard says it’s sending the crew of a HC-130 Hercules plane and is working with three nearby fishing boats and the government of the Marshall Islands. US trying to rescue 24 fishing crew on remote Pacific atoll 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z In 1983, the Marshall Islands signed a compact of free association with the United States, granting the island nation the right to govern itself. The U.S. put nuclear waste under a dome on a Pacific island. Now it’s cracking open. 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z While some are convinced that Nikumaroro is Earhart’s final resting place, another theory suggests that she met her end on Mili Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Amelia Earhart discovery? Researchers eye Papua New Guinea 'wreck site' 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z There was one in Micronesia, in the Marshall Islands, that I had seen only on film—its exact location is one of the best-kept secrets in surfing. Kelly Slater’s Shock Wave 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Shaw said New Zealand doesn’t face the same existential threat from rising seas as some of its low-lying Pacific neighbors such as the Marshall Islands and Kiribati, although the nation would still be severely affected. AP Interview: New Zealand minister says emissions to rise 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z “Although vulnerable countries like mine will be hit first and hit hardest by the impacts of rising global temperatures, we do not see ourselves as victims,” said Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine. Marshall Islands first nation to submit new, binding climate targets 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z The United States was the fourth largest, sending most of its aid to the northern Pacific countries of Palau, Micronesia and the Marshall Islands, Mr. Pryke said. U.S.-China Clash at Asian Summit Was Over More Than Words 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z A small lens of fresh water has supported life on the Marshall Islands’ atolls for millennia, but, as salt water intrudes, breadfruit trees and banana palms wilt and die. How Extreme Weather Is Shrinking the Planet 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Australia said Thursday it would open diplomatic missions in Palau, the Marshall Islands, French Polynesia, Niue and the Cook Islands. U.S. Allies Vie With China to Make Pacific Island Friends 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Mr Morrison said new diplomatic missions would be created in Palau, the Marshall Islands, French Polynesia, Niue and the Cook Islands. Australia ups Pacific role to counter China 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Morrison said Australia would also expand its diplomatic presence in the Pacific, posting staff to Palau, the Marshall Islands, French Polynesia, Niue and the Cook Islands. Australia launches $1.5 billion Pacific fund to counter China's... 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Australian will also put diplomats in all 18 countries in the Pacific Islands Forum, with new embassies planned in Palau, Marshall Islands, French Polynesia, Nui and Cook Islands. Australia details investment in South Pacific infrastructure 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z The only female leader in the Pacific Islands is facing a no-confidence challenge after pushing ahead with the controversial introduction of a digital currency for the Marshall Islands. Plans for digital currency spark political crisis in Marshall Islands 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z But Greece, where many shipping companies are based, and flag states including Panama, Liberia and the Marshall Islands have been skeptical and now appear to have a big ally in the U.S. Maritime Regulator Faces Growing Calls for a Gradual Rollout of Clean-Fuel Rules 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z The IMO said last month it would not delay implementation after some shipping groups as well as the Bahamas, Panama, Liberia and the Marshall Islands supported a phased-in implementation of the rules. Trump administration wants phase-in of U.N. rules on maritime fuel 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Suspects busted in the operation, which ended Friday, included illegal immigrants and "immigration violators" from Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, the Marshall Islands, Pakistan and Peru, the U.S. ICE arrests 98 people in Texas and Oklahoma for 'immigrant violations,' other crimes 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Inhabitants of the Marshall Islands used sticks and shells, bound together with plant fibre, to create similarly buoyant accounts of the ocean currents that ran between the islands of their archipelago. Wizards, Moomins and pirates: the magic and mystery of literary maps 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z The Marshall Islands, located about halfway between Hawaii and Australia, gained its independence in 1986 after four decades under US administration. Plans for digital currency spark political crisis in Marshall Islands 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z The ADB said it will open offices in the Cook Islands, Micronesia, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, and Tuvalu, as well as expand missions in Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu. ADB ramps up Pacific presence as aid donors jostle for influence 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z It highlighted the Marshall Islands' dependence on foreign aid, and the fact that the country is vulnerable to natural disasters as well as sea level rise linked to climate change. Marshall Islands warned over digital money 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z She added that she was told the Air Force plane was unable to stay on Nauru in any case, and would have had to park at the Marshall Islands, which is an hour away. New Zealand PM defends $50,000 flight 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z Eigigu, which runs the supermarkets, hotels and shops, is in dispute over its hotel in the Marshall Islands, which is closed. Corruption, incompetence and a musical: Nauru's cursed history 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z At the same time, there are some genuinely unsettling images involving the