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'67 Bombs to Enid' tells story of Marshallese community in Oklahoma
Tulsa World - Oklahoma
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Filmmaker Ty McMahan grew up in Tecumseh, Oklahoma. Until he began working on a documentary that recently premiered, he had no idea about this piece of Oklahoma history: Between 1946 and 1958, the United States detonated 67 atomic bombs across the...
Nauru Airlines and Air Marshall Islands announce new cooperation agreement
AeroTime News
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July 3, 2025
South Pacific carriers Air Marshall Islands and Nauru Airlines have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) strengthening ties between the carriers, “to enhance regional aviation resilience, improve connectivity and service...
BE OPEN Art: the winners of the Oceania regional competition revealed
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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LUGANO, Switzerland, July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- BE OPEN Art, an online non-profit gallery set up by Elena Baturina's humanitarian think-tank BE OPEN, announces the winners of the 2nd stage in this year's BE OPEN Regional Art, the competition for...
Marshallese bring cultural event to Enid
Enid News & Eagle - Oklahoma
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ENID, Okla. — Ebon Joor Day is a cultural event that is celebrated on Ebon Island in the Marshall Islands. It's a day for local events, community engagement and celebrating island life. This weekend, many Marshallese will celebrate the event in...
Japanese diplomat creates art using sand from Israel, Palestinian region to pray for peace （2025/7/4）
The Mainichi
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Pieces of art titled "Palestinian Maze" by Takashi Hattori are seen in Tokyo's Minato Ward, June 21, 2025. (Mainichi/Koji Miki)=Click/tap photo for more images. TOKYO -- A Japanese diplomat is creating abstract art using sand from Israel and the...
U.S. Coast Guard brought music and maritime safety to the Marshall Islands
KUAM
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June 19, 2025
From June 1 to June 11, a Coast Guard Band Quintet, alongside search and rescue and recruiting personnel, delivered six lively performances across Majuro, sharing not only music but also boating safety tips and career opportunities in the U.S....
WATER SPORTS KICKS THINGS OFF IN DAY 1
GSPN
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June 30, 2025
By Charlotte Oh KOROR, Palau – Guam’s swimming and va’a teams kicked off the 2025 Pacific Mini Games to an exciting start in Palau. Wearing Guam’s flag with honor, these athletes competed with focus and strength while also making memories that...
U.S. Coast Guard deploys band to Republic of Marshall Islands, raises awareness of boating safety
DVIDS - Georgia
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June 18, 2025
MAJURO, Republic of the Marshall Islands — The U.S. Coast Guard conducted a successful engagement strengthening partnerships and promoting boating safety in Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands, from June 1 to 11, 2025. As part of Operation...
Teen Table Tennis Star Dengelei Lukas balances excellence in sports and studies
Island Times
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June 24, 2025
By: Eoghan Olkeriil Ngirudelsang KOROR, Palau— While most 17-year-olds might celebrate their birthday with friends or cake, Dengelei Lukas spent hers at the table tennis court, training for the upcoming 2025 Pacific Mini Games. Lukas, a senior at...
Chuji wins by four votes
Marshall Islands Journal
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July 10, 2025
Journal 7/9/1982 P1 Kwaj talks pause A series of meetings held this and last week on Ebeye and Kwajalein between President Amata Kabua, the Kwajalein Atoll Corporation leaders, and the landowners in trying to persuade the landowners occupying...
Documentary highlights Marshallese community in Enid
Enid News & Eagle - Oklahoma
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OKLAHOMA CITY — A new documentary based in Enid had its world premiere at the deadCenter Film Festival at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art on Thursday, June 12, 2025. The documentary titled “67 Bombs in Enid” highlights the large Marshallese...
Pacific Mini Games to Unite Region through sports and sister state partnerships
Island Times
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June 13, 2025
KOROR, Palau – Palau is preparing to host its largest-ever regional event, the 22nd Pacific Mini Games, with more than 2,000 athletes confirmed to participate—making it the most attended Mini Games in over a decade. Two thousand eighty-five...
Climate Change Minister Embarks on Pacific Tour to Boost COP31 Bid
The Epoch Times
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July 7, 2025
Australian Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen looks on during a federal cabinet meeting in Perth, Australia, on June 3, 2025. Matt Jelonek/Getty Images Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen is set to tour four Pacific...
What a Nuclear Explosion Looks Like
The Atlantic
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July 10, 2025
In 2003, the photographer Michael Light published 100 Suns, a collection of government photographs of nuclear-weapons tests conducted from 1945 to 1962. Each bomb test was given an innocuous name—Sugar, Easy, Zucchini, Orange—and then detonated in...
Amazing finish for an amazing team
Marianas Variety
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(Northern Marianas Sports Association) — Team Marianas closed out its campaign in the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Palau with a bang, winning a gold medal in the half marathon and a bronze in 3x3 basketball on Wednesday. Northern Marianas Athletics’...
Scholarship winners spend week at Space Camp
The Redstone Rocket - Alabama
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Twenty young adventurers begin a journey to explore the future in the Rocket City. The students, recipients of an Air, Space, and Missile Defense Association scholarship, spent June 29-July 4 at Space Camp at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. On...
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...
UN votes to renew LGBTQ+ expert’s mandate just after the US withdrew from Human Rights Council
LGBTQ Nation - California
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July 8, 2025
The U.N. Human Rights Council voted yesterday to extend the term of its current expert on LGBTQ+ rights by three years. The LGBTQ+ rights expert, South African author and scholar Graeme Reid, investigates human rights abuses against LGBTQ+ people...
Tan, Andrew strike gold in athletics
Marianas Variety
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(Northern Marianas Sports Association) — A smiling Tania Tan crossed the finish line of the women’s 10,000m race at the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Palau on Friday morning — and she had more than one reason to smile. She bagged the gold medal,...
Palau President Calls to Give Taiwan a Fair Go at Pacific Islands Forum
The Epoch Times
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June 25, 2025
While Beijing has been successful in pressuring many Pacific nations to repudiate Taiwan, 12 countries still choose to recognise the island nation. Three of those—Palau, the Marshall Islands, and Tuvalu—are full members of the Pacific Islands...