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Increased WIC Participation Could Be Key to Improving State Maternal Health Rates, UAMS Researchers Find
UAMS
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July 7, 2025
View Larger Image July 7, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — Expanding awareness of the WIC program and improving access to WIC-approved foods could help boost maternal and infant health in Arkansas, according to researchers at the University of Arkansas for...
Common Threads: The Origins of the Scandalous Bikini
Saturday Evening Post - Texas
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July 5, 2025
Weekly Newsletter The best of The Saturday Evening Post in your inbox! On July 1, 1946, a powerful nuclear explosion shook the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. It was part of a series of tests done by the U.S. military in that area, just as...
5th Jalsa Salana held in Kiribati
Al Hakam
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July 4, 2025
Waqas Khurshid, Missionary, Kiribati Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya Kiribati held its 5th Jalsa Salana in the village of Bonriki on the island of Tarawa in Kiribati on 24-25 May 2025. The theme for this year’s Jalsa was “Islam’s Call to a Moral Life”. On 24...
67 Bombs to Enid: War brings Marshallese to Oklahoma
News9 - Oklahoma
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We welcomed our Vietnamese neighbors after war, and opened our arms to Korean refugees after another. Oklahoma became known for bringing and welcoming immigrants and refugees from all around the world. One of those communities affected by war,...
‘Reimaanlok’ puts Indigenous voices at the heart of ocean conservation
China Dialogue
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June 13, 2025
The Republic of the Marshall Islands was once used by the United States as a convenient place to explode nuclear bombs, with little regard for local interests. But these days, the expectations of the islands’ Indigenous residents is the standard...
As immigration fears reverberate, Hawaiʻi's COFA communities work to stay informed
Hawaii Public Radio
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June 13, 2025
Immigration raids are intensifying across the country — and so are protests opposing them. About 700 Marines are arriving in Los Angeles, where the National Guard has already been deployed. Mayors and governors across the country are bracing for...
Global Fest returns to Aurora with international food, music, and culture
The Sentinel Colorado
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June 9, 2025
Scenes from the 6th Annual Global Fest. File Photo by Philip B. Poston/Sentinel Colorado AURORA | Global Fest, Aurora’s signature multicultural celebration, returns earlier than usual this year, bringing its annual display of international food,...
Micronesian Summit in Majuro this week aims to be ‘one step ahead’
Asia Pacific Report
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July 1, 2025
By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal/RNZ Pacific correspondent in Majuro The Micronesian Islands Forum cranks up with officials meetings this week in Majuro, with the official opening for top leadership from the islands tomorrow...
30 service members to become U.S. citizens aboard USS Midway
Times of San Diego
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July 2, 2025
USS Midway Musuem. (File image courtesy Midway.org) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the U.S. District Court for Southern California will recognize 30 service members as new United States citizens aboard the USS Midway on Thursday....
Pacific airlines team up for pilot cadetships, four countries sign new trade and healthy food deal
The New Zealand Herald
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July 4, 2025
The airlines said the programme would include “rigorous training, structured mentorship, and professional development to produce a pilot workforce trained to operate in complex and remote Pacific environments”. The two airlines said they would...
Marrying ChatGPT: Is this the future of love?
Al Hakam
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June 22, 2025
Qasim Choudhary, Missionary, Marshall Islands I once thought humanity had reached the height of absurdity back in 2018, when a Japanese man named Akihiko Kondō famously married a hologram. But fast forward to the present, and I stand corrected....
OILING THE WHEELS OF TRADE How Russia Sidesteps Sanctions to Sustain Critical Oil and Gas Revenue
Europe Diplomatic Magazine
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July 3, 2025
The SCF Turgut oil tanker owned by Sovcomflot, a Russian state-owned shipping company © Sovcomflot We merrily pump it into the fuel tanks of our vehicles without really giving a thought to where it comes from. We should, perhaps, stop and think....
A glimpse into the 2025 Pacific Mini Games - voices of athletes in Palau
RNZ
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July 3, 2025
2025 Palau Mini Games enters its fifth day of competition on Friday. Photo: Facebook / Palau 2025 Pacific Mini Games The 2025 Pacific Mini Games has been a colourful affair so far, bringing together 23 Pacific nations to compete in a variety of...
James Ellsmoor | International Sustainability Summits highlight benefits of collaboration, inclusivity
The Gleaner
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July 3, 2025
OVER THE course of the past few weeks, several major regional and international events focused on sustainability and the environment have served as a reminder that to achieve the prosperous future we want for local, regional, and global...
21,000 undocumented Coloradans could lose Medicaid coverage under Trump tax bill
Daily Camera - Colorado
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July 2, 2025
More than 21,000 undocumented people in Colorado could lose Medicaid coverage if the Republicans’ bill to extend 2017 tax cuts makes it through the final gauntlet in Congress. H.R. 1, the legislation formerly known as the One Big Beautiful Bill...
39 countries at risk as World Bank warns of deadlier conflicts and deepening poverty
The Arabian Stories
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June 28, 2025
Washington: These nations, though home to less than 15% of the global population, account for a disproportionate share of the world’s poverty and instability. The report highlights that the 39 countries — stretching from the Marshall Islands in...
World Bank warns that 39 fragile states are falling further behind as conflicts grow, get...
Journal News - Ohio
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“Economic stagnation —rather than growth —has been the norm in economies hit by conflict and instability,” said Ayhan Kose, the World Bank’s deputy chief economist. Since 2020, the 39 countries, which range from the Marshall Islands in the Pacific...
Youth urged to complain
Marshall Islands Journal
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June 26, 2025
Journal 6/25/1982 P1 Protest grows A group of some 250 landowners of Kwajalein Atoll launched a protest invasion and occupation of several islands in the atoll on Saturday June 19. Marshall Islands President Amata Kabua was traveling in the Far...
Pacific Ocean Commissioner: Op -ED – Ripples to Waves:
Island Times
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July 1, 2025
By Dr Filimon Manoni, Pacific Ocean Commissioner KOROR, 30 JUNE 2025 (PIFS) — It’s been two weeks since the curtains fell on the third UN Ocean Conference. At this largest ever ocean summit, the Pacific voice echoed as a collective, calling for...
Micronesian Summit in Majuro this week
Marianas Variety
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Flags from most of the Micronesian islands participating in the regional summit this week fly outside the International Conference Center in Majuro on Monday. Photo by Giff Johnson MAJURO — The Micronesian Islands Forum cranks up with officials...