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The Marshall Islands finally make their soccer debut: ‘Such a statement for our tiny island’
The Guardian
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August 18, 2025
It was not the typical reaction to a national team going down 4-0. But, of course, this was not a typical national team match. After the Marshall Islands conceded a fourth goal to the US Virgin Islands, the crowd came to its feet, some waving...
Marshall Islands soccer team made historic international debut in Springdale
KFSM - Arkansas
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August 15, 2025
The Marshall Islands became the last nation to complete their national soccer team and competed in their first ever match Thursday evening. SPRINGDALE, Ark. — For the first time in the nation’s history, the Marshall Islands will have its own...
Meet the Fijian female engineers making their mark in Marshall Islands
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 15, 2025
Thirty years ago, the presence of a female worker in the power plants in the Marshall Islands wasn't just unusual; it rarely occurred. Fast-forward to 2025, and five women engineers from Fiji are working for the Marshall Islands Energy Company in...
Outrigger Cup Challenge kicks off in Springdale; Marshall Islands soccer team to make its debut Thursday
KFSM - Arkansas
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The Marshall Islands Soccer Federation is set to play its first international match at the 2025 Outrigger Challenge Cup in Springdale. SPRINGDALE, Ark. — The world’s newest national soccer team is hours away from making history. The Marshall...
Meet the Fiji female engineers making their mark in Marshall Islands
RNZ
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August 12, 2025
By Eve Burns, of the Marshall Islands Journal Engineers from Fiji working for the Marshalls Energy Company in Majuro, from left; Vasiti Qolikoro, Lucy Tifere, Shannon Prakash, Alexandra Lutuni and Cheryl Shirley Photo: Eve Burns Thirty years ago,...
Youth ambassadors to visit Marshall Islands, Hawaii, Guam
Taipei Times
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August 11, 2025
A group of 40 Taiwanese students aged 18 to 35 is to visit the Marshall Islands, Hawaii and Guam later this month, as part of an annual government-funded youth ambassadorship program, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs official said today. Department...
40 Taiwanese youth ambassadors to visit Marshall Islands, Hawaii, Guam
Focus Taiwan
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August 12, 2025
Taipei, Aug. 12 (CNA) A group of 40 Taiwanese students aged 18 to 35 will visit the Marshall Islands, Hawaii and Guam later this month, as part of an annual government-funded youth ambassadorship program, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)...
Youth diplomacy
Taipei Times
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August 18, 2025
Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung, third row, sixth left, Marshall Islands Ambassador to Taiwan Anjanette Kattil, third row, fifth left, and Department of NGO International Affairs Director Charlie Chiang, third row, seventh left, take a...
New Marshall Islands soccer team to debut in Springdale
KFSM - Arkansas
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The Marshall Islands' national soccer team will take to the field for the first time at the 2025 Outrigger Challenge Cup in Springdale this August. SPRINGDALE, Ark. — The world's newest national soccer team will make its debut in Springdale this...
Marshall Islands oceans talks highlight conservation, development
Marianas Variety
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MAJURO — A National Ocean Symposium opened in the Marshall Islands this week against a backdrop of an innovative fisheries authority that is employing conservation and management tools to break into the tuna value chain in unprecedented ways....
Pacific Islanders lead effort to link culture with mental wellness
Marianas Variety
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Becky Mettao leads a group discussion at a workshop that concluded on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. Photo by Andrew Roberto AT a community mental health workshop held on Thursday, Aug. 7 at LaoLao Bay Resort, the Community Guidance Center offered its...
Discover the Marshall Islands — A Hidden Pacific Paradise
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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August 6, 2025
The Marshall Islands, a stunning archipelago of over 1,200 islands and atolls in the central Pacific, offer much more than just pristine turquoise lagoons and white sandy beaches. This remote island nation is a treasure trove of rich cultural...
Fisheries conservation and sustainability focus of seminar in Marshall Islands
RNZ
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August 6, 2025
Speaking to the opening of a National Ocean Symposium Tuesday, Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine called for communities throughout the Marshall Islands to get active in protecting their ocean resources for current and future generations....
FCCC and UNDP partner on gender equality
Islands Business
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August 11, 2025
PACIFIC island countries have gathered in Suva, Fiji, to strengthen their capacity to measure and respond to the opportunities and challenges of digital trade. Regional countries have recognised the need to increase capacity around their digital...
Life after deportation: Marshall Islands Halfway House proposed
The Pacific Island Times
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August 3, 2025
Microwaves By Jack Niedenthal Riem Simon spent 13 years in U.S. prisons and now wants to help the rising number of deportees from the U.S. adjust to Marshallese society through a program he has developed: “Welcome to the Marshall Islands Halfway...
Marshallese deportations escalate in Arkansas and elsewhere under Trump
Arkansas Times
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August 5, 2025
Eighteen Marshallese citizens who had been legally residing in Arkansas, California, Washington and Hawaii were deported back to the Republic of the Marshall Islands on June 10, according to a press release issued by the Republic of the Marshall...
Rethinking Solomon Islands security
Pacific News Service
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By Dr Transform Aqorau It has been an interesting couple of weeks for Solomon Islands, with stories of policing, weapons, replica weapons and a security agreement with China dominating the local and regional media. Let’s start with the issue of...
‘No one wants to leave’: Marshallese communities push back against the migration narrative
The Pacific Island Times
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August 9, 2025
In the Marshall Islands, where land is not just property but lineage, identity and spiritual inheritance, the idea of leaving is not an option. Even as rising seas flood runways, submerge burial grounds and transform forests into sandbars,...
UH Hilo anthropologist: Marshallese wayfaring and brain science
University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
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August 9, 2025
Reading time: 2 minutesMarshallese master navigators read the water and wind to find their way. (Photo: Chewy Lin via University of Stirling) A University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo professor is collaborating on a groundbreaking study into the heart of...
Here’s who does — and doesn’t — qualify for health care benefits as an immigrant in Colorado
Steamboat Pilot & Today - Colorado
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August 7, 2025
Health care policy is changing in the United States, including for immigrants, whose eligibility for federal benefits will be restricted following the passage of congressional Republicans’ new tax and budget law. The so-called “big, beautiful...