true-life effects of atomic bombing and radiation, America’s duplicitous nuclear testing program in the Marshall Islands and, of course, those iconic “mushroom clouds.” Review: 1982 documentary ‘The Atomic Cafe’ is back and kookier than ever 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z The study released this week looked specifically at those 4,800 pregnancies, and included women diagnosed with Zika in American Samoa, Micronesia, Marshall Islands and the especially hard-hit Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands. Zika: one in seven babies with mothers exposed to virus developed issues 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z Besides Puerto Rico, which accounted for the bulk of the cases, the new study looked at the territories and freely associated states of American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands and the U.S. One in 7 babies exposed to Zika face health problems: CDC 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z A dozen countries, notably Panama, Liberia, the Marshall Islands, the Bahamas and Malta, allow almost any ship to fly their ‘flags of convenience’. Human errors are behind most oil-tanker spills 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z Youths from in and around the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation spoke on Saturday, and others repeatedly called attention to those killed during Hurricane Maria and threatened by rising sea levels in the Marshall Islands. Meet the Teenagers Leading a Climate Change Movement 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z “We commit to exploring the possibilities for stepping up our own ambition,” the 23 nations said in a statement, issued by the Marshall Islands in the Pacific, about goals for action by 2020. More than 20 nations seek toughen climate goals by 2020 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z The Marshall Islands’ population is 53,066, so the change doesn’t affect many, but it is significant for citizens of the islands because banks and credit card companies will need to begin accepting it. The Marshall Islands replaces the US dollar with its own cryptocurrency 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Hilda Heine, president of the Marshall Islands, said in an interview that Wednesday’s journal article “brings home the seriousness” of the predicament facing her island nation. The military paid for a study on sea level rise. The results were scary. 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z This is of particular concern for the Marshall Islands and other low-lying island nations that are only feet above sea level. Within Decades, Floods May Render Many Islands Uninhabitable 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z The resolution was a particular victory for the Marshall Islands, which worked with France to lobby for a more ambitious target. U.N. Agency Agrees to Path for Shipping Emissions Cuts 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z Some countries with big shipping registries like the low-lying Marshall Islands, that want to stop the effects of climate change, led the call for strong cuts. Shipping Regulators Reach Deal to Cut Carbon Emissions 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z With the recent change, US dollars are still likely to be accepted on the Marshall Islands — the sovereign will just be considered the nation’s official legal tender. The Marshall Islands replaces the US dollar with its own cryptocurrency 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z The United States manages military installations or assets not only in the Marshall Islands but also on Wake Island, another Pacific atoll, and the Diego Garcia atoll in the Indian Ocean. The military paid for a study on sea level rise. The results were scary. 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z Research by Kopp and others suggests that in the Marshall Islands, there's a two-thirds chance of hitting 16 inches of sea-level rise some time between 2056 to 2083, depending on global action against climate change. Within Decades, Floods May Render Many Islands Uninhabitable 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z The Marshall Islands, a low-lying nation keen to allay climate change that is also home to the world’s second-largest shipping registry, leads the call for drastic cuts. The shipping industry attempts to cap carbon emissions 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z A spokesman for the European Commission said EU countries, along with the Marshall Islands, support a goal of cutting emissions by 70 to 100 percent by 2050, compared with 2008 levels. U.N. shipping agency under pressure to tackle growing CO2 emissions 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z In February, top officials from the Marshall Islands confirmed that the Pacific republic would issue its own cryptocurrency to be circulated as legal tender. The Marshall Islands replaces the US dollar with its own cryptocurrency 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Atoll-dependent nations that have been heavily involved in the push for climate action include the Marshall Islands, Maldives, Kiribati and Tuvalu. The military paid for a study on sea level rise. The results were scary. 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z For the Marshall Islands, climate change isn't some distant, future danger: It is already wreaking havoc across the Pacific country's more than 1,100 low-lying atolls. Within Decades, Floods May Render Many Islands Uninhabitable 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z The sanctions will impose an asset freeze on the 21 shipping companies headquartered in the Marshall Islands, Singapore, Panama and Samoa. U.N. Imposes Sanctions on North Korea 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z The Marshall Islands, the second largest flag registry in the world, is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change. U.N. shipping agency under pressure to tackle growing CO2 emissions 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z The Marshall Islands made its own cryptocurrency, doing away with the US dollar. The Marshall Islands replaces the US dollar with its own cryptocurrency 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Droxler said the study reminded him of Maldives, where he has worked and which faces a situation similar to that of the Marshall Islands. The military paid for a study on sea level rise. The results were scary. 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z The assets of the 21 shipping companies, which include businesses based in the Marshall Islands, Singapore, Panama and Samoa, must now be frozen. U.N. blacklists dozens of ships, companies over North Korea smuggling 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z After graduating, he set out with some classmates to teach high school on Jaluit Atoll on the Marshall Islands, being assigned history, which came naturally, and chemistry, which did not. Is Chris Zablocki the Best Extreme Marathoner? 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z On February 28th the Marshall Islands announced that it would issue one, called the sovereign, that it will accept as legal tender. Venezuela’s crypto-currency could solve hyperinflation, if it were better designed 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z She had previously reported on topics including tourism in post-earthquake Haiti and nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands. Kim Wall case: Peter Madsen, Danish inventor, ‘has psychopathic tendencies,’ prosecutor says 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z The study focused on a part of the Marshall Islands in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. The military paid for a study on sea level rise. The results were scary. 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z The Marshall Islands said the SOV will be different because it will be recognized in law as legal tender, effectively backed by the government. Marshall Islands creates virtual money to raise hard cash 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z The Marshall Islands warned the Air Force and the project contractor, Lockheed Martin Corp., about the dangers of building expensive infrastructure in a threatened area. Key Missile Defense Installation Will be Uninhabitable in Less Than 20 Years 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z The 24 million tokens represent the Marshall Islands’ 24 municipalities, he added. Marshall Islands to issue own sovereign cryptocurrency 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z But their identities were hidden behind a series of offshore management firms based in the Marshall Islands and the Seychelles. Russian millions laundered via UK firms, leaked report says 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z Most are not populated, but some, such as the Marshall Islands and Maldives, are home to tens or even hundreds of thousands. The military paid for a study on sea level rise. The results were scary. 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z Betio is part of the Tarawa atoll south of the Marshall Islands. Remains of missing WWII Marine identified as Detroit teen 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z The new sanctions designate 28 ships and 27 entities located, registered or flagged in North Korea, China, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Marshall Islands, Tanzania, Panama, and the Comoros. North Korea sanctions: Donald Trump announces 'largest ever' package 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z SOV will act like regular money, said the government of the Marshall Islands in a separate statement released late on Tuesday. Marshall Islands to issue own sovereign cryptocurrency 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z The company was incorporated in the Marshall Islands, with its management mostly in Greece and elsewhere. The Motley Fool: Roth IRAs best for long-term savings accounts 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Heine, the Marshall Islands president, said there is no ignoring the affects climate change already is having. The military paid for a study on sea level rise. The results were scary. 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Chen registered a new company in the Marshall Islands, the Billions Bunker Group, in 2014. Trump Rebuked China for North Korea’s Oil Smuggling. It’s More Complicated. 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z None of the countries that voted with the United States and Israel against the resolution are diplomatic powerhouses — Guatemala, Honduras, Togo and the Pacific island states of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Nauru and Palau. U.N. resoundingly rejects U.S. decision on Jerusalem in pointed rebuke 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Part of the proceeds from the ICO will be used to help finance the Marshall Islands’ National Trust Fund, Paul said. Marshall Islands to issue own sovereign cryptocurrency 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z In a draft dated 21 November and seen by Bloomberg, the 36 countries named included Panama, Tunisia, Serbia, Armenia, the Cook Islands and the Marshall Islands. From paradise to blacklist: EU’s net starts to close on tax havens 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z This is especially true in Florida and small island states, like the Marshall Islands, where the drinking water is in aquifers right below the surface. Sea Levels Are Already Rising. What's Next? 2017-11-18T05:00:00Z The Marshall Islands is one of only 20 countries with official diplomatic ties with Taiwan. Trump Rebuked China for North Korea’s Oil Smuggling. It’s More Complicated. 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z The alliance was kicked off by Britain, Canada and the Marshall Islands, who urged other nations to join them in a letter seen by Reuters on Wednesday. At least 15 states join global alliance to phase out coal by 2030 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z The 24 million tokens represent the Marshall Islands’ 24 municipalities, he added. Marshall Islands to issue own sovereign cryptocurrency 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z Diamond S Shipping, based in Greenwich, Connecticut, operates 33 petroleum product tankers and 12 crude oil tankers operated under the flags of Hong Kong, the Marshall Islands and Malta. U.S. Commerce chief Ross divesting shipping interests: official 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Small island states, like the Marshall Islands, may not only have to move to escape the rising seas, they’re going to lose their entire cultures as their nations are literally going to be under water. Sea Levels Are Already Rising. What's Next? 2017-11-18T05:00:00Z A History Channel documentary says the photo possibly shows Ms Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan in Japanese military custody on the Marshall Islands, en route to Saipan. Island bids for Amelia Earhart statue 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z The alliance was kicked off by Britain, Canada and the Marshall Islands, who urged other nations to join them in a letter seen by Reuters on Wednesday. At least 15 states join global alliance to phase out coal by 2030 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z SOV will act like regular money, said the government of the Marshall Islands in a separate statement released late on Tuesday. Marshall Islands to issue own sovereign cryptocurrency 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z Diamond S Shipping, based in Greenwich, Connecticut, operates 33 petroleum product tankers and 12 crude oil tankers operated under the flags of Hong Kong, the Marshall Islands and Malta. U.S. Commerce chief Ross divesting shipping interests: official 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z “I wrote a song called ‘Deep Space’ on a plane as I was talking to a guy who lives on the Marshall Islands,” she said. Voices of the City: Bedouine's nomadic spirit finds songs, acclaim and conviction in L.A. 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Some say they fear the Marshall Islands will be the "laughing stock of the planet" if the plan goes ahead. Island bids for Amelia Earhart statue 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z One is the belief she was captured by the Japanese in the Marshall Islands and executed in Saipan. Chatfield man’s quest? Find Amelia Earhart 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Part of the proceeds from the ICO will be used to help finance the Marshall Islands’ National Trust Fund, Paul said. Marshall Islands to issue own sovereign cryptocurrency 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z The terrifying thunder from the test explosion stayed with him the rest of his life, which he devoted to representing the people of the Republic of the Marshall Islands at home and abroad. He saw a nuclear blast at 9, then spent his life opposing nuclear war and climate change 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z However it was the threat of rising seas and a changing climate became the key issues of his time as a Marshall Islands foreign minister. 'Hero' of Paris climate agreement dies - BBC News 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z She traveled to far-off corners of the globe – the Marshall Islands, Haiti, Cuba, Sri Lanka – mostly on competitive grants that recognized her immense talent. My friend Kim Wall's disappearance in Denmark shows: female journalists face danger everywhere 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z In Spokane, the disaggregated data will allow schools to home in on the needs of students from the Marshall Islands, a Pacific island nation which is a part of the controversial Compact of Free Association. School stats: Here are the top 10 languages spoken by students learning English in Washington 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z For instance, as director of the Sabin Center, Mr. Gerrard serves as an adviser to the government of the Marshall Islands, the Pacific nation that could disappear because of rising sea levels. Designing Your Own Retirement, With Passions in Mind 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z The average land elevation in the Marshall Islands is six feet above sea level. He saw a nuclear blast at 9, then spent his life opposing nuclear war and climate change 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z The statement said the missile’s re-entry vehicle traveled about 4,200 miles over the Pacific Ocean to the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. United States Tests Unarmed Intercontinental Ballistic Missile 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z The missile, equipped with a single test reentry vehicle, traveled 4,200 miles to a test range near the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. U.S. test-launches ICBM off California to show ability to 'defend against attacks' 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z In the Marshall Islands, tribes had their own sacred sharks, according to Crawford, and if someone showed disrespect to another tribe’s shark, they would need to apologize — or go to war. Before sharks became movie villains, they were celebrated in myths across the world 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z He said part of the problem was that many NGO ships use so-called flags of convenience, based in Belize or the Marshall Islands, making any kind of legal follow-up or certification difficult for Italian authorities. Aid groups wary of proposed Italian rules on migrant rescues 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Embassy in Majuro considered the Marshall Islands to be on the front lines of climate change. He saw a nuclear blast at 9, then spent his life opposing nuclear war and climate change 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Yamano's evidence, which he says he obtained in 30 minutes, undercuts the History Channel's claim that the famed aviator crash-landed in the Marshall Islands and became a prisoner of the Japanese military. Amelia Earhart 'Lost Photograph' Discredited 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z It describes maritime activity at the harbour on Jabor in the Jaluit atoll – the headquarters for Japan’s administration of the Marshall Islands between the first world war and its defeat in the second world war. Blogger discredits claim Amelia Earhart was taken prisoner by Japan 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z A shot taken in the Marshall Islands after Amelia Earhart disappeared may show her, seated, with her back to the camera. Trump, Putin, North Korea: Your Weekend Briefing 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z The May 30 test of U.S. missile defenses involved a target missile launched from the Marshall Islands in the western Pacific. Was that shootdown of a mock enemy warhead in May 'realistic'? Not exactly 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z |
